Exciting news: On 11/12/2012, JURASCALS will begin a run in the McCook Daily Gazette. Check out the McCook Daily Gazette on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/mccookgazette or their website http://www.mccookgazette.com/
I'm so excited to have JURASCALS published in Nebraska. After all, I was very fortunate to fall in love with a beautiful Nebraskan so many years ago and now I've been blessed with two wonderful children who have a Nebraskan heritage! We've been fortunate enough to visit my wife's side of the family over the past decade plus and I've had the extreme pleasure of traveling this great state in the Great Plains. It has always spoken to me and I am at my most prolific (artwise) when I am there.
If you've perused the blog, you might come across the tab about the 5 books (8 page little books), one of which is called We Can Go To Omaha. This was my first drawing of the dinosaur. My daughter loved this little book because OMAHA is a great word for kids who are learning to read O-MA-HA.
Throughout my travels through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota,I learned more and more of the Great Plains region and gained an appreciation and respect for the pioneer and frontier spirit that still permeated the foundation of this part of Midwestern culture. So I wondered how could it be that there weren't any comic strips that featured this wonderful community. I had an opportunity with my JURASCALS comic strip for AUBURN to have the characters travel to Nebraska, thanks to a recommendation from my editor who thought the trip could be food for Jurascals thought! Yes folks, as a creator, I do listen to my editor! Thanks, Jeremy!
From this story, I now can tell a larger, expansive story, that mirrors the expansive night sky over Crawford, Nebraska. Yes, the story will have silly parts and one-off jokes but the overall story is something I hope the readers will really enjoy.
If you have a newspaper in the Great Plains state, or have a newspaper in an agricultural-based community, I encourage you to reach out to me (email: RASCALS@JURASCALS.COM) because this is about to be THE one comic strip that's specifically for you.
Here is a link to the news article about me in the McCook Daily Gazette that printed today 11/12/2012. Thank you Dawn!!!
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