SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 134

 

Three Comic Books are going into Pre-Press Production in July for a small print run!

So, I was busy Sunday evening designing and putting together comic book covers for SEA SHANTY FUNNIES. 
I realize that I have enough story material for TWO full 28-page comic books to collect for posterity my past SEA SHANTY FUNNIES web comic strips from the first half of this year in a traditional full four-color print format like I recently self-published a few months ago for SEA SHANTY FUNNIES #1.

Honestly, I pay for these out of pocket and just hope to recoup the cost of printing and mailing at this point. I don't have distribution in comic shops. This is a labor of love and just a small niche thing small press thing not entering the mass market.

I intend to gather up this year's SEA SHANTY FUNNIES webcomics so far up through the "Watching the Detectives" and "SEA SHANTY FUNNIES TV Questionnaire" parody. I will send both comics AT THE SAME TIME to the printer in July.

While I am doing that, I am also collecting one of my creator-owned independent comic strips from the world of THRILL SEEKER COMICS with "Case of the Missing Guitar" featuring my detective character MS. TITTENHURST that I co-created with my wife Jennifer. We ran this as a webcomic a few years ago and I just never got around to collecting it into a printed comic book. So, I'm going to send this to the printer at the same time as SEA SHANTY FUNNIES #2 and #3.

For those with a keen eye, Ms. Tittenhurst (known as 'Dottie') made a cameo "crossover" appearance during the "Watching the Detectives" interviews in SEA SHANTY FUNNIES for fun as an Easter Egg for those loyal THRILL SEEKER COMICS fans who are also reading SEA SHANTY FUNNIES.

I'll post updates when I know more and get further down the road in the process. My goal for 2026 has been to publish three issues of SEA SHANTY FUNNIES in a limited run and it looks like I'll get to do it before the summer is over. One fringe benefit is that printing at the same time will save on shipping costs if I can mail them both together in August or so to those that are wanting them.

Anyway, I thought some of you readers might like a sneak peek as I'm excited about getting these printed and holding them in my own hands. I hope those of you wanting a copy will be excited, too!

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 133

 

Thanks for waiting for today's Sunday morning comic strip. Apologies for the delay.

Sunday morning's SEA SHANTY FUNNIES comic delayed for later in the day today

GOOD MORNING! It's Sunday morning and about 6:00 a.m. Central Time. Today's Sunday comic strip will be delayed for later in the morning today. I'm not sure what time just yet.

I usually post a BIG Sunday comics strip every Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Central Time. During the weekdays, I aim for Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30 a.m. Central also currently, but things may shake up with the summer now in full swing and things getting a bit chaotic for me. I will need to make some adjustments.

As for TODAY'S SUNDAY COMIC...

However, things got busy for me yesterday and I went to bed early around 9:00 p.m. and got up at about 3:30 a.m. to start today's comic strip later than usual. No worries. I have "biphasic sleep patterns" and sleep in two shifts during the evenings. That's how I roll.

I'm about halfway through illustrating today's comic and see I won't meet my self-imposed deadline of 7:20 a.m. today. Sorry about that. However, I do want to publish this comic strip online and have it go out today so I'm going to keep working on it this morning. I will post it as soon as I finish it. No worries. All is good. Just I'm behind the 8-ball as they say and running behind.

If you missed yesterday's TWO strips, go check them out. They caused quite a stir! 

Check back later today!

Thanks.

Arf! Arf!

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ A Key Moment - Mini-Episode #7

 

A few artistic liberties were taken on today's special "Key Moment" comic strip to reinterpret this scene from a cartoon featuring Popeye's rambunctious nephews in an early appearance in the public domain cartoon "Me Musical Nephews" by Famous Studio in 1942.

 

As a kid, I loved each time they popped up in the vintage Popeye cartoons. 

 

I hope you will trust me that I have some specific plans for them that I don't want to spoil. So don't dismiss them. 'Nuff said. 

Unboxing Video of SEA SHANTY FUNNIES Fan Club Membership

 

 

I missed this video when it was originally posted. I just stumbled upon it by accident when surfing YouTube this evening while I'm drawing a new "Key Moment" comic strip for tomorrow morning at this minute. I didn't realize this was posted and missed it earlier. 

Thank you to Mathew Rhys for the "unboxing video" of the SEA SHANTY FUNNIES Fan Club package. I got a kick out of watching it. I thought others here might like to see. 

I still have these available if anyone else wants to join the Fan Club and also get the first issue of the SEA SHANTY FUNNIES comic book that collects last year's comic strips

We will return with new comics shortly after this brief interruption.

 

Check out YouTube Video Replay - Live Chat Discussing POPEYE movie starring Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall

Last night, I was invited to participate in a streamlined online video chat on the YouTube channel "Monitor Duty" to discuss the 1980 musical comedy film POPEYE starring Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall and directed by Robert Altman. I joined comic fans Mathew D. Rhys, Ryan M. Maxwell, Michael Hutchison, and YouTuber "Cartoonicus". It clocks in at about two hours.

Paramount recently announced that POPEYE is scheduled for a 4K Blu-Ray release on August 18th.

Sure, the film has its quirks with those that love it or hate it. Yes, there are a few things I am critical about the film, but it is one of my favorite films of my childhood. I am one of those who absolutely loves the film. I originally saw it during its first run at the movie theater back in 1980 when I was nine years' old when my parents took me to see it. I had been a Popeye fan since I was about three years' old.

I was especially excited to be joined last night in the chat by the "go to" expert on the POPEYE movie - my friend Ryan M. Maxwell. He is an authority on the film in my book.

You can re-watch the streamed chat on YouTube here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/GuKUZuslsxg?si=mv930Oc_p5AuKbp3