BARK & GRILL

The neighborhood critters flock to the Bark & Grill to discuss whatever neighborhood critters discuss. Whether it’s a Boston Terrier talking about UFOs, or a tabby cat angry over the males in her life, they’re all chatting it over at the Bark & Grill.

Bark & Grill is a comic strip I developed for syndication. It’s interesting to note that this comic was 1. not meant for anything other than a fun, little side project, and 2. basically an extension of my comic Pubbies.

Below are the strips I sent off for syndication. I realize they’re not of standard size and, if you’re curious as to why, I’ll give more details at the tail end of this page.

Without further ado… here’s Bark & Grill!

#1 – MORTALITY

#2 – HERO HAT

#3 – DUMBEST

#4 – BLUEBIRD

#5 – RUSH

#6 – ROBOTICS

#7 – GHOST

#8 – A BOOK

#9 – ALTERNATIVE OUTLETS

#10 – SPANISH PRISONER

#11 – REJECTION

#12 – KING JAMES

#13 – VAMPIRE

#14 – AUGMENTED

#15 – FUTURE HEADACHE

#16 – BUTTS

#17 – ESOTERIC

#18 – ZOMBIES

#19 – WANDA

#20 – LYDIA & LANI

#21 – PUG AND PUCK

#22 – FAKE NEWS

#23 – TUNNEL

#24 – EYE

#25 – HISTORY

#26 – LASERS

#27 – SEA MONKEY

#28 – SNAILS

#29 – MAGIC

#30 – MONK

#31 – STOIC

#32 – GYPSY

#33 – GUMMY TEETH

#34 – MORAL COMPASS

#35 – SIMULATION

#36 – GUILT

#37 – JAM

#38 – OLD FASHIONED

#39 – TWIN

As promised, here’s the reason why I have not sized this comic in a standard newspaper comic strip size.

I had decided to start drawing comics again after a long hiatus. I thought it might be fun to make them in a square format, so that I could post them on Instagram. I had some Bristol board, 14″ X 17″ which I could cut in half to be 8.5″ X 14″. I thought it would be best to trim that down to a standard 8.5″ X 11″ in case I wanted to keep them in a portfolio of sorts. That left a little trimming