SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - SORRY FOLKS, TODAY'S COMIC STRIP IS A RE-RUN. . .

 

 

SORRY FOLKS, TODAY'S COMIC STRIP IS A RE-RUN. . . 

 

I needed (and still need) to take care of some things on the home-front and for my work at my "day job". I plan on returning with a new SEA SHANTY FUNNIES web comic strip (and continue our current storyline) this upcoming Sunday -- the Almighty willing. It should be a longer comic strip this next go round is my current plan. Thanks for hanging in there with me.

 

So, HOLD FAST!

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 137

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 136

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 135

 

See their response, tomorrow. . .

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.

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 131

Two "Wild and Crazy Guys"!

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 130

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 125

 

 

The Summer's Adventure Storyline Begins... 

 

Quick note: Happy June! With the summer upon us, I realize that I have some travel plans over the next three months that will make it difficult for me to keep up with my cartooning schedule in putting together a full SUNDAY FUN DAY COMIC. I've decided to suspend the oversize format for the summer as I will be using this shorter (and hopefully more semi-frequent) format to explore Popeye's newest adventure to rescue Bernice the Whiffle Hen with his companion crew. It is easier for me to break it up in these paced chunks where I can knock it out easier as I do put more details in the artwork with these than the "quicky" black & white noir format.

 

This week, however, I will finish up the black & white noir SEA SHANTY FUNNIES QUESTIONNAIRE during the weekdays this week. I have a few more to do. Then Part Two of this new storyline "BRING HOME THE BIRDY" should continue right on along after that (I am aiming for this next upcoming Sunday). I will keep the story title banner in the righthand corner to help keep track for continuity's sale. Then the storyline will continue during some staggered weekdays throughout the summer as I can get to working on them around my summer schedule.

 

Thanks!

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 124

 

The Return of the Luau Shoirt.

Last Night's Interview with Me is Now Available to Watch on YouTube

I'd like to thank Mathew D. Rhys and Michael Hutchison for inviting me to "Monitor Duty" podcast video chat for an interview about my work on my Public Domain-based POPEYE comic strip SEA SHANTY FUNNIES last night. The interview and chat is available to watch now over on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMrEATcl5ok

I'd also like to thank the other guests in the chat and those that stopped by in the audience like Popeye expert Ryan M. Maxwell and all-around good guy, comic writer, and pal John Morgan 'Bat' Neal. Also, to those with the screen names "Cartoonicus" and "Twitless" who came into the conversation to ask me questions.

If I missed anyone last night, it is because I sometimes have difficulties with keeping track of online screen nicknames and who they are connected to with real people names. . . so sorry if I missed recognizing you if you were there. Plus, it was a flurry for me that I couldn't read all the chat on the side screen at the time.

Also thanks to my wife Jennifer McCullar who also makes a few on screen cameo appearances in the video chat with our puppy Lulu to talk about the original comic character Caldonia Kindheart that was introduced into the SEA SHANTY FUNNIES comic strip as Wimpy's new girlfriend in the current storyline.

The interview goes pretty in-depth about my creative processes and choices, public domain and legal hurdle issues, and other Popeye and comic stuff that goes into making SEA SHANTY FUNNIES. If you wanted to get a little "inside baseball" behind the scenes, there were a few other golden nugget tidbits there in the chat last night.

Fair warning, this chat runs about 2 HOURS. I re-watched it and enjoyed the replay from a third person perspective. It is kind of strange watching yourself be interviewed. I tend to ramble in my thoughts. I just realized that if I ever do another video chat for a video podcast like this again in the future, I need to lift my head up and look more into the camera next time while making eye contact. Arf! Arf!

I'm tend to fall into deep thought a lot trying to formulate my words as I wrestle with my stutter. And as my wife points out, I tend to ramble and be verbose at times. So apologies in advance.

However, I hope you'll enjoy watching the chat.

Thanks again for those that turned out last night

p.s. I also gave some brief shout outs during the chat to my pals Troy Vilayhong and Joshua Garrett in the course of discussion.

I also recognized Chuck Dixon for encouraging me to write more of these Popeye stories that led me to continuing on with SEA SHANTY FUNNIES where I've now written and illustrated over 100 episodic comic strips at this point. I had stopped at 4 "test" comic strips in February 2025 thinking this wasn't going to work and then started back up in November 2025 making more. Here I am still doing it.

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 117

 

And we're back!

Happy Sunday Fun Day. Thanks for the continued support!

I'll have more updates soon. I hope you enjoy today's comic strip.

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Happy Mother's Day

 

 

Happy Mother's Day

 

I'll try to keep this short. Life threw me an unexpected curve ball over the past couple of days with some family matters that I had to be there for and that is what is important. I didn't get a chance to draw the full Sunday Fun Day comic page I had intended to do for today. I'm sorry about that, but I will circle back around to it soon.

 

In the meantime, I whipped this little piece up at 5:30 a.m. this morning featuring Swee'Pea and his own Mom as a quick substitute offering to have something for you as I had about an hour to spare before everyone wakes up in my household.

 

So, Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful Moms of the World out there and to all that are reading this. Thank you for all you do and all the love you endlessly give.

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 109

 

The Talk

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ A Key Moment - Mini-Episode #3

 

From the Archive Journals... (In the Pre-Popeye Days over a century ago)

E.C. Segar debuted THIMBLE THEATRE newspaper comic strip about a decade before he would even introduce Popeye. Olive Oyl dated Harold 'Ham' Gravy and had an on-again-off-again relationship with him where Popeye would later replace her suitor. Olive introduced her (then) boyfriend to her brother in his debut over a century ago on January 14, 1920. 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 107

 

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 106

 

Good morning. Sorry for the slight delay in this morning's comic strip, but here she be...

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 105

 

Special thanks to my "real life" childhood friend Troy Vilayhong who truly happens to be a real life little league umpire and for allowing me to use his likeness and personality in today's brand new character for my comic strip. He is really a true life character himself and one of my best friends. He's also one of the daily readers and supporters here at SEA SHANTY FUNNIES. Thanks, pal!

SEA SHANTY FUNNIES™ - Episode 103 "A Quick Study in Pink" (My apologies for today's delay and your wait)

 

My apologies for today's delay and if anyone has been waiting. Here is this week' "Sunday Fun Day" comic. This story continues here in long format next Sunday. I will strive to have it finish in time next week for a morning release.