Dispatches From the Drawing Board

• Peyton being unceremoniously dumped is a metaphor of all that is wrong with pro football.
• I mean he didn’t even get a gold watch on his way out the door.
• That said, he really should retire, while he still can. After all, your health is everything.
• Unless, of course you happen to be a cartoonist. Here’s a story I’m pondering about my friend, Tony Auth
• How many cartoonists does it take to make people laugh.
• None. They all lost their jobs.

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This cartoon was drawn for the March issue of Mile High Sports Magazine which is on news stands now. Here’s the digital link to the magazine for those who don’t live around the Denver area. Just Click Mile High Sports Magazine

Dispatches from the Drawing Board

• Listening to the new Bruce Springsteen album “Wrecking Ball” which came out yesterday. Usually I work in silence. You can’t brainstorm for ideas with noise. At least I can’t. And these days I draw in silence as well. But I really can’t get enough of this record. I’ll have to muster the will power to turn it off but it’s such an amazing record, well, it could be a loud afternoon.
• And I’m not what you would consider a huge Bruce fan. It’s just that good. Maybe I can relate to the subject matter of it: the scratching and clawing to make a living these days.
• And the Celtic influence of the tunes.
• My Average Guy’s Guide to the Health club is a bit more “risque” than my usual sports stuff. But it fits the readership of the magazine as well as a realistic overview of the average guys point of view (so to speak) of the health club. Not that I would admit to any of that. Anyway, it made me laugh while I was drawing it, which doesn’t happen very often.
• Not that I don’t have a sense of humor.
• It’s just when you draw silly cartoons all day you get a bit desensitized to your own sense of humor.
• Finding myself somewhat distracted these days. A lot on my plate personally. Getting the house staged is going to be a monumental task in and of itself. I’ll keep ya posted.

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As the BountyGate scandal story continues to dominate the nation’s sports I thought his would be a great chance to show you different takes on the same topic. The cartoon below was drawn for Universal Press syndicate and went out nationally a little while ago.

This black and white cartoon was an “outtake” from a batch I sent the Chicago Tribune on Friday afternoon. I liked the premise and in hindsight it might have been a better image than the one I posted earlier this morning and that was published in Saturday’s Tribune. I kept it in it’s pre-color form since it didn’t publish.

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Dispatches from the Drawing Board:

• Here’s the cartoon I did for the Chicago Tribune regarding the whole Saints “BountyGate” debacle. This one was personally painful for me considering I root for the Saints on Sundays in the fall.
• I’m not done on this subject. I’ll draw another one today for Universal Press (my syndicate) and I want to show you one I didn’t finish for the Tribune before I changed directions on it. So be sure to toon back in throughout the day for more stuff.
• I’m looking into a service where you can get my cartoons via e-mail every time I post one. I’ll let you know. I do enjoy you stopping by here on the blog though. We’ve really become a cool little community here. I rather like that. Which reminds me…
• Go, Gene, go!

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Dispatches from the Drawing Board

• NASCAR was OK with Brad Keselowski tweeting throughout the 2-hour red flag period in the Daytona 500..They are even encouraging their drivers to take full advantage of the world of Social Media, including allowing drivers to have cell phones in their cars.  So there has to be an App for that right?
• Snow. and more snow. ugh.
• Did I mention it’s Spring Training in Florida and Arizona. Oh how I miss a good saguaro cactus this time of year.
• And morning batting practice.
• It’s Friday! What’s your weekend look like?

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