Today’s View From the Bull Pen
Putin and His Preciousssss
Some days you just have to go with silly. Really silly. Of course, the whole story of Vladimir Putin stealing Robert Kraft's Super Bowl Ring is pretty silly. And, I might add, a bit bizarre. This along with the recent news about Putin's divorce and supposed affair with a 20 something is clear evidence that somebody named Vladimir is having a mid-life crisis.As always, your readership and your comments help to make the world go round, so please continue to add them. I will try to do a better job of responding.
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Broncos on Monday Night? Is it a Plot?
The Pigskin PlotWith the Broncos playing tonight it always leaves a bit of a void on Sunday. What’s a person to do? You know you are programmed to watch football on every Sunday during the fall, but then the NFL has to throw in the bye weeks and the occasional Monday night, or Sunday night or Thursday night wrench into the whole thing. Just give us some football. Every week. 52 weeks a year. Is that really asking too much?
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Broncos Meet Their Match
Don’t get Defensive
The Broncos didn’t. I don’t like Bye weeks in the NFL for multiple reasons. It leaves NFL fans totally lost for the weekend their favorite team is off and it can disrupt the routine of players and coaches. I don’t think the layoff helped the Broncos, but really, it was the Ravens defense that beat the Broncos yesterday. That and the intensity of a desperate team. So, over all, I wouldn’t hit the panic button yet. Next week will be the real test against Pittsburgh. If they can bounce back and beat the Steelers we’ll forget that the Ravens defense even existed. Kyle Orton, not so much. -
The Chicago Tribune. The cartoon called "The Main Event" will be all about the Chicago sports scene. I'm more than excited to launch this new feature in such a terrific and award winning newspaper as the Tribune. I have long maintained that a sports cartoon, done on a local level, has a great chance to really connect with readers. It's what I prided myself on while at the Rocky Mountain News. I encourage you all to bookmark the Tribune's site and I'll give you a more definitive url when it launches Saturday. I'll also post the cartoon here every week sometime during the weekend, but still encourage you to visit the Tribs site as well. After all, don't you just miss Jay Cutler that much. My daily cartoons on here won't change. You'll just get an extra Chicago related toon thrown in. Cool, huh." title="Some Cool Drew’s News from the Chicago Tribune" />Some Cool Drew’s News from the Chicago Tribune
My kind of town…
Starting this Saturday, October 31, I will be debuting a new weekly feature in the sports pages of The Chicago Tribune. The cartoon called “The Main Event” will be all about the Chicago sports scene. I’m more than excited to launch this new feature in such a terrific and award winning newspaper as the Tribune. I have long maintained that a sports cartoon, done on a local level, has a great chance to really connect with readers. It’s what I prided myself on while at the Rocky Mountain News. I encourage you all to bookmark the Tribune’s site and I’ll give you a more definitive url when it launches Saturday. I’ll also post the cartoon here every week sometime during the weekend, but still encourage you to visit the Tribs site as well. After all, don’t you just miss Jay Cutler that much. My daily cartoons on here won’t change. You’ll just get an extra Chicago related toon thrown in. Cool, huh.
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Happy Hockeytober
And on to nAvember…
There’s nothing more that can be said about the start the Avalanche have had so far this season. They set a franchise record last night for the number of wins in October. So this cartoon was a natural. I’m hoping the Avs can keep it up. I love drawing hockey.
Stay safe out there. The snow that Colorado is enjoying is a bit slippery you know.
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Washington’s Redskins: Stinkin’ up Mr. Lincoln
It’s the visuals
That’s always a key component when I’m brainstorming ideas. The less words the better. Especially when describing something as utterly ugly as this seasons Washington Redskins. Putrid is really too kind of a word for them. I keep hoping the NFL will lock them up with the Oakland Raiders in a Texas Cage Death Match and then throw away the key. We could be so lucky. -
NHL: It’s Never too Early
NHL and The Colorado Avalanche
It’s never too early to start hoping. The Avs have started quickly and look much improved. Enough to make the playoffs and a run to the Cup? Let’s catch the fever before it’s too late. I love doing NHL cartoons because Hockey fans are the most loyal in all of sports. And Avalanche fans are even better.
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Da Umps are in a Slump
Thoughts and Musings for Monday
If you missed the weekends announcement that I posted Friday night, here’s a recap. We are in the process of putting together the first ever Drew Litton wall calendar. We’ll have more updates as they become available. They will be out in plenty of time for early Holiday shopping. I’m excited about this project as it’s one of the first real attempts at merchandising here at DrewLitton.com.
Another item of interest. Sunday’s edition of the Denver Post featured an article on Chris “The Birdman” Andersen. In the article there is a reference to some Arby’s glasses that will be coming out soon. I can’t say much but I might have had a bit of involvement in that project. There’s a set of 3 glasses total and I really think you’re going to go all Birdman over them.I’m also beginning to make serious in roads on a couple of things. First, are all of the caption contest mailings. All of the winners prizes went in the mail on Friday, and I’ll have the rest of the runner-ups prizes in the mail by Wednesday. I’m working diligently on the first chapter of Cartooning 101: How to Act Like a sponge: A primer on capturing an idea, smacking it on the head and caging the little sucker. All while keeping your sanity. And the last, but not least, I’m making progress on a web comic/ graphic novel I’ve been toying with. It will be vastly different then anything you’ve seen me do in the past. I’m excited about branching out a bit and doing a wide variety of new content, so please stay tooned. And feel free to let your friends know about this blog. The more the merrier.
