Pee-Wee and His Discontents

You want to know a grave disappointment? I'll give you a grave disappointment. Flipping through a magazine, I came across a picture of Pee-Wee Herman reading a book, not my own, entitled Part-Time Dog. I have never liked Pee-Wee Herman and I like him twice at little now that he has led to such a savage disappointment for me. Apparently said book is a children's classic from the 1950s which I somehow never read. This is remarkable because, according to my wife, based on the number of books in my parents' basment, I had every children's book ever printed.

So I'll probably have to change the title at some point. But not today, I think. I'm too savagely disappointed.

In the meantime, yes, this is the first multpanel page of Part-Time Dog. I have resisted the urge to do multipanel pages until now because I thought they might be too comic book-y. Which is not to say that I have anything against comic books. I love comic books and always have. As my wife has also pointed out, based on the number of long-boxes in my parents' attic, I had every comic book every printed. (There is one word for the house I grew up in: flammable.)

This week's dog comes by way of Bradford Keller, of Special Citizens Futures Unlimited, Inc. This organization does amazing work with autistic adults. Also Brad's an awfully nice guy, so check out the organizations site and help make his day. (His picture also contained a cat, whose image was excised for obvious reasons.)

More soon! In the meantime, please send in your dog photos (thanks to all of those I got this week!!), write me emails, make some comments on the blog, read the story so far or check out seltzerstudio.com. By the way, to see the Studio's portfolio in the same great format as Part-Time Dog, just click here.