The Daily Drabble by Kevin Fagan

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This Week in Drabble History: May 12th, 13th, 14th & 15th

2 days ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

I used my daughter Kelsey’s name in a strip back in 1990. I don’t think she ever saw it because she was only a few months old!
This Weekend in Drabble History: May 9th, 10th, & 11th (Plus Another Submission Strip from 1977)

5 days ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Today we’ll see another strip from pre-contract submission to my first syndicate, United Features in 1977, along with an interesting comparison. First our strips for the weekend.
This Week in Drabble History: May 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th (Strips with Commentary)

1 week ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Hi everybody!Some thoughts to share on each of our 10 strips today as to how DRABBLE has evolved in some ways over the years. May 5, 1982A rare action strip for Bob. More thoughts about Bob a few strips down. May 5, 1990I like all the goofs and blue pencil marks in this original. My syndicate suggested using a blue pencil because the leftover marks that don’t get erased don’t show up in print. Not sure why that is, but I did as I was told.
This Weekend in Drabble History: May 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th (Binge Comic Reading)

1 week ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Hi everybody!I had a rare experience as I was pulling out strips to show you today. I liked all of them! Usually there are one or two I’m reluctant to show anyone again, but I do it anyway. This time I actually had to be selective because there is always a point at which Substack warns me I’m running out of space. I think I have too many, but let’s see what happens!May 1, 1982May 1, 1990Bob is having a conversation here with one of his brothers!May 1, 1996I remember days like that.
This Day in Drabble History: April 28th, 29th, and 30th

2 weeks ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Today I’ll show you another pre-Drabble submission strip to United Feature Syndicate in 1977. First, here are our strips from today’s date, tomorrow’s date, and Wednesday’s.
This Weekend in Drabble History: April 25th, 26th, & 27th

2 weeks ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Hi everybody!Welcome once again to the Daily Drabble, a crash course into the history of the Drabble comic strip, with more insight into the life of a cartoonist than you ever wanted to know! (Our paid subscribers receive honorable mention and thanks for enduring my stories and pictures!) It has been quite an experience for me to revisit so many of the 16,000+ comic strips I’ve drawn in 46 years. Most of them bring back lots of memories of my life at the time I drew them.
This Day in Drabble History: April 23rd & 24th (Plus Another Pre-Drabble Strip)

3 weeks ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Our strips for today’s date and tomorrow’s, plus a… well, I’m sure you read the title.
This Day in Drabble History: April 20th, 21st, & 22nd (Ideas For Comic Strips, Part 2)

3 weeks ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Hi everybody!Today, I’ll share with you another way cartoonists get their ideas to draw. Sometimes they come from actual things that we see. In 2020, we took a trip to Zion National Park in Utah. The scenery was spectacular, but some things just made me think of cartoons, which I couldn’t wait to get home and draw. Fortunately I took photos of those things and I’ll share them with you, after we take a look at our strips for yesterday’s date, today’s date, and tomorrow’s.
This Day in Drabble History: April 17th, 18th & 19th (How I Think of a Comic Strip Ideas)

3 weeks ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Hi everybody!A very long newsletter today. A member of my family was surprised to learn than I don’t get cartoon ideas from people-watching. It’s true. I never go people-watching, and I can’t think of a time when I saw a stranger doing something that inspired a strip. So where my ideas come from? I don’t use gag writers, although my family inspires me now and then.
This Day in Drabble History: April 14th, 15th & 16th

1 month ago | drabble.substack.com | Kevin Fagan

Our strips from today’s date, tomorrow’s date and Sunday’s.