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For the past several weeks, I've been sharing Norm Feuti's Origami Man cartoons which he reposted on his site back in 2007-2008, after lasting for only about 24 strips.  Here's what he wrote on July 3, 2008:

I’m considering developing Origami Man as a web-only feature, and I’d like to hear from anyone who cares to voice an opinion on the matter.

Here’s what I have in mind.

It would start as a 3-day a week feature, because I doubt if I would be able to pull off more than that on top of my Retail workload. Mon/Wed/Fri seems to be the norm for a lot of web features.  If it generated enough interest/was profitable, I could increase that … but I wouldn’t make any promises.  I fully expect this to be free work for some time.

I’d be starting the feature over again from scratch in a larger format. If I’m going to do something on the web, I’m at least going to give myself more room to draw. The premise of the strip would remain the same, but I’d rewrite most of the strips … it wouldn’t just be new artwork for the ones I’ve already shown on this blog.

I’d be tackling this from the standpoint of an experimental venture. The content would be free, but ultimately the site would have to generate some revenue through merchandise and whatnot.  If it works out, great.  If it doesn’t … well I’d just stop doing it.  No harm, no foul.

Even though it's been a number of years since he wrote that blog entry, if you care to see a revival of this strip, leave him a comment.  

Sunday Funnies

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Norm Feuti about Origami Man:

One of the ideas I submitted prior to Retail being picked up for syndication by King Features, was a strip called Origami Man. It featured a short origami enthusiast named Ko and a living life-sized origami panda who was simply referred to as, Panda. 

In the strip, Panda inexplicably comes to life one day and Ko is forced to deal with it. Being his creator, Ko feels obligated to act as Panda’s teacher in life, but finds his student less than willing to heed his strait-laced wisdom.

I loved this idea, but it was universally rejected by the syndicates.

Descanso Gardens this year

 It looks like I've officially taken over for Yami at this event.  Sad.

Lines were 2 hours wait outside, just to get into the Gardens this year.  Unbelievable.

Pam Miike assisted me in entertaining non-stop, wave after wave of crowds.  Today neither of us even took a lunch break.

I might post some video clips later on.

Sunday Funnies

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Norm Feuti about Origami Man:

One of the ideas I submitted prior to Retail being picked up for syndication by King Features, was a strip called Origami Man. It featured a short origami enthusiast named Ko and a living life-sized origami panda who was simply referred to as, Panda. 

In the strip, Panda inexplicably comes to life one day and Ko is forced to deal with it. Being his creator, Ko feels obligated to act as Panda’s teacher in life, but finds his student less than willing to heed his strait-laced wisdom.

I loved this idea, but it was universally rejected by the syndicates.

Kirigami Method Tissue Flower Making?

Reminds me for some reason of those cotton candy makers.

Does anyone know what this artform is called:

Posted by Etedal Etawe on Monday, May 11, 2015

Hat tip: Patricia Ruiz

Talk Lancashire with Stephen Watson

Sunday Funnies

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Norm Feuti about Origami Man:

One of the ideas I submitted prior to Retail being picked up for syndication by King Features, was a strip called Origami Man. It featured a short origami enthusiast named Ko and a living life-sized origami panda who was simply referred to as, Panda. 

In the strip, Panda inexplicably comes to life one day and Ko is forced to deal with it. Being his creator, Ko feels obligated to act as Panda’s teacher in life, but finds his student less than willing to heed his strait-laced wisdom.

I loved this idea, but it was universally rejected by the syndicates.

Pull-the-Tail Flapping Butterfly

NOA March issue

I used to pick up my subscriptions from Kinokuniya in downtown LA.  This is no longer the case as the person who used to handle it is no longer there and they had some problems with figuring out my subscription (I would not always make it downtown for months on end).

I need to start subscribing directly to NOA.