Liltoon is a comic about a dysfunctional retro TV cartoon featuring a combination of comics and short animated sequences. Lil is the star. Lyle is the sidekick. Lars is the strong quiet type. Louis is the writer. LeRay is the director.

I’m back. I started doing strips again last week. Beginning August 3rd, I plan on having a regular update schedule of new comics on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. I just needed to get started so I can get ahead on my updates. Below is an inspiration that helped me figure out how I needed to proceed with this comic. It came at the right time for me.

I read a quote from Sparky Schulz in a Peanuts book that I have here at home. It helped me tremendously. He says:

“One of the main things to avoid is thinking too far ahead of yourself. Try to think of your daily episodes without concentrating too heavily on the overall theme of your comic feature. While you are concentrating on these daily episodes, trying to get the most humorous idea that you can out of each, you will also be developing the personalities of your characters. You will find ideas will begin to come from these personalities. As your ideas develop personalities and as your personalities develop more ideas, the overall theme of your feature will then begin to take form. This really is the only practical way to develop a good solid comic-strip feature.”
-Charles Schulz, from Developing a Comic Strip, 1959

I had to write that all out so I will remember this advice. I hope you enjoy liltoon.

I found this old newspaper article about a Pearl Jam concert I went to back in the ’90s. I got a ticket to the concert but I didn’t get a pass to go to the floor level. You had to have a wrist band to get to that level. The group that I was in got in a line and a policeman gave us the armbands. I had no idea it would get us to the floor. It was absolutely amazing. I had to crowd surf before I left that place. I had the big guy lift me up and I went a bit but eventually crashed. I tried it again and went to the front. They gave me drink of water and sent me back into the crowd. It was so hot and sweaty. I have never been so close to people I didn’t have a long-term commitment to. My aunt Alice saw these photos in the paper the next day and asked if it was me. I couldn’t believe I made the paper. I like to think Eddie Vedder and I had a special moment together.

The artist at the Pearl Jam concert on November 11, 1993 in Denton, Texas.

I will suddenly appear at the Southfork Hotel today in Plano, Texas. Stop by and see me. I am in the corner, the farthest from the entrance. Learn more here.