Mike Dawson Comics

A recent drawing of the squabble-some pair.

Ouch! The skin on my elbows is sore… I think I’ve been RUGG BURNED again!!

Yes, respected comics-craftsman and formalist, Jim Rugg, slinks into the Professional Panther Lounge for a sit-down chat all about his working process, all in this brand new episode of PRO-T.I.P.S! Comments welcome!

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Esteemed Cartoonist, Raconteur, and Opinion-ator, Tim Kreider, slinks into the Panther’s Lair this week to tell us all about his new book, Twilight of the A**holes, and how much more he prefers promoting his writing than writing his writing. Tim also informs us of his recent appointment to the Supreme Court of A**holedom, and even hears a case from Alex*. Comments welcome!

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*Disclaimer: It’s not an official ruling, but an off-the-cuff legal opinion.

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Alright! Trying this again… joining Mike in The Professional Panther Lounge is cartoonist GB Tran, who’s first full-length graphic-memoir VIETNAMERICA has just been published by Villard. Check it out. Comments welcome!

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What do you do when you’re called by a Panther? Don’t Anther!!

What do you do if you’re called by a Fanther? Well, in that case, you give long-winded, not-always-totally-on-topic answers, and that’s exactly what we’ve been doing this week.

Yes, it’s a special Panther Hotline episode, where Mike and Alex respond to listener questions. What song would we have liked to have written? What would we do with the mighty powers of The Thing? Will we be at Wondercon? And lots more! Comments welcome!

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Here’s a very old, but little-seen, one-page comic written by my Gabagool! partner, Chris Radtke. This is seven years old! Where is the time going?

The sketch is actually a few sketches, done on tracing paper, and taped together. I really like it. It’s a fascinating glimpse into a totally different way of working than the way I do things. And, since Chester Brown is so amazing, it makes me wonder if I should be doing things the way he does…

Also, after posting this, I had a little internal debate with myself about whether or not I should have included the dollar amount. Wasn’t sure if it distracted, or if it was relevant to the comic. I decided to leave it. I don’t think it’s an outrageous amount of money to pay for some artwork, so I probably don’t need to be too self-conscious about it.

I just posted the latest Ink Panther show, and as I was looking at my last month’s worth of entries, I realized I’ve not put any new drawings or anything up for over a month. I guess not having new TROOP 142 pages to post every week is making the comics part of my site look kind of anemic in comparison to the podcast part.

I have obviously been drawing this past month, but hadn’t thought to put anything new up on my blog. I spent a lot of time working on a new cover drawing, which I’m very proud of and am looking forward to eventually showing off, and I’ve been revising and writing new pages for my book, which is actually going really well.

Please bear with me. There’ll probably be nothing but Ink Panthers posts for the next few weeks, but I do hope to start posting new artwork again here soon.

Are you ready to be entertained??! We’ve got a jam-packed episode on tap. After some catchup chit-chat, Alex tells a new Douche Chills tale, and then we turn our attention to the upcoming Oscar awards. What are the Best Pictures which stand the test of time? Which ones are the ones you’ve forgotten about?And what about those ones where you go “oh, that won a Best Picture award?” The Panthers discuss them all! Comments welcome!

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We were very pleased to welcome Fart Party and Drinking at the Movies cartoonist Julia Wertz to The Lair this week. We discuss books, television, and pets, and we all agree that somehow cats can get away with being mean and aggressive in a way that dogs never could. Comments welcome!

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