Melissa and I never met prior to us being paired together by the strip's first editor, the late, great, Jay Kennedy.
Originally run August 20th, 21st, and 22nd 2007.
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I got nothing. But I will be over flowing when the strips from the My Cage essay and fan art contest winners run! :D
Originally run August 18th and 19th 2007.
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2021-02-16 14:45:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Both Max and Dr. Alan Chipmunk were supposed to be beige. Our syndicate's thought was older characters would be more muted colors. Mel and I snuck in the red for the devil theme.
Originally run August 17th 2007.
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Today's tidbit seems to be that today is the day I'm out of tidbits. Anyone have any interesting pieces of random trivia? :D
Originally run August 16th 2007.
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2021-02-11 14:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I like these strips, but always forget about them. My favorite former 'work wife' did this to me, although just to the other side of the parking lot. I may be running out of daily tidbits. :D
Originally run August 15th 2007.
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You can actually put too many song lyrics in a comic strip and have it pulled. Until that happened to us with another strip, that didn't occur to me. I guess because I figured the music wouldn't be able to run also. Or because I'm not that bright. :D
Originally run August 13th and 14th 2007.
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2021-02-09 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
This happened with a friend of mine. It made me realize how different the lives of exceedingly beautiful people are from mine.
Originally run August 12th 2007.
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2021-02-08 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I get in trouble with my fellow classic comic strip fans because I'm a bigger fan of 'Bloom County' than 'Calvin and Hobbes' (even though I love both).
Originally run August 11th 2007.
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2021-02-06 05:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Bernie's wife reminds me of one of the Skeksis from the movie "The Dark Crystal".
Originally run August 10th 2007.
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2021-02-05 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bernie is named after a "friend" of a friend of mine from high school who seemed really cool when we met him, but ended up being a horrible bigot. Hate when that happens.
Originally run August 9th 2007.
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I'm white (Irish American), but come from a very diverse family. We're of Irish, Italian, Puerto Rican, Korean, and Dominican descents. Diverse sexualities too. The overall common element though is we're all goofballs! It's hard not seeing them as often with the pandemic. How're you all holding up?
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2021-02-03 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bernie is my favorite secondary character. Racism is such a stupid concept, there being a bigot in a world full of different species seems even more absurd.
Originally run August 7th 2007.
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My pet dog Sammy, who Squishy the amoeba was based on, passsed away on the day we signed the contracts with King Features for the strip. I think the strip is jinxed.
Originally run August 6th 2007.
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Our original editor, Jay Kennedy (who drowned a month before the strip premiered) had one of the world's largest collections of alternative comics. It can be seen at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, OH.
Originally run August 5th 2007.
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I do know what they do at McGuffin, Inc. My plan was to reveal it when we retired the strip. It didn't feel right when we got cancelled.
Originally run August 4th 2007.
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There was a phase where out syndicate wanted to have Norm's job be video game designer. That ended when I pointed out he would enjoy that job to much.
Originally run August 3rd 2007.
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2021-01-29 05:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I love when Melissa adds background gags! For some reason the "industry" term for background gags is "chicken fat".
Originally run August 2st 2007.
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2021-01-28 05:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
When my wife called me into our room to hear the voice message the editor from King Features Syndicate left saying they were interested in the strip, I was annoyed because I thought she was calling me in to kill a spider.
Originally run August 1st 2007.
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Melissa didn't draw the Norm's desk in the last panel originally, which ended up causing quite the kerfuffle.
Originally run July 31st 2007.
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2021-01-26 14:19:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Instead of a tidbit today, let me ask a question to any fellow creators out there, how do you stay motivated when you're down?
Originally run July 27th - 29th 2007.
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When writing Maureen, I kept hearing this voice I couldn't identify. Then I realized it was the actress who plays Ross's ex-wife on mostof the episodes 'Friends'. Her name is Jane Sibbett, btw.
Originally run July 26th 2007.
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Keeping with the voice theme, when I write Bridget I hear the voice of Foofa from "Yo Gabba Gabba". No idea why. :D
Originally run July 25th 2007.
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2021-01-21 14:11:33 +0000 UTC View Post
I hear the voice of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh when I hear Max's voice. Is that weird?
Originally run July 24th 2007.
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2021-01-20 14:05:50 +0000 UTC View Post
If you look in the one panel of the Sunday strip, you can see a picture hanging of a beaver and a duck. For awhile our editor wanted Norm's parents to be a beaver and a duck. I didn't like it, so I never followed up the idea. I thought it would lead to me having to write Wuzzles into the strip. :)
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2021-01-19 14:30:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Everyone always says they hear Grey DeLisle's voice for Violet. Which I can hear, but my person pick would be actress Lisa Marie doing the voice she did as Vampira in the movie 'Ed Wood'.
Originally run July 20th 2007.
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Believe it or not, back in 2007 comic book conventions weren't the most celebrated things in the world, and the general public's knowledge about superheroes was limited. Now people know who Rocket Raccoon is.
Originally run July 19th 2007.
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