Comic
I used to pick my camping gear with less concern for its size and weight. I mean, I didn’t want to take one of those mattresses that you hooked up to a fan and blew up, but I camped with people who did.
When you camp out of your car (because, say, the reason for the camping trip was a kayaking trip or a cub scout outing) you can bring coolers and water and food and all kinds of things. I had read various articles in #OutsideMagazine and I’d read “A Walk In The Woods” by Bill Bryson, so I knew people who backpacked were more efficient than all that.
Now, I’m starting to backpack more often.
I have my old Kelty 20 degree bags that are roomy and can be zipped together for when my wife camps with me… but now I own the sort of bag that the woman in this cartoon mentions. It felt very weird to pick out gear for its size and weight rather than for its roominess and comfort.
I like the color on this one.
Other than the color, the cartoon didn’t take long to imagine, to write, or to draw.
The first two panels didn’t take long to color, either.
Then you get to that last panel, and then ya gotta put in the time.
I was around for The Gambler. Song. Variety Show Hype. TV movie.
Oh, those were the days.
And then Kenny got into chicken and botox.
Not botox IN the chicken. At least, I don’t think so.
The ginormous soda craze is dead now, isn’t it? I’m not young enough or hip enough to know for sure.
I do recall doing ‘Giant Gulp’ cartoons when some quickie mart started offering 64 oz cups. I think they were actually popcorn or chicken buckets repurposed for soda. I can’t imagine that went over well.
If pepperoni and nacho cheese funnel cakes don’t already exist, they will.
And I want you guys to remember…
They were invented at Hubris!
I figure Clem takes as long to describe events as the events themselves took.
It’s like having a 1 to 1 scale map of life.
Look around. There’s lot of examples of unwieldy mascot names that, technically, are supposed to be used in total, every time.
The smart lawyers, though, with the budget to do it, also trademark a cute, short, nickname for the mascot.





















