The syndicates take the strip and sell it to newspapers and split the income with the cartoonists. Syndicates are essentially agents. Now, can you imagine a novelist giving his literary agent the ownership of his characters and all reprint, television, and movie rights before the agent takes the manuscript to a publisher? Obviously, an author would have to be a raving lunatic to agree to such a deal, but virtually every cartoonist does exactly that when a syndicate demands ownership before agreeing to sell the strip to newspapers.

You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats.

When I get to the drawing, I really enjoy taking a big chunk of time and working on the drawing and nothing else. That allows me to make sure that I'm really challenging the art, making each picture as interesting as I can.

The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present.

I must follow the inscrutable exhortations of my soul.

You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.

You know what I like about summer days? They're just made for doing things... even if it's nothing. Especially if it's nothing.