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Right…so so DORK TOWER made it through to round two of the March Webcomics Madness. After eking (should that be “EEK-ing?) out a win over Cucumber Quest, we’re up against the behemoth – literally AND figuratively – of the most wonderful Dinosaur Comics (one of my favorites). Vote, why don’cha? (It’s the last bracket of [...]

Right…so apparently some silly person nominated Dork Tower for the Big Dance, and I’m up against the very good Cucumber Quest in the first round of March Webcomics Madness. Me? I’m just glad I’m not in the Heavyweight – I’m sorry, I mean “Moldoff” – division. You know, the one that hosts PVP, Penny Arcade, [...]

I hate over-thinking cartoons and I particularly hate overthinking cartoons that I simply have to realize aren’t my best…and then just walk away, knowing a much stronger cartoon is coming on Friday. But I’m not like that. A cartoon that’s not my best will gnaw at me, and even though I fully realize it will [...]

Want to be a hero, AND come away from it with some nifty swag? My good friends at DriveThruComics.com have a rather spectacular bundle of comics this week – $95 worth of digital comics, in fact – many by some of the top names in the industry. But here’s the brilliant bit – you can [...]

This is what I posted eleven years ago, when I found out about Douglas Adam’s death. It seems an odd thing to post today, the date of what would have been his 60th birthday, but it’s heartfelt, and sometimes “heartfelt” is enough. Like so many of us, his life and works were hugely influential on [...]

Something big work-wise has come up, and it looks like I’ll not be going to the GAMA Trade Show after all, I fear. I’ll miss my pals there a ton. But on the plus side: it’s FUN work. That said, don’t expect to shake my hand by month’s end. It’ll be in a v. weakened [...]

So it’s a relatively well-known fact that I’ve illustrated more than 3,500 Munchkin cards over the last ten years – this breaks down to about a card a day. The latest expansion for the game system is (Drum-roll please: ta-DAH) Munchkin 8 – Half Horse, Will Travel, a brand-new 112-card set, and honestly, I think it’s my favorite [...]

So the incomparable Lar deSouza sends me this out of the blue, just because he felt like drawing Carson the Muskrat.   Blown away? Me? Yeah. Just a little (Note – read: “A WHOLE HELLUVA LOT!”) Lar is, quite simply, one of the finest artists working in comics today. He’s the guy behind the artwork on [...]

  STELLARCON 36! So anyhoo, I’ll be at StellarCon 36  (High Point, North Carolina) this weekend, as the Special Guest of Honor! (Want me to come to a con? The guidelines are here.) I’ve heard great things about the show, and I’m looking forward to it – along with what is almost surely going to [...]

At some point today, the new DorkTower.com website goes live. It’ll be a soft launch, and there will be tweaking in the upcoming month…But giant muskratty thanks to new webmaster Andrew Shell for all his hard work in making this come to pass! And massive, MASSIVE thanks to magic Monica Valentineli for shepherding this through! [...]