by tombatiuk | Aug 9, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
My name is Funky is an accidental book. At least it wasn’t planned. After the story arc dealing with Funky’s addiction had run in the newspapers, I was contacted by a member of Alcoholics Anonymous who wanted to see if the Hazelden Foundation, a group that...
by tombatiuk | Jul 19, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
When the first part of Lisa’s Story ran in the paper, I talked in interviews about how I had taken the experiences of others and used them to create an internal landscape that I would draw upon as I did the writing. But, having since experienced cancer firsthand with...
by tombatiuk | Jun 6, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
This is the final book in the series from Barnhouse Publishing collecting the strips dealing with Harry L. Dinkle the World’s Greatest Band Director. It was always with fingers crossed that I would present a new one of these band collections to my publisher, but...
by tombatiuk | Jun 2, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
Behind another terrific cover by Chuck Ayers, Andrews McMeel continued their collection of the Crankshaft strips in order. For completists, the first four books with Andrews McMeel provide a nice snapshot of the early work on the strip. Most of the early tropes have...
by tombatiuk | May 26, 2023 | Komix Thoughts
With the success of the first part of the story about Lisa Moore’s battle with breast cancer as it ran in the newspapers, my syndicate, King Features, began to seek a publisher for the work. They found one at Penguin Putnam under their Perigee imprint. At the...
