First off, this is NOT a joke. Well it kinda is but it’s not an “April Fool’s” joke. Michael Bay announced that they will be rebooting the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as aliens. Yup, aliens. This caused quite a backlash on the Internet for all of us that grew up with the “classic” TMNT comics, cartoons and live action movies. Bay tried to back peddle a bit saying it stays true to the source material but I guess we will see. As for Total Recall, it seems it will not take place on Mars much to the dismay of most of us. Who knows maybe they are saving the Mars stuff as a surprise. It would be nice not to know every single spoiler. Go ninja, go ninja, GO!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

This year St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same weekend as WonderCon! This year it’s in Anaheim, right down the street from me so I’ll be there! I still have some Dot Problems magnets so if you want one, find me! I’m bringing my girlfriend and her nephews and this will be the boys very first comic-con! I can’t wait to see their faces!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

I really wanted to post a Valentine’s Day themed strip but couldn’t think of the right one until this image popped into my head. I still get shivers. Anyway, I hope you all have a great Valentine’s Day with your loved one, cyber sweetheart or stalkee!

Oddly enough Doug has great penmanship when it comes to this.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

See you in 2012!

Thanksgiving already? Time flies. Doug forgot to invite anybody to his Thanksgiving dinner but that probably won’t stop him from eating it all.

Happy Thanksgiving!

First off I apologize to anyone who is offended by this strip. I meant no ill will, the idea came from a friend of mine who is known to come to Halloween parties dressed as a famous person who recently died, was injured or had something terrible happen to them. His past costumes have been Princess Di post crash, Michael Jackson with children attached to him and Siegfried (or was it Roy) post tiger attack just to give you an idea. After last years comic strip I figured Doug had that same mentality so he upped the ante with a Dan Wheldon costume. I think the other option he would have went with was Steve Jobs. Again, sorry.

Happy Halloween!

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After taking a week off for vacation, coming back to reality was a bit hard. I think I’m STILL on island time. I’ve been playing Dead Island for the XBOX and it brings me back to the resort we stayed at…well minus the zombie-pacolpyse. For Doug all it means is coming home to a stable Internet connection and liberally applying aloe vera occasionally.

I’m going on my first “real” vacation since about 10 years ago. That’s not to say I haven’t had a vacation but flying back to the east coast to see my family isn’t anything like going to a sunny beach and drinking Mai Tais (sorry Mom). It will be nice to go somewhere and disconnect. No checking e-mails, Facebook statuses or endless Tweets. Although I’m sure at some point I will. Baby steps. That led me to the idea for this strip. Every hotel seems to have Internet so even going on vacation you can still connect if you want to. Doug wouldn’t know what to do if he was completely disconnected so why not bring all the comforts of home? Does it defeat the purpose? Yes. But Doug isn’t know to make the best decisions. I, however, will do my best.

San Diego Comic Con is here! I’ll be heading down Friday to get in on the action. Feel free to find ME and I’ll give you a Dot Problems postcard and magnet (while supplies last). Now onto the comic.

There have been a lot of online articles regarding comic swiper extraordinaire Rob Granito on Bleeding Cool. Basically this guy copies other artists work then sells it at conventions as his own. This got me thinking that by now he is probably getting annoyed at every convention with people getting on his case about stealing (as well they should). My character Doug is too oblivious to know any of this and just wants a sketch from someone he assumes is a legit-o-mite artist. Rob, obviously fed up, answered Doug with a line from the X-Men: First Class movie (there are spoilers so I won’t ruin it for you if you haven’t seen it yet). Just so everyone knows, the incident in my comic strip DID NOT HAPPEN. Well, at least not to me anyway.

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San Diego Comic-Con is soon approaching! This year I was able to book a GREAT hotel and am looking forward to all the fun! Even my girlfriend is excited! I’ve been thinking of some cool promotional items that I could do for Dot Problems and finally it hit me. Postcards! I was originally going to design one that featured Doug falling with the logo following on a white back ground into darkness or something. I drew the image and never finished it. It just wasn’t right. Why would someone pick it up and actually KEEP it? They wouldn’t. Then I thought of all those “Greetings From” type postcards and WHAMMO, jackpot! So I researched some old school designs and decided to create one based solely on SDCC. Not only will it be a cool promo item but you can actually USE it! Yes if you want to you can mail it! Or if you find me at SDCC I’ll sketch on the back or write a note to your loved one or friend. Either way it’s a win-win!! I’ll be bringing a bunch with me to SDCC to give out or just leave at random hotels and bars. Maybe next year I’ll get an Artist Alley table. Who knows. I just want to keep being creative and have a blast doing it.