>Tempe Triathlon 2010

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Recently, one of three rubber bladders acting as a dam to create Tempe Town Lake burst. They have been in place for 10 years, but were expected to last 30. Now, the blame and correction activities are underway. I cannot imagine that the fall triathlon can continue without a lake for the swimming portion. What if the ensuing political battle became the events for the triathlon? That is the premise of today’s cartoon.

>CSPAN and Food Network

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Do you remember that MAD magazine used to have a feature where they showed someone clicking through TV channels and the ideas seemed related? This is my update on that, where someone clicks between CSPAN for political news and The Food Network for cooking shows.

>Two Year Old

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Have you ever noticed how often children add an “L” sound to the end of words that end with “aw”? And how some kids struggle differentiating between “F” and “P”? Well, I have, and I decided it should be the topic of a comic.

>Powerpoint Expert

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My daughter suggested this strip after talking about people that seem to thrive on Powerpoint slides. So maybe there is someone who talks about liking Powerpoint using Powerpoint slides.

>Traffic Control

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This strip has been planned for months, but I only pulled it from my ideas log today because nothing came to me during my morning commute. And of course, the concept seemed true today, since I was not late and all but one light were green during my drive.

>Who We Are

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Today’s strip started with the first panel as the idea. Having a leader talk about company ideals and those listening misinterpreting the comments. The third panel was the next statement. Then, I thought of the other two panels and decided which one would provide an interpretation that they might actually like.

>King James

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Oh come on. Haven’t you been thinking about this similarity of names ever since LeBron started being called King James? Well, I have.

>Broken

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The A/C in our building is either overwhelmed by our heat/humidity or broken. Someone yesterday suggested it would make a good cartoon. However, once I started writing it, it seems the punch line determined what the rest of the panels should be about. So, the strip ended up being about things broken instead of just the air conditioning.

>Bad is Good

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When did language twist to allow the word bad to imply something is good? Or sick to be something good? After thinking on this a bit, I decided that it could be a full comic strip. However, I did not know which words I would use until I started. And even as I created the final “punch line” panel, I changed it to use the words fly and whack. My original idea was to have Mr. Green use skidoo and Mr. Blue to say something about Green not saying what he meant.

>Judge

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I wanted to find a misdirection for those ubiquitous lawyer commercials on TV. What else could the same words imply? So, the best I could think of was those religious shows where people come on TV and talk about all the things they did when they were younger. They mention the same problems that lawyers seek. Also, I could mention judge in the TV ad and have it work in both instances.