No, this is not a photograph of the late great Christopher Reeve...it's a flippin' statue! Yes, a painstaking recreation by Robert Causey and Robert Dullam. Funny, but I don't remember "Superhero Sculptor" being on the career survey my counselor made me fill out in high school...I bet these guys wish they wouldn't have wasted their time pursuing art and went into something safe and secure...like business school. Check out more photos of the Man of Steel and Causey and Dullam's other super creations. …
Archives for February 2005
Highlights From Huegel
Well, this week I was back at Huegel Elementary meeting with the 4th and 5th graders. I was there for the first of a three-part cartooning workshop. By the time I'm through, each student will have created their own comic strip. (And I will have created 130 competitors for myself.) This week we focused on character development. Here are some notable highlights from the first week... • Got some high fives from third graders who recognized me from last fall. (Good for the old ego and to bolster my fantasy that I am, in fact, a superhero.) …
In Support of Our Troops
We always get lots of ideas on ways to improve Kim & Jason and suggestions on what new products to add. While it's impossible to act on every idea that comes our way, we do keep a record of every idea we receive, because you just never know. One of the more recent ideas came to us from a woman named Robin, whose husband is currently serving our country in the National Guard. She shared her frustration in trying to find reasonably priced, well-designed greeting cards for wives to send to their husbands and for children to send to their parents stationed overseas. …
The 20’s Last Stand
Today I turned 29. I've just entered the last year of my twenties. Talk about a blur...most days I still feel like I'm twelve. My dad called to wish me a happy birthday. He said that he still remembers the day I was born 29 years ago like it was yesterday. It was one of the best days of his whole life. That's a good way to start a day; when someone tells you that the day you were born was one of the best days of their whole life. In all fairness, the reason that day in particular probably stands out so much is because I had colic when I was a baby, so most of the days that followed didn't even stand a chance. …
Kim & Jason on NBC
The NBC affiliate in Madison is going to be our media sponsor for our Make-A-Wish event in April. They have added our strip to their web site, and there is talk that they might even feature Kim & Jason strips in their newscasts. Any extra PR we can get to raise even more money than we did last year for such a good cause is good news in my book. …
Childhood Emerges From The Cubicle
Utterly fascinating. When one thinks of the worst Adulthood has to offer, one may conjure up images made famous by the movie Office Space, or the comic strip Dilbert. Rows and rows of gray corporate cubicles, somewhat reminiscent of a laboratory experiment involving mice and cheese. …