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The Official 2010-11 Denver Broncos Cartoon schedule

August 12th, 2010 8 Comments

Just click on this Image or the one in the sidebar to get the App

It’s Here! Today we’re launching the coolest new app here on our site, a Drew Litton Broncos schedule complete with plenty of Broncos cartoons and that automatically updates the scores throughout the season. And, get this, it goes backwards and gives you Broncos scores all the way back to 1960! Our app man Russell Houlden has outdone himself on this one. It will also automatically update the latest Broncos cartoons on the right (where the exploding car is now), so you can see my latest work. If you like this let me know. We’re planning more things like this (Buffs, Rams skeds) but we need to know how you like this one. Russell is working away on getting an app into the Android storefront as well. By the way if you or your company or business place is interested in having an app done for the iPhone, iPad or Android, Russell Houlden is THE guy!

Oh, and I’ve added the option to print each day’s cartoon. Just hit the Print Friendly icon below. You can REALLY help us out by emailing, tweeting, and sharing today’s cartoon on face book (hit the Tell a Friend icon), as well as printing out the schedule and hanging it around your office or on the refrigerator. Print a few copies and hand them out to your friends. Just tell them where you got it from . Thanks everyone! Have one super terrific Weekend!

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Tags: Denver Broncos 2010-11 Schedule, drew litton, NFL schedules, Russell Houlden, sports cartoons, Tim Tebow

Trade Deadline

July 27th, 2010 5 Comments

I’m back from Comic-Con and though I’m pretty tired from the experience I had a great time. I learned a lot, walked a lot and saw a lot. Some of what I saw I could have done without ( the people made up to look like Zombies walking the streets, for instance). But it was great. How is it I leave for only a few days and the Rockies completely fall apart. What a shame. Oh well, the Broncos start camp pretty soon. I’ll have plenty to draw about very soon.

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Tags: Colorado Rockies, sports cartoons

Now There’s an App For That!

July 20th, 2010 5 Comments

Our first DrewLitton.com app has arrived. The Daily Drew App is a calendar featuring the cartoon of the day that you can download onto to your desktop at work or at home. Here’s the link to get it or you can get there by clicking on this widget!

It was designed by Russell Houlden, a talented Software Developer and President of Houlden.net in Nebraska. Originally from Denver, I met Russell years back at a few parties that my sports editor, Barry Forbis, had. He was Barry’s neighbor. Anyway, Russell looked me up on facebook and pitched me a few ideas for various ways my cartoons can be used on the web and on cell phones. Russell is in his lab now putting together our first Android app and some other cool stuff that we know you’ll like. We likely won’t be tinkering with an iPhone app any day soon. Apple doesn’t like to work with cartoonists who draw real people. The last guy who won the Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning had his app originally rejected by Apple. Only after he won the Pulitzer did Apple relent to let him add his app to the mix. Yet Apple doesn’t seem to have a problem with the porn industry, or so I’m told. I have an Android phone and love it!

So please welcome Russell aboard. He’ll be around kicking the tires on the site and cooking up some awesome stuff for us. If you have any questions about the app just leave them in the comments section under today’s cartoon. I know the app might not load on some computers that are older. My 2004 version of Macbook, for instance, didn’t play well with it. But most computers will happily oblige.

Here’s a quick note from Russell that he posted on my facebook profile today:
“You shouldn’t have to wait long for the Android App. In the meantime, I hope that you enjoy Drew’s calender on your desktop. I really like having a new cartoon on my desktop when I start my computer in the morning! As time goes on, it’s also building nice archive of Drew’s cartoons. So you can pick past dates and his cartoons will be delivered to you. I do hope you enjoy it.” -Russell Houlden-

I’ll be at the San Diego Comic-Con later this week so my posting schedule might change a bit. I’ll let you know if I’m not drawing the day before. Oh and sign up to join the Drew Crew and get the Summer edition of our Newsletter.

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Tags: Android, Android phone, drew litton, Drew Litton cartoons, Fantasy Baseball, Russell Houlden, sports cartoons

Summer Drew Crew Newsletter and Sneak preview of the App!

July 19th, 2010 1 Comment

Got a brand new Drew Crew Newsletter that I just sent out. If you’re on my subscribe list you should be getting it sometime this afternoon. If you’re not this a perfect time to join! It’s free and we don’t pawn your name off to some guy from Algeria who has $1,000,000,000 he wants to deposit in your bank account. Promise. Just updates and comings soon info you’re gonna want. More App stuff coming tomorrow!

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Tags: Drew Litton cartoons, Russell Houlden.net, sports cartoons

The Big Easy will never be the same!

February 11th, 2010 3 Comments

When Pigs Fly, Chickens have teeth, Frogs have hair, and the Cows come home…
That’s pretty much the mindset these days in New Orleans. They’ve already renamed Mardi Gras, Lombardi Gras. It brings back memories of Denver in 1977. No one believed the Broncos could do it then, much like the Saints now. Oh, that first championship does amazing things in the community.

