10/31/04:

("Up to Bat" is a strip I did for my high school newspaper. "Devil Dog" was a strip I did briefly in college. Putting them together in one strip is a truly personal joke -- only I get it. Note that Devil Dog's spots are pretty fluid over the course of this strip [talk about "off model"!] The only consistency is the spot over his eyes. Both of my dalmatians at the time had spots in the same, er, spot.)

10/17/04:

10/10/04:

("Beanman" was the creation of the late Jimmy Zerda. Jimmy was a friend and co-worker at the coffee shop where I work. On Sundays we would post our strips side-by-side at the register. Most of the time, we'd produce our strips totally independent of each other and bring them in to post. Occasionally, one of us would inspire the other to get off his lazy ass and produce a strip. A few times we "raced" to see who could finish a strip faster. "Beanman" is a humanoid construct of giant twist-ties and a head-size coffee bean.)