Monster Mutt Attacks
A dog comic for a demanding pup.
Zeke, my dog, complained that his Buttstagram follower count was down because I haven't featured him in my comics lately. He’s been quite a monster about it. Therefore to satisfy this mutt, I submit the comic below.
Here you go, Zeke.
Zeke gave me two paws up in approval of this. He then handed me a dozen 3x5 index cards with notes for other Monster Mutt comics. I told him I’d review his notes but didn’t promise that I’d share the royalties. Zeke then threatened me by saying he has a great copyright lawyer on retainer, some fancy poodle with a legal pedigree.
He then walked over to his food bowl, tipped it over, and then scooted on the carpet as he said, “Oops. Accidents have been known to happen if the Zeke isn’t paid. Couches get tears, shoes get chewed, and beds get pooped on. Capiche?”
I think I better start limiting his TV time watching the The Sopranos.
In case you’re interested in Buttstagram, you can obtain a subscription for your dog at any local dog park. One sniff and they are good to go.
However, I must warn you to avoid looking at the selfies on that app. Ick.
Book publishing is easy. Distribution and promotion is a pain in the you know what.
As some of you may have read, I recently self-published a new book called “The Ballad of Stinky Pete.” It’s a satirical tale about a courtroom sketch artist’s misadventures while covering the Trump Hush Money/Financial Crimes trial.
Getting this book out to the world in its various iterations (PDF, Paperback, and Hardcover) has given me a crash course in the pitfalls of book distribution, promotion, and the conflicting demands made by giant print-on-demand publishers.
I’m not going to bore you with details, but let’s say that I am learning why the publishing industry is so royally screwed up.
With any luck, in a month or two, by the time I publish a revised and expanded edition of “Buckshot Sugar Plums,” as well as a book that’s a collection of Zeke cartoons (Zeke is breathing down my neck on that one.), I’ll be an expert on navigating this madness.
Obviously this speaks volumes about finding a quality publisher for one’s work and letting them handle the rigamarole.
If you know any publishers who’d like to have a bidding war over my books please send them my way.
As an incentive, I’ll give you Zeke’s cut of the royalties.
Cheers,
Ed
I loved this. I think is was a Zeke cartoon that first attracted me to your page. Anyway, hope there's more in the future. As for publishing, My two novels on amazon are just sitting there. Even the western publishers, etc., were interested in Paradise Ridge, so I went with Amazon's Create Space for Ghost. Checking this A.M., I discovered my poetry book is no longer on kindle. All the hard copies are holding up a landfill somewhere. At least Ghost has a list price if not any buyers. sigh. I added a little ad for the book on this morning's post. Let's see if it works. Good luck with the Trump book. I loved those cartoons.
I just finished Stinky Pete the other night. When you were posting your court drawings during the trial, I really thought you had missed your calling. Your courtroom drawings are more expressive than anything I saw on MSNBC! I loved what you did with Stinky Pete’s story—it was so true it made me sad. Or perhaps I should say “SAD!!” I live near Orlando and I was surprised to see the book was printed here—I didn’t think we had any actual printing-on-paper left in this town. On the other hand, maybe that’s why my copy arrived so quickly. Can’t wait for Zeke’s book—his tales (snork, tails) are hysterically funny. Just like this one was. Thank you for the laugh! Fortunately I work at home, or my coworkers would have called out the funny farm wagon, I was laughing so loudly.