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Howdy, y'all. I'll bet you're wondering what the heck happened to me and my cartoons, eh? A number of factors have contributed to my silence. First and foremost being the birth of my son, Austin (no further elaboration is needed).
The second is that I have been focusing on other projects, one of which attempts to develop and exploit my fine arts skills, and the other is the very secretive Project DaVinci. It's a project so secretive, even Secretary Rumsfeld (I affectionately call him "Rummy") doesn't know about it.
Thirdly, I have what is quickly becoming an outdated O/S (operating system) and I doubt seriously it can handle another Flash upgrade. The last thing I need while Austin is cutting teeth is for me to see the blue screen of death.
A very small contribution to my silence has to do with my inability to really focus on the right and wrong in the current political set-up. I know W's not perfect. Believe me, he's done some things that've really hacked me off. But part of what drove me to first start drawing political cartoons ten years ago was the moral turpitude of the last administration. And there are plently of other things to focus on: Daschle, the French, the Catholic church, clones, Moussaoui, big business, etc., but after watching 3,000 people die in those New York office buildings, following that stuff is almost as emotionally fulfilling as watching a soap opera. And I find that when I do try to take the higher ground, I discover that justice isn't going to be meted out by an Internet cartoon. After all, the writers of "The Simpsons" so much as said so in one of their shows this season.
Of course, I can add to my list the sad fact that the Internet just isn't making fringe guys like me any money. I will admit that the folks at evote.com were very generous following 9-11 and the subsequent "War on Terror," but as is the trouble with non-contractual gigs, there is nothing to obligate them to me forever, as Bill DeOre (yawn!) seems to be with the Dallas Morning News and Universal Press Syndicate, for example.
I would like to invite anyone who is coming back after a long while to visit the Poetry section (warning: PG-13: foul language). I realize it's yet another study of my ability to create and my inability to profit. But these eerily prescient works sat in a drawer for close to ten years without ever being seen by the public. Either I'm too lazy, too unlucky, or too ignorant to really know how to make money in the publishing world. Lesley is helping with that, as she attempts to enter that dark world herself.
As for fans of "Pandora" (all two of you), I will take a shot at posting weekly updates to the feature in the future. Probably soon after I get my new O/S.
If you have any suggestions, or if you really do miss the semi-ani-auto-manics, if you think my political mind is too keen to be silent (or silenced), please send me your comments. The site should always be here.
Until we meet again, ciao, y'all!
