Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Dilbert: Teamwork?
I've had this Dilbert strip hanging up on my cubicle wall for the last three years. I'm a huge introvert, and I usually prefer to get through my day with as little human contact as possible. It's nothing against my friends, family, and co-workers. It's just that the...
YouTube – ROCK SUGAR-Don’t Stop The Sandman
YouTube - ROCK SUGAR-Don't Stop The Sandman. I gotta admit -- I did not expect this. These guys make a mish-mash of songs that is surprisingly pleasant to listen to. Who'da thunk that you could put Metallica and Journey together and get something pretty dang cool?
Borrowing from Other Cartoonists
I've been doing a lot of drawing in my sketchbook recently. I try to do at least a little bit every day. I'm told that the best way to hone one's craft is to practice daily, and I'm finding that this wisdom seems to be true. The more I draw, I more comfortable I...
Fiction
Fiction: Death, Unstay Thy Hand
I can tell the Wellbutrin is doing its job. This is the third individual item I've written in as many days, which I think may very well be more than I've written in the last year. I also have story ideas spilling out my ears, which is also something that hasn't...
Fiction: Fog
"Ain't natural, Karl." "'Course not." "Fog's 'sposed to burn up in sunlight, not pile up against the edge of a man's property like it's beatin' on a wall." "Ever'body knows that, Carl." "Yeah? Well somebody 'parently forgot to tell ol' man Hemp. Ain't natural." "Ya'...
Weight of the Kraken
Chaz raises the weapon he holds in his left hand. He can feel the Weight of it dragging his arm back toward the earth, but it is that very same Weight that allows him to wield the hand cannon at all. When he first claimed the Kraken, when he first held the Object that...