3May/12
The First Order of Change
I hope you've got those loins fully girded, per my earlier instructions. The first thing I'm changing around here is that I'm de-emphasizing the name "Slowpoke" and using my name instead, the way most daily editorial cartoonists (and op-ed columnists) do. You may have noticed this week's strip lacked a logo. Or not. It's pretty subtle, actually. I'm pretty entrenched with the old name, so I'm not going to start calling the strip "The Cartoon Formerly Known as Slowpoke" or anything.
Why the switch? Well, Lil' Bow Wow eventually had to become Bow Wow at some point. (Hopefully someday he'll just be Wow.) I'm designing a new site that encompasses all my different projects, and this keeps everything simple.
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May 3rd, 2012 - 13:28
B-Wow. Kinda like J-Wow.
Hey now.
May 3rd, 2012 - 13:51
All bow to MC B-wow!
May 3rd, 2012 - 18:41
I like it!
May 3rd, 2012 - 21:24
Keep the “Slowpoke” name. Why not be like yourself instead of someone else?
May 4th, 2012 - 21:05
I think it’s a good change. You write and draw consistently excellent cartoons which the name does not clearly reflect. where did the name Slowpoke come from?
May 5th, 2012 - 07:43
I agree that both the writing and drawing here are consistently excellent, as I’m reminded every time I open the newly revised Sunday Review of the New York Times and see the first regular cartoon in the publication’s history, a redundant, poorly drawn, and often trivial political commentary. Slowpoke by any name would have been a far better choice to liven up the Gray Lady.
May 5th, 2012 - 11:07
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. To answer the question about where the name “Slowpoke” came from, it was the title of a comic book I published right after college. It referred to my reluctance to join the rat race, and the pointlessness of the constant push to do everything faster. I kept the name for my weekly strip, which wasn’t terribly political at first. Over the years, the comic evolved, and I’m not sure the name fits anymore (although I am still a slowpoke of sorts). Just using my name feels more “me” than anything now. We’ll see.
May 8th, 2012 - 15:54
No “The Cafka’” as an akronym is not recommendable either. Sounds rather kafkaesk. Schultz, Foster, and Watterson also signed with their real names.
And I cannot imagine someone like Leonardo Da Vinci using a nick name. real artists sign with their real names.