Reply #13: Underground railroad, THANKS!! [View All]

[Neil Lisst]

I've asked someone who works for me to order some T-shirts, so I can contribute that way, but that will take a few days. In the meantime, I wanted to let readers know about DU and maybe send a few here.

I usually link any site I like that I mention in a comic, but today I figured to include DU even though it is not in the comic. I'll have a set this month where Neil is online, computer screen in front of him, and it will show the DU message board. Then I'll use that template for 2-3 days comments on things political.

Having a darker character makes punchlines harder, because the comments have to be consistent with the strip and the character's personality. As I tell my cartoonist partner, our topics can't be funny every day. Some of this is too deadly to be funny. My early comics on Katrina were that way. Nothing there to laugh at, or even smile about, just profound sadness and disappointment that America didn't come when our brothers and sisters needed us there.