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I’ve recently been in touch with a professional cartoonist to get a little information about publishing my work on cartoonstock.com. One thing which stood out was his suggestion that I try using fewer words in my panels. In the past, the dialog I used was pretty much word-for-word conversations between Mr. Weenie and myself. As an exercise, I’m going back to a few of my cartoons and editing them down to their essence—hopefully without losing their original content and tone. Who knows? Maybe someday I’ll apply to a syndicate… but that’s a LONG way off. In the meantime, I’d love some feedback—either here or on Facebook—about what you think of my edits. Thanks for taking the time to visit my website. Your support keeps me going! UPDATED EDIT: BEFORE: AFTER:
Read MoreBack in August, I began posting cartoons I drew for Simon Salt’s latest book, Out of Office: How to Work from Home, Telecommute, or Workshift Successfully. I got a little sidetracked with my day job and more recently, with producing BlogathonATX, but I’m back now and will be posting more illustrations from the book. Today’s cartoon is from Chapter 5: Working on the Road. While it isn’t always ideal to work when you’re away from home, conference calls from Costa Rica are a lot more fun than conference calls from the office. Trust me.
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Today’s cartoon from Simon Salt‘s book, Out of Office, introduces Chapter 4: Working from Home. It’s hard to say whether my office is in the laundry room, or if the laundry room is in my office. Either way, there’s usually a basket of unfolded clothes by my filing cabinet.
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