Sometimes I have the joke and the dilemma is to decide what the characters are doing. In those cases, I usually decide for a visual that has nothing to do with the joke.
Invisibility
Colonoscopy Prep
Gee. Can you guess what medical procedure I was preparing for when I drew this one?
Don’t Sweat It
My big question about doing this strip was that “don’t sweat it” might be so old no one knew what it meant. Did it anyway.
Genius Idea
Some of you may recognize the game Phydeaux and Tuttle are playing. Have you ever played it?
What’s in a Mascot
I wasn’t really trying to make a big political point, though one could be made. I just thought “Surveillance State” sounds like a college.
A Tax on What?!?!
This strip is my annual tribute to one of the greatest cartoonists of all time, Walt Kelly. The tip-off is what Tuttle’s doing.
Dog Philosophy
I once drew a really good illustration for a friend’s Sunday School lesson on that verse in the first panel. The dog didn’t look like Phydeaux.
Hollywood Hunks
When watching the original (real) “Magnum P.I.” my wife was always careful to assure me that she never went in for those big, handsome guys.
Pass This
When first told this joke as a kid, I didn’t get it either. We apparently didn’t use “pass” in any context other than football around my house.
Testing the Science
I love that he’s got a stopwatch in hand. Who still uses stopwatches?!?