2/27/05:

(Mayor Hahn was the incumbent. He was whooped by fellow Democrat Antonio Villaraigosa, or as I liked to call him at the time "Hahntonio." It was like chosing between Vanilla Bean and French Vanilla ice cream. I hate local elections.)

2/20/05:

2/13/05:

2/6/05:

(I introduced Devil Dog to the strip thinking I could get away from the topical stuff (read: politics) and instead make funny about non-controversial things. As it turns out, Devil Dog usually has the last word, and he tempers Vincent's sarcasm and makes my conservative/libertarian viewpoint easier to swallow for my overwhelmingly liberal audience.)

1/30/05:

(Ahhh . . . Life in Hollywood!)

1/23/05:

1/16/05:

(I like goading Los Angeles sports fans, especially the ones who bemoan St. Louis "stealing" the Rams)

1/09/05:

(This is what happens when I listen to too much left-wing agitprop on the radio.)

1/2/05:

12/19/04:

12/12/04:


(See related strip here. This is Beanman, as I draw him. Jimmy loved this strip, and talked about doing a real "cross over" of our two strips. I vaguely remember the idea ... something about Vincent trying to order a cup of coffee. Jimmy was a fun collaborator. He'd tell me what he thought (He flatly rejected a Beanman strip I did once, saying that the customer looked too much like a crazed witch) but at the same time he was willing to let me contribute. A couple of times edited his dialogue (for brevity, if you can believe that I'd be concerned about brevity!) and I was worried he'd get pissed. Instead he'd laugh and say something like "yeah, I thought I put in too many words.")
(Jimmy was one of the few people I really clicked with out here. We had similar tastes and senses of humor. I looked forward to future collaborations, and to be completely honest, thought I had found a life-long writing partner. His death is still unreal.)

11/7/04:

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.)

9/26/04:

9/19/04:

(I think this is the funniest strip I've ever drawn.)

9/14/04:

(Election year humor. Oh, and Milla J is a great actress - that's no joke!)

8/10/04:

7/25/04:

(This strip made a lot more sense at the time.)