My 15 minutes of fame starts... now!

Woke up this morning to a big, beefy article on Suburban Tribe published in the Courier-Journal's Louisville Scene. Click here to read the online version. I have also scanned and formatted a PDF version of the article here so you out-of-towners can see it as it appeared in the paper. (1.5mb)

I was bracing myself to see my giant block head on the cover of the Scene itself, but when I went to the store to pick up the paper, I was not prepared to see it on the upper-left corner of the front page. Yikes! Good thing I went to the store with my ballcap on, wearing socks and sandals.



I'm really thrilled with this article. Reporter Tamara Ikenberg knows her pop-culture stuff, and it was very flattering to have her place the comic in the context of all those great comics and cartoons.

Big thanks to Tamara and everyone who took the time to call her to speak with her about the comic. The article ends with a comment about newpaper comics in general, and Beetle Bailey in particular. I placed a bet with my wife that some cranky old so-and-so will misinterpret my remark and write the paper to complain about it. We'll be watching.

Then I turned to today's Beetle Bailey (reproduced below):



...and it just made me want to reach for the tequila.

PS: New link in the site navigation on the right that will take you to Suburban Tribe's Wikipedia entry. Might the kind and dilligent soul who created this page send me your full name? I would like to credit you here somehow.