Short and Tall Tales

Front pages.
Pinned
Paul's smiling face
Invulnerable
Out of nowhere came a man with a miraculous message.

Presented in illustrated documentary, what we know of his story, and the history of our community he inspired.

Text, Illustration, Cartoon posted Fri 2011 Apr 22
Flags & bombbursts
The Great American Song Video
Why? Because I had these two partial video recordings of me performing this song, so I stitched them together. [Lyrics here]
Video posted Tue 2012 Mar 27
Geographic Jollies

H sweater letterThey saw a sign directing them to "Heavener."

Text posted Mon 2011 Mar 14
Big Potato #2, Introduction

:\Fixing a hole in the Chicago River
BIG SCREEN | squinty size | Print mini-comic

Cartoon posted Sun 2007 Jun 3
Independent Firework

Boom
A boy and his firecracker, five mid-summer Daily Doodles

Cartoon posted Mon 2002 Oct 7
The Beast with Four Heads

SsssA shaggy Gothic horror story. 16-panel Daily Doodle comic.
Print this as a mini-comic

Cartoon, Illustration, Text posted Fri 2002 Oct 4
The Big Bag Story of the Origin of the Universe

BigA facetious genesis. A two-panel Daily Doodle comic.

Cartoon posted Fri 2002 Oct 4
The Nodiac: Constellations for the Computer Age

ZzzzThe stars just don't look the same digitized.

Cartoon posted Fri 2002 Oct 4
Threads

rotary dialWhat were we talking about?

Lyrics posted Thu 2002 Feb 7
Insomniac Armed Quad Toddlers On Patrol

TadA big adventure of some little guys… from the Daily Doodle series.

Cartoon posted Tue 1997 Nov 4
Dihydrogen Monoxide

waterSafe enough for children and pets. Washes your clothes. Wets your whistle. Have some today.

Lyrics posted Sat 1997 Nov 1
Drivin' dad
End of the Road
The last gas-guzzling road-hogging family road trip, Introduction
A 38-panel comics future-fiction from the 1997 Daily Doodle series.
Print as a 40-page mini-comic
Cartoon posted Mon 1997 Jul 7
Don't Walk

citizensYou don't talk to your neighbors in the city.

Lyrics posted Wed 1997 May 14
Making Believe

11:59If at first you don't try, how can you ever succeed or not?

Lyrics posted Wed 1997 May 14
Time Fleas

Late!Oh, I hope we're not late!

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
US Flag waving
The Great American Song

It's what every songsmith wishes to write. Or is it? An old quasi-political crooning.
2012 March 27: The Great American Song Video

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Harder Times Again

joblessHarder times come and go. Or are harder times always ahead?

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Gravel and Mud

tape deckTalent is one thing. Skill in expressing one's talents is quite another

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Got No Babysitter Blues

Crash!Even devoted parents long for a night out, but it's not always easy, especially when the kids are very young.

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Risk

Risk cardsThere's a certain amount in almost everything you do.

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Breakfast

waffleThe first meal of the day ought to be your best. But isn't always.

Lyrics posted Mon 1997 Mar 17
Big Potato #1, squinty version

;\Chicago is the Big Potato… right? Squinty version for 640-pixel screen width.
BIG-SCREEN | Squinty size | Print mini-comic

Cartoon posted Sat 1997 Feb 15
Big Potato #1, bigscreen version

:\Chicago is the Big Potato. Hard-gritten wallops of bitey observationalism. Big version for 1024-pixel screen width.
BIG-SCREEN | Squinty size | Print mini-comic

Cartoon posted Sat 1997 Feb 15
Random Acts of Humor

Hm?Random Acts of Humor — A mish-mash moshpit of mirth. Thirty Daily Doodle comics.

Cartoon, Illustration posted Sun 1997 Feb 2
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