My Cartoonist Is Not Funny: A Looks Good On Paper Collection

Dan Collins

Dec 2018 · Looks Good On Paper Book 1 · Fun-E-Books Publishing

About this ebook

From Andrews McMeel Universal’s Gocomics.com and Collins Cartoon Studios comes Looks Good On Paper. The hilarious, offbeat comic strip by Dan Collins in its fourth year of publication by the world’s largest independent syndicate of comic strips, political cartoons and humor. Dan goes where others fear to tread (wisely, as it turns out) in order to crank out some cheap laughs you will nevertheless enjoy immensely! From his ‘How to be a cartoonist’ strips, to Clownton Abbey, to pulling God’s finger, he shows us that humor is everywhere we look and Dan spends a lot of time just looking around. It’s a sixth sense— but not like that movie where Haley Joel Osment sees dead dudes. More like when life gives him lemmings, Dan makes lemming-ade. 

About the author

Dan Collins was born a cartoonist in 1954 in Canton, Ohio. His family knew something was a bit different about Dan at an early age. "What's wrong with that kid?" was a frequent utterance in the Collins household. Or, "What's the matter with that kid?". He drew constantly; on walls, in the dirt, on any piece of paper left lying around, and with whatever medium was at hand. Pencils, crayons, sticks, and he even dabbled in dirt on occasion. There was an inner voice calling out, longing to be heard until someone would tell him to stop with all that racket! He discovered comics and comic books, and they would feed that voice and show him his true path. As the years passed, he studied and perfected his talents until at the age of 23, he finally became a working full-time cartoonist. He has drawn for magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, and advertising for nearly four decades and counting. His unique voice had finally been heard around the world, and still, they ask, "What's wrong with that kid?".