What a Pain
It was bad enough to have the whole Broncos bandwagon swerving back and forth in traffic, but it’s an entirely different matter to have the sucker drive completely right off the road. But that’s exactly what has happened in this whole Cutler vs. McDaniels war. The sad part is nobody wins. Not the Broncos, not Cutler and, mostly, not the Broncos fans, who loyally give their affection to a team that has had, as of late, shown nothing but total disdain for the whole bunch of them. I guess endless years of sellouts and giving the team a new stadium (a lousy one at that) with tax-payer money counts for nothing. Someone really needs to remind Pat Bowlen of one really important fact. This ISN’T his team. This franchise belongs to the state of Colorado and the fans who boldly stepped up to the plate years ago to save it from moving to who knows where. I’ve always been in Bowlen’s corner because I believe he is one of the NFL’s best owners. But given the circumstances as of late he has fallen off the pedestal. To entrust this franchise to a kid who has yet to coach a down in the NFL is beyond belief. Does Cutler share the blame in this mess? Absolutely. But had the reins not been handed over to a brat with no experience as a head coach this disaster would have never happened.

Thanks for the feedback
Thanks to everyone for the great feedback yesterday in my Drew has a Dream post. I’m going to do everything I can to make this blog as much fun as possible. You gave me some great ideas and I’ll start to introduce them in the days and weeks to come. Feel free to keep the ideas coming.

Don’t Forget the Cartoon Caption Contest
You can still enter this week’s captions contest. I’m scrambling to get the winners stuff in the mail today. As you can imagine, it has been a challenge to get my own freelance business up and running, meet with prospective clients and get all the details of this new career path worked out. I apologize for being behind in getting stuff in the mail and I know your trust is paramount. So please accept my apologies. The stuff is on it’s way.

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The Blog and more

The DrewLitton.com blog is finishing up it’s first month online. During that time I’ve been drawing almost daily (M-F), have started the cartoon caption contest and had a lot of new people joining our community. And that’s a very key word to me… Community. See, I envision this blog becoming a lot more than just a place for posting my daily sports cartoons. I see this as a lot more than just a place where you guys leave a random comment now and again. And I want to share a few thoughts and then ask for your help and your ideas.

A few thoughts

One of my favorite things about the sitcom “Cheers” was the theme song. You know the part “where everybody knows your name, and they’re all so glad you came”. It reminds me of simpler times when we knew our neighbors and we slowed down enough to cherish the good times. You may or may not know this but cartoonists by nature are a pretty reclusive bunch. We spend a great deal of time locked away in some closet somewhere dreaming up silly, goofy pictures, pretty much like the ones we drew in 7th grade algebra class that did nothing more than get us kicked out of 7th grade algebra class. (In hindsight, it was a formula that did prove quite affective.) Anyway, we often have our most meaningful conversations with the Fred and Barney bobble heads that sit next to our drawing boards. In other words, community is huge. So I’m hoping for this blog to become a place were everybody knows your name and we’re actually overjoyed that you came. Now here’s the important part. I really need your input.

I need your help

I want to make this a blog you want to come to over and over again. Sometimes more than just once a day. So I’m asking for your input. What can I offer on here, besides the daily cartoons, the occasional animation or game or caption contest? Would you like me to write more inside sports perspective? More cartoon content? Maybe cartoon content not just about sports? Would you like me to include sketches from my sketchbooks or ideas not fully evolved yet? How about desktop wallpaper or podcasts or video chalk talks or drawing tips with me in the studio sometimes? How about a topic of the day or a question of the day where everyone can add their own take? These are just a few ideas. Now I want to invite you to tell me what would make this a super cool place to spend part of your day. A place we could hang out and talk, and more importantly get to know each other. The more ideas the better. Thanks everybody.

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Tiger in the tank
Just when you thought the tournament was over, out of nowhere comes Tiger passing the leader and taking another checkered flag. It happens so many times, in so many ways we should all just come to expect it. And maybe we do, but it shouldn’t ever make it less amazing every time Tiger performs another miracle. He is Beethoven writing the 5th symphony, Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. I’ve done a lot of Tiger Woods cartoons through the years, too many to mention. But each one I draw one I feel grateful. To get the chance to observe a part of history and to watch a Master at work.

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Caption Time!
Here’s the newest cartoon caption contest. You know the rules. Be Original and Keep it clean. The winner gets the original and a Fraternal Order of Pigskin t-shirt. Start getting those caption ideas and submit as many as you want. Have some fun out there!

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Russ Hughes is this week’s caption contest winner!
We had a little over 40 entries this week to the caption contest and we had some absolutely hilarious choices. This one just had a little more March Madness to it. Congrats Russ! E-mail me at sportoonz@gmail.com and be sure to send your address and your t-shirt size. I’ll get them in the mail as soon as possible!

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