Category: Muskrat Ramblings

Muskrat Ramblings Sketchy Beginnings Posted by John Twenty-four years ago, at the University of Wisconsin student newspaper offices of the Daily Cardinal, a really cute girl asked me to do a sketch for her, of one of the characters from my then-comic strip, Wild Life. So I did. (Did I mention she was really cute?) […]

Muskrat Ramblings The Hat Is a Lie! Posted by John Just time for a short note of GREAT concern. I only now realized something. You know those Wisconsin ‘Cheesehead’ hats you see at Packers games? You know: these. Or THESE: I’ve lived in my adopted, cheddary homeland for just about 25 years now, and it […]

Muskrat Ramblings February 18, 2010 London Crawling Posted by John Louisa is 16 months old today, and that raises a bit of a logistical problem: the drive to and from Day Care. We entered Louisa into a terrific Day Care center that was extraordinarily close to our old house…and then we promptly moved across town. […]

Muskrat Ramblings February 16, 2010 The Shills Have Eyes posted by John This Saturday, I’m to be a “celebrity waiter” for the United Cerebral Palsy of Dane County’s annual Celebrity Banquet and Silent Auction. What this means is that, for $90, you can get a very nice meal, support a great cause, and have the […]

MUSKRAT RAMBLINGS Meat the Boss New T-shirt Posted by John OK. So I’ve said this before: I often use Twitter (where I can be found as “Muskrat_John”) as a sounding board for ideas. Shoot out a quick gag, and sit back and wait to see if there’s any response. Some ideas I think are gold […]

MUSKRAT RAMBLINGS Out From Under The Box Posted by John Traditionally, January is Hell Month for me at Out of the Box Games, as we try and get anywhere from four to six new games ready for the New York Toy Fair, in mid-February. The six weeks of ass-kickings didn’t really help, deadline-wise, either. I […]

MUSKRAT RAMBLINGS Meet the Press posted by John The State Journal’s Doug Moe ran a nice column on some cartoonist guy today. (Links don’t really show up well on this blog. But that was just a link. Hint, hint). I don’t do many interviews, but Doug’s just a terrific writer, and he’s been prodding me […]

SIX WEEKS OF ASS-KICKINGS Or: How I Stopped Worrying And Learned to Love Aplomb posted by John OK…dust off some cobwebs here…and 2010 starts. A bit later than I’d expected, to be quite frank about it. But then, the last six to seven weeks pretty much kicked my ass, work-wise. Sometimes you’re the windshield, and […]

A Rather Important Client ™ asked me to do a Holiday Card for them. Something that would go to every studio head in Hollywood, amongst 750 others. Here are six ideas I sent along. Guess which one they chose? Answer tomorrow (unless you keep up with my Facebook or Twitter accounts, in which case you […]