Okay, here’s your caveat: this is a work in progress page that I hope to flesh out & illustrate more. Until then, here are some links to Watusi comics on my Smeary Soapbox Press blog…
- Watusi the Talking Dog #41
- Watusi the Talking Dog #40
- Double Dip #3
- Double Dip #2
- Watusi the Talking Dog #39
- Watusi the Talking Dog #38
- Watusi in the Emerald City of Oz
- Watusi’s Doghouse Funhouse #2
- Festive Funnies
- Smeary Soapbox Press-ents 100-Page Inventory Closeout Super Spectacular
- Watusi the Talking Dog #31-37
- Watusi the Talking Dog #30
- Watusi the Talking Dog #29
- Watusi the Talking Dog #28
- Free-For-All #2
- Free-For-All #1
- Double Dip #1
- Watusi the Talking Dog #27
- Watusi’s Doghouse Funhouse #1
… you can also peruse this info from one of my old websites. Links may or may not still lead anywhere. Thanks for reading!
Watusi the Talking Dog is a comic not so much about a character (though it is that, too) as it is about a method of storytelling, and a desire to produce an all-ages comic. The idea for these jam comics came about after Dale Martin had the chance to teach cartooning workshops to jr hi school students, and wanted to come up with a more “hands on” activity for them, a way to complete a comic during a short class session. Contributors draw one panel at a time, building a story in a (more or less) logical manner, without worrying about the whole story or becoming frustrated by a blank page. Fortuitously, this technique has also caught on with other cartoonists, who have collaborated on stories by passing pages through the mail.
These often unpredictable jam comics have shown Watusi solving such dilemmas as a missed bus, a broken toaster, and a rainy day … and he’s met leprechauns, lookalikes, aliens, and firefighters, too! Some issues share a theme, contain longer stories or have other special features; check out the catalog page for an issue-by-issue listing of the special features in each one. Be sure to follow along with Watusi’s ongoing adventure strip at the updated Smeary Soapbox Press site, too!
These talented creators have contributed to the first 27 issues of Watusi’s comic:
- Michelle Arcand: #15
- T. Avery: #24
- Suzanne Baumann: #16
- Sean Bieri: #15
- Larry Blake: #15, 17, 21
- James Bland: #5
- Pam Bliss: #8, 17
- Larry Boaz: #15
- Drew Boynton: #1-2, 4, 7, 9, 13, 15-16, 20-23, 26
- Rick Bradford: #5, 18
- Charles Brown: #1
- James Bruntz: #3
- Michael Carroll: #4, 16, 22-23
- Hector Casanova: #6, 9, 13
- Tom Cherry: #2, 5-6, 9-10, 13, 15, 17-25, 27
- Rob Childers: #1, 5
- Michelangelo Cicerone: #18
- Elisa M. Cimons: #4
- Jonathan Collins: #9, 13
- Joel Cooper: #18
- Matt Corrigan: #2-6, 9-11, 13, 15-19, 21-24
- Nate Corrigan: #9-10, 13, 16-17, 19, 21
- Tim Corrigan: #3-4
- Cathy Craig: #4
- Zac Crockett: #18
- Kel Crum: #16, 18-20, 24
- Duane Cunningham: #15
- Joyce Curran: #22-23
- Ryan Curran: #11-12, 22-23
- Angela Curtis: #18
- Matt Dembicki: #4, 20
- Millard Draudt: #17
- Pat Drewry: #11
- Owen Egan: #18, 22-23
- Jenel Farrell: #1
- Matt Feazell: #4, 15-17
- Paul Foresta Jr.: #5
- Travis Fox: #6, 9, 13
- Chris Garrett: #22-23
- Shawn Geabhart: #24
- Greg Gildersleeve: #16, 22-23
- Mike Goetz: #1
- Johnny Gonzales: #9-10, 13, 18
- Jimmy Gownley: #15
- Wendy Griswold: #1, 5, 8, 21
- Jennifer Hachigian: #4, 22-23
- Mike Hall: #3
- Dennis B. Harrell: #2-3, 5, 10, 18
- Larned Justin: #2, 5-6, 8-9, 13, 16, 19-24, 26
- Steve Keeter: #5
- Brian Kirk: #24
- Dan Lauer: #2, 9, 13, 18, 22-23
- Mike Leuszler: #1, 17, 21
- Matt Levin: #4, 15, 24
- Mike Lucas: #9, 13
- Jeff Manley: #16
- Rusty Mathis: #2, 6, 9, 13, 20, 27
- David McGhee: #22-23
- Billy McKay: #9, 13, 15, 19
- Terri McKay: #15, 19
- Jose “Nino” Mesarina: #20
- Christoph Meyer: #16
- Doug Meyer: #4
- Mark Morehouse: #18, 22-23
- Michael Munshaw: #3, 9, 13, 24
- Michael R. Neno: #8
- Carrie O’Brien: #25
- Keith O’Brien: #9-10, 13, 15, 18-20, 22-24, 25
- Jonathan Parrish: #5
- Brian Payne: #15, 21
- Skywalker Payne: #21
- Steve Peters: #4, 10
- Mark Plaid: #21
- Brien Wayne Powell: #5, 10, 15, 18, 21, 24
- Alan Rankin: #18
- Scott Roberts: #4
- Dan Shattuck: #5
- Steve Skeates: #5
- Jerry Smith: #16
- Ray Tomczak: #4
- Aaron Trudgeon: #18, 21
- Robert Upton: #27
- Erica Well: #19
- R.R. Werner: #19
- James West: #4
- Adrienne Westmark: #21
- Steve Willhite: #1, 3, 5, 15, 22-23
- Eric Wilmoth: #4
- J.B. Winter: #1-3, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 26
- Jim Wolf: #4
- Randy Zimmerman: #4
- Students from Dale Martin’s cartooning workshops: #7, 11, 12
- Students from Steve Peters’ cartooning workshops: #10
- Students from Therese Vogel’s cartooning workshops: #20