I had originally tried to sell Zortic as a traditional newspaper strip filled with daily gags. I quickly found that it worked better as more of an adventure strip. This is an example of one of those daily gag strips,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finding dramatic lift offs has been a continuing challenge for this strip. Fortunately, since this was the first one nothing had been done before, so it was relatively easy.
You know, we never did find out what happened to that goat.
This was another additional scene that was added during the revamp. A little trivia, when I was a kid I wasn’t allowed to watch Star Trek, so I actually grew up with Lost in Space. Since then I’ve made up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I really wish I could remember why I didn’t originally use the “question mark” gag that I used in the new universe. This gag isn’t bad, but it just doesn’t have the same impact. The whole point of having the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Needless to say, this is a salute to the Muppet Show. Scooter always introduced the guest star by giving them their 5 minute call this way. And Zoie’s pep talk is a paraphrase of Bill Murray’s “lean mean fighting machine”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve always been a huge fan of TV theme songs and I think it’s something that any TV fan can get behind. Hopefully you recognize them all. The first panel is actually from a Burger King commercial, then Gilligan’s Island,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Little known fact, but one of my first jobs was working in a McDonalds. And I don’t know if it’s any different now than it was back then, but I can conform that cleaning out the fry vats is undoubtedly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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