>Pizza Delivery

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This tale came straight from my sister. A nephew arrived late for a job interview to deliver pizzas. No other inspiration required.

>Disable A User

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We were in a meeting yesterday when a manager said we need to be able to disable a user. Actually, his sentence may have continued with more details, but my mind was already thinking about this comic. I did not decide how to end if until this morning. All my notes said were “disable user. hit him in knee with pipe. he meant in system.” Once I began creating the strip, I decided to try and think of some way to use kill in the final panel, and then I knew what I wanted Mr. Green to say.

>Monday Malady

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I came in today with a totally different cartoon in mind. When I spoke to guard on the way in, he mentioned that he did not feel great today and started talking about football. A light went on in my head and I thought of football overload. I then needed to decide some words that meant the same thing but sounded like Latin so it could be the name of the illness. Finally, I had to choose a title that was indicative of the cartoon but would not give away the punchline.

>Blue Jean Friday

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Many companies relax their dress codes on Fridays. I am certain ours does, too. Still, there are expectations not stated that polite society expects. What would happen if we all followed the letter of the law more than the spirit? That is what this cartoon explores.

>Did Someone Call Me Snorer

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I don’t normally use phrases as my cartoon titles, but today’s is a nod to a song from a Marx Brothers movie. Do you know which one? I also try not to name them so that you could guess the twist in panel 4. That is still true in this case.

My inspiration for this is not any family member. Rather, it was from last night’s episode of Glee, where they accused the new coach of snoring. The Disneyland part is from family, though.

>Sassy Molasses

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Actually, the name of the BBQ sauce was Sassy Molassey, but I wanted to draw the reader’s attention directly to the sounds in the word. A friend asked me that question and I knew it needed to be a CoV. I am a word and sounds of words guy, so even though it implies a bad word (which nowadays is acceptable even on prime time TV), I felt compelled to write about.

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A guy at work reminded me of the places that give free entrees or desserts on your birthday. So, I imagined what it would be like trying to redeem all of them on your b-day. I decided to make the twist be listing a bunch of places, then saying “but wait…there’s more.” Then, as I wrote it, it sounded funnier in my head to imply I had done all the places named before lunch.

>Daughter’s Birthday

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Yes, today is our daughter’s birthday. I wanted to play with the the idea that she is in fourth grade and make the reader identify with little girls. Then, in the final panel, add the twist that she is the teacher.

>Obama Hands

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Did you watch his speech the other night. He was sitting at his desk in the Oval Office, and kept his arms and hands still in front of him as he spoke. Not even his fingers moved. Come on. So I wondered if maybe they were just fake arms and hands that he sat behind to show sincerity. That was where this strip came from.

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I heard from a friend that her husbands was “fitting 15 legs on people Friday.” I suppose “normal” people might have read that as intended, but my mind immediately wondered why people would want 15 legs. From there, the rest of today’s CoV built on the misunderstanding. No, I do not know how many people got 15 legs.