Olympics to come
I’ll start cranking out Olympic toons soon, but I might wait til after a Danica at Daytona cartoon. Not sure yet. You pick. Which one do want me to draw for Friday?

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Tags: New Orleans Saints, NFL, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoons, Super Bowl LLIV

When you know life is unfair

February 10th, 2010 4 Comments

High School sports
Maybe it’s just me, or the market I live in (Denver) but it pains me to see so little importance and air time given to high school sports. I wish, sometimes, the coverage was the other way around.

Comments and critiques
I realize I have foisted a tremendous amount of new stuff here on the site all at once. But it’s been almost a year since the loss of the Rocky Mountain News and almost that long for this blog. I felt like it needed some refreshing here. Feel free to let me know what you like and don’t like about the changes here. I want to make this place a blast for you to come to!

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Tags: Hardball, High School sports, Hoops, Pigskin, sports cartoon, sports cartoons

Olympic Events of the Future

February 9th, 2010 8 Comments

Site Changes
As you can see I changed the site over the weekend. I’ve added some fun features, the biggest one being Mingle. I hope you’ll join the community. To sign up just go to the header and hit the signup button. Just think of it as Facebook for sports fans! Let me know what you think of the new look. I want a great reader experience here on the site. A place where you can go during the day to have a little fun. I’ll be adding some more things in the coming days.

Thanks,
Drew

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Tags: 2010 Olympics, sports cartoon, sports cartoons, Vancouver Olympics, Winter Olympics

The Super Bowl Shuffle

February 3rd, 2010 3 Comments

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Super Bowl Week
Here’s another cartoon that kind of sums up the way I feel about the Super Bowl. It’s bittersweet. Just knowing that when the game is over, so is the season. I’ve always tried to convince my wife to let me keep the Christmas lights and tree up until after the Super Bowl. Tis the season ya know. But then I would have two things end at the same time so it’s probably better to go ahead and put one away before the other.

The metaphor of the roller coaster is one of the most used in all of cartooning ( next to the guy on the desert island.) I’d never done one though with the thing just ending in mid air. I kind of like that. It’s certainly the way I feel after the game is over. Be sure to check back on Thursday for our Super Bowl poll and another cartoon.

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Tags: drew litton, NFL, Pigskin, Saints vs. Colts, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons, Super Bowl, Super Bowl XXXXIV

Groundhog day: Seligs shadow

February 1st, 2010 4 Comments

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Groundhog day
One of my favorite days of the year! Old Punxsutawney Phil pops up to see just whose shadow he sees. These days it could totally be anybodies. I narrowed it to Bud Selig, Tiger Woods, and Josh McDaniels. I finally settled on Selig. He’s so much fun to draw.

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Tags: 9News, Bud Selig, groundhog day, Groundhogday, Hardball, Major League baseball, Mark McGwire, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons, steroids

A Pro Bowl rough, some stuff and back to Five.

February 1st, 2010 3 Comments

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This was a rough draft that I did for the Tribune on Friday that didn’t make the final cut. I liked it so I decided to post it as my daily. Did I say daily? Yep. I’m revving it back up to 5 a week again starting today. You’ll see some new stuff on 9News as well. It’s been a good break for me and I appreciate your patience as I took a little time to tend to some much needed business to move forward in my life after the Rocky. I have some things to share from my break. But before I do, I’m asking all of you to help me. As I rev back up I’ll be making some additions to the blog. I need your help to spread the word about the blog, the cartoons and that I’m back to five a week. I’m hoping we can add some new readers in the next few weeks, but I can’t do it without your help.

I’ spent some of the time off rebuilding my portfolio site at http://www.littoonzstudios.com
I’m pleased with the results and if you have anyone you know who needs comic art work, animation or illustration please feel free to pass the link along.
I’m also playing with changes here. I’m exploring the idea of adding a thing called mingle, which basically allows you to chat with myself and fellow drew crew members live.
I’m planning to add a real store when I can get some products developed.
Lastly, I’m developing a Web comic that will be very different from the sports stuff I have done for 27 years. I’ll keep doing this and do a web comic two to three days a week. The site is being built (it will be housed at a different site) and the process is underway. I’m losing sleep over this one because I’m so excited about it. It will give me a creative outlet I feel I have needed for quite some time. For those of you who don’t know, sports cartoons was not what I wanted to do when I grew up, drawing comic strips was. With the changes in the newspaper industry I’m not sure print is the direction to go these days. With the advent of the iPad and the Kindle I think comic strips will have a renaissance on a new platform. It’s vital for me to find new ways to do what I do.

More than ever I treasure my readers. Thanks to all of you for continuing to stop by daily to read and offer comments. You’re the best!

Sincerely,
Drew

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Tags: Cartoon Caption Contest, LittoonzStudios, NFL, NFL Pro Bowl, Pigskin, Pro Bowl, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons