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There were times when my old man’s eyes went somewhere without him. Somewhere back to the black and white years. Cars with Moby-Dick fins, hair with enough grease to power a McDonald’s franchise. He was there now, slumped on my couch staring at a moist unopened can of Bud snuggled in his fist. An unopened…

On behalf of President Bush, I would like to invite you to a luncheon at the White House on Tuesday, June 13, 1989.       It’s not every day someone gets a letter from the President of the United States. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if this was legit or not. After all, Ralph Dunagin,…

Thanks to Melissa for permitting me to step in. This is my first blog post. Yesterday on Instagram I saw a post that read,  “The dog barks but the caravan moves on.” Although I’d never heard that, turns out it’s an old saying from the Middle East. Dogs barked as the caravan slowly plodded to…

I am excited to share with everyone the premier of my book trailer for Drawn and Buried (this is my first novel and it is set in Orlando, FL). The story centers around veteran newspaper cartoonist Tim Ryder’s dance with a serial killer as he realizes that his cartoons look like the murder scene. Take…

Meet Tim Ryder; he is an editorial cartoonist with equal doses of sarcasm, clairvoyance, and irreverence. He is the son of a retired cop, and he has seen a lot. Seven years ago he drew a cartoon series that earned him a Pulitzer prize but drove a presidential candidate to suicide and himself to drink…