Influences...

This page might shed some light on the range of style and subject in this cartoon series. "I would have to say the 'comics' have influenced me, but some other forms of art have equally captured my attention. Movies, television, all types of music, fine art, commercial art, nature, and the mechanics of being human, have all seasoned my view of the world—and I'm spewing it back out through this cartoon." Here's a rambling list of all that comes to mind (and just because these are influences doesn't necessarily mean they're things I like...):Charles M. Schulz, Snoopy, Walt Disney, Walt Kelley, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, The Three Stooges, Secret Squirrel, Tennessee Tuxedo, Chumley, Mr. Whoopee and the 3DBB, Augey Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Popeye, SpongeBob Squarepants and all of Bikini Bottom, Dr. Suess, The Beatles, Dave Brubek, Jazz, Anything played on a piano, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Capra, Lawrence Welk, Jim Henson, R. Crumb, Mad Magazine, Don Martin, Sergio Argones, Mort Drucker, Growing up in New England, Pegge, Denise, Richy, Judy and Artie, every poor dog that was a pet of ours growing up, Jack Nicholson, Fat Albert on Saturday mornings- late, Soul Train, American Bandstand, Colonel Clown, Clutch Cargo, Roger Ramjet, Ranger Andy, Down by the Riverside, Hap Richards, Leave it to Beaver, Little Rascals, Fractured Fairy Tales, Mr. Wizard and Tutor Turtle, Hoppity Hooper, Professor Waldo Wigglesworth, Underdog, Simon Bar Sinister and Riff Raff, Go-Go Gophers, Klondike Kat, Commander McBragg, Mr. Green Jeans, Green Acres, Perry Mason, Captain Kangaroo, Bunny Rabbit, Tom Terrific, Manfred the Mighty Wonder Dog, Isotope Feeny, Crabby Appleton, Lariat Sam, Badlands Meany and Bushwack, Quick Draw McGraw and Babalooey, Snaggle Puss, Huckleberry Hound, Gilligan's Island, McHale's Navy, Magilla Gorilla and Mr. Peables, Schoolhouse Rock, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, Touche Turtle, Wally Gator, Pogo, Davey and Goliath, Gumby and Pokey, Art Clokey, Mighty Mouse, B.C. by Johnny Hart, Doonesbury, Speed Racer, Aquaman, Space Ghost, The PowerPuff Girls, The Far Side, Revilo, Hunter S. Thompson, Steve Canyon, Mary Parker, Blondie, Family Circus, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Red Skelton, The Ed Sullivan Show, Benjamin Franklin, Bullwinkle and Rocky, Lost in Space, Perry Mason, The Flintstones, Batman, The Simpsons, Life in Hell, Matt Groening, Johhny Quest, Get Smart, The Jetsons, The Honeymooners, Rankin and Bass, Bill Murray, Top Cat, Gary Larson, Dondi, Family Circus, Cathy, Li'l Abner, A Rose Is A Rose, For Better Or For Worse, Calvin and Hobbes, Funky Winkerbean, Boondocks, Beetle Bailey, King Features Syndicate, Bill Waterson, Universal Press Syndicate, Bizarro, Mary Worth, Kingfeatures, Zippy The Pinhead, Bloom County, Hi And Lois, Sad Sack, Wizard Of Id, Marmaduke, Frank And Ernest, Al Capp, Brenda Starr, Bil Keane, Red Meat, Unitedmedia, Washington Post Comics, Mother Goose And Grim, Gasoline Alley, Tumbleweeds, Hagar The Horrible, Broom Hilda, Funny Papers, Mort Walker, Stone Soup, Fred Basset, Yellow Kid, Spaceman Spiff, The Boondocks, Darby Conley, Pearls Before Swine, Lockhorns, Katzenjammer Kids, Snuffy Smith, Gil Thorp, Arlo And Janis, Catbert, The Far Side, Tank Mcnamara, Smokey Stover, Tom Tomorrow, Dibert, Creators Syndicate, Crankshaft, Comicspage, Garry Trudeau, Mutt And Jeff, Alley Oop, Scott Adams, Krazy Kat, Born Loser, Prince Valiant, Garfield, Dennis The Menace, Al Hirt, Ray Charles, Frank Zappa, Craig Yoe, Ian Anderson, Ritchie Blackmore, Becker and Fagan, Marlon Perkins, Wild Kingdom, Liberace, Highlights Magazine, The Muppets, Sesame Street, The Electric Company, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, [To be continued...]