Bug Martini

I’ve received a few emails, asking me where the Bug merchandise is.

I’m with you. Where the hell’s the merch?!

I planned on becoming a syndicated, newspaper cartoonist and assumed that merchandising would be handled by the suits. Little did I know that I’d make a webcomic instead where that responsibility would fall on my shoulders.

I want to provide you guys with all sorts of Bug merchandise, and plan to have some sort of store before the end of the year, but this is my first foray into merchandising and I want to make sure I do it right. I’ve looked at print-on-demand sites like CafePress and Zazzle and I’m not interested in using them. Sure, it’d be easy as pie to make Bug products through them but their stuff seems rather overpriced and who knows what the quality of their items are?

I’d rather pay money and have the products produced myself. This is going to take some time as I already have a full time job on top of drawing the comic, but I’m hopeful I’ll find time next month to talk to some local T-shirt makers and get some quotes from them. I’d rather spend extra time and money to provide you guys with reasonably-priced merch rather than over-priced, print-on-demand stuff.

I plan to have T-shirts available soon but I’d love to hear other things you guys would like to see.

Howdy all!

                Man, it’s been a while since I’ve made a blog post, hasn’t it?

                I see my website as your father (just go with me on this) and you, the readers, are my children. Now the comic, that’s the basic necessities of life (food, clothing, shelter). The comic is what I need to supply you with lest child protective services drag me off to jail.

                The blog on the other hand represents my love and affection for you. And in that respect, I have failed. Not quite the deadbeat father, I’m more like the single dad you see at the beginning of the movie who’s too busy for his kid’s little league game.

                Well no more, dammit! Daddy’s gonna cancel that meeting in Hong Kong, even though it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a big promotion that might get us out of our crappy, little apartment and into that dream house that you and your brothers and sisters have been dreaming about. I started walking out the door with my luggage when I glanced down and saw your baseball glove by the front door. Then, with the sad piano playing in the background, I looked at myself in the mirror by the door while the camera slowly pushes in on my reflection. “Will he make the right decision?” you ask yourself, Kleenex at the ready as your eyes swell with tears. Then, a resigning smile washes over my face as I drop the luggage to the floor and pick up your glove. I grab my glove, blowing dust off it as I do, and a baseball as well. I enter your bedroom where I find you looking at an old framed picture of you and I and your mother (the photo taken just days before she was eaten alive by sea turtles). “How about a game of catch, tiger?” I say. You jump off the bed, realizing that I’m staying home; the entire orchestra now joins the sad piano music and swells to accentuate the moment. Women in the audience lean their heads on their date’s shoulders.  Men in the audience roll their eyes.

                Anyway, what I’m trying to say is that I’m going to try to be more active here on the site and will hopefully crank out a blog post a week – whether I have something to say or not. Obviously, I have no problem writing stuff even though I have nothing to say.

Hello All!

It’s been a while since I’ve written to you, hasn’t it? Sorry about that. Been busy, busy, busy.

One of the things I’ve been busy,busy,busy with has been setting it up so you fine folks can purchase multiple prints or originals and not be charged a shipping cost  for each and every item. I’m happy to announce that it’s all taken care of. If, for example, you want to buy ten pieces of original art (and really, why wouldn’t you want to?) you will be charged a single shipping charge! After you’ve clicked on the “Buy Now” button and are taken to the PayPal page, simply click on “Continue Shopping” to go back my website and find more pieces to buy. Giving me money has never been simpler!

Also – I want to thank each and everyone of you for visiting my site. I never imagined I’d have an audience of this size so soon. You’ve helped me to get closer to my life-long dream of drawing a comic for a living. In between periods of busy,busy,busyness, I think about how you’ve helped the site become what it’s become and I’m humbled.

Thank you all so much!