***THANK YOU***

A sincere thank you to all the veterans of our armed forces on this special 11*11*11 Veteran's Day Holiday.
This is a drawing I did of "Bill", a close friend of the family. He is a United States Marine that has served two tours of duty in Iraq. Thank you Bill and thank you all members of the armed forces, now and in the past. The United States of America could not be what it is today without you!!!

Mid-Summer Cartoon

When you think "summer", what comes to mind? If you're anything like me, horseshoes and aliens! And, as you can see, what a great pair they make.

It's pretty hot around here lately. But I'm not complaining. I'll take the hot, hazy and humid any day over the cold, snowing and freezing. I'd like to move south some day, but for now I'll just have to enjoy the three "H's" whenever I can. Might be a good time to take a dip in the pool!!!

Well, until next time, remember; an excuse is simply a way we convince ourselves we can't do something. We can do anything!

Saturday Evening Post Cartoon

This cartoon of mine was published in the March/April 2011 issue of "The Saturday Evening Post". I was extremely thrilled that the editors of The Saturday Evening Post were interested in one of my gags. I thank them now for the opportunity to be included in their very prestigious and long time running publication! It is quite an honor!

I have always wondered how the top management of companies keep bringing new money into their company. I guess we now all know their secret. I'll have to look into this a little further. Anyone out there have the five bucks for a scratch ticket?

One a side note: Sorry to have been away for so long. But happy to be back and I will try to work at updating every couple of days or so. For those of you who have wandered away, please come on back and check in frequently.

For now, remember this, Thomas Edison had over 10,000 failed tries at inventing the light bulb. Where do you think we would all be if he gave up at try number 9,999??? We in cartooning really owe Mr. Edison more than he knows. How else would we be able to show a character getting an idea, if there had not been a light bulb invented for us to draw over their heads!

See you soon!

Kind Words from a Real Cartoon Professional

Check out the kind words about me, in regards to my cartoons, from long time, top notch and extremely talented cartoonist Roy Delgado on his blog at http://plumlococomic.blogspot.com . Roy is one of "THE" top cartoonists in the industry today. His drawings have appeared (and continue to appear) in just about every magazine and trade journal that publishes cartoons. He has been creating humorous cartoons for more than fifty years and he still "keeps on going!" I think he's as close to the Energizer Bunny as one can possibly be. This can only be attributed to his very positive (and absolutely, only positive) attitude that he maintains. No negativity in Mr. Delgado.
Kind words from Roy mean the world to me.
Thanks Roy!

Cartoon For The Week!

A Birthday Wish

Recently, a close relative of mine turned 60 years old! In celebration of this momentous occasion, I created a special birthday card just for him.

Here it is.

Just so you will understand it, he loves the Boston Red Sox and a few of his favorite hobbies are traveling and enjoying fly fishing at every location possible. With that said take a look at the first image, (the cover of the card) and then the second image, (the inside punch-line of the card).






Until next time...remember, you can't get there if you don't travel in that direction!!!

Belated Christmas Toon

Sorry it has been a while since my last post. I hope those of you who celebrate Christmas all had a very Merry Christmas and that everyone had a Happy New Year!

I believe the above cartoon reflects the feelings of every parent (at some point in time) as to what THEY would like for Christmas! If it was as easy as sitting on Santa's lap and asking him, I'm sure the malls would still be filled with parents waiting in line for their chance to ask their questions. Hope you enjoy it.

Until next time...make a wish, it just might come true!

Good Grief!

Here is a toon I made with my son when we were working on RESET. I realize it prints small within the confinements of this blog, so if you click on this link, www.gamelemon.com/comicBot?issueId=10.20.08 it will bring you to the Game Lemon web site where you can read it in a more viewable size. Feel free to browse the more than 130 RESET comic strips on the Game Lemon site.

This next one was published, in color, in one of last years Woman's World Halloween issues. They are a weekly publication and so have multiple issues around all the holidays.

Until next time, ...have a Spooky Toon Filled Halloween!

Jack-O-LanTOONS

Here are a couple more Halloween cartoons for your viewing pleasure.
As you can see, they are Jack-O-Lantern themed.

Hope you get a chuckle.

See you soon!

Shop Early!

As promised, here's another Halloween cartoon. This guy seems to have waited just a little bit to long before he went out to buy his Halloween pumpkin for carving. Probably thought he could get a really good deal if he waited until the last minute. His girl does "not" look happy with this. Lesson to be learned? Shop early! Don't let this happen to you!

Stay TOONED for more Halloween toons.

A Halloween Cartoon

As we get closer to October 31st, I though it would be most appropriate to have some Halloween cartoons. Here is the first. This cartoon was published in Woman's World last year. I actually had three toons picked up by Woman's World that year with a Halloween theme. It was a good month for me. Can't say I was as lucky this year. But, there's always next year.
As always, the folks at WW do a very nice job in coloring the cartoons. You might have even noticed, if you happen to regularly browse the cartoons in Woman's World, that all the toons on the same page, most always, have the same color theme. Makes the page very pleasing to the eye.
As for more of my Halloween cartoons, I hope to put up a few more as the month goes by.
Well, until next time...