Thanks...

...to you Elephant and Piggie's latest, Elephants Cannot Dance!, hits the New York Times Bestseller list for its 3rd week, clocking in at #6.

Thanks, you.

Happy Birthday, USA...

And also to Louis Armstrong (America at its best...)

Ahhh... Fan Mail

Warms the heart, no?

I Love Foreign Editions...

It's always nice to open up the old mail bag and see this:


Simplified Chinese versions of Elephant and Piggie are available now!

Let me introduce you...

I'm excited to see the cover of Richard Thompson's brand new collection of Cul De Sac Cartoons and not just because I got to write the introduction to the book.



Mr. Thompson's comic is a joy to read (except when I'm thrown into fits of jealous rage at his astounding draftsmanship and pitch-perfect humor) and I'm flattered that my second introduction for a book could be of my second favorite strip (my first was for Peanuts).

Do pick up a copy when it comes out in September; it's awesome.

Super dooper trooper dooper triple top secret sneak peek...

A prototype for this fall's new Pop-Out, Big Frog Can't Fit In!



Cute, huh?


(Just don't tell anyone yet, 'kay?)

Why was it canceled? Shrimpola Cola...

It seems someone has gathered all of the mentions of Shrimpola Cola in my late, unlamented animated series, Sheep in the Big City, and put them together.

With the distance of years (and the refusal of CN to release the stuff on DVD) I'd forgotten just how insane that show was.*

And this stuff wasn't the weirdest part of the show (yikes).



Nor was this:




Or this:



*Not that I regret it; being a rapping shrimp with Joey Mazzarino is great fun and that give away still gives me the giggles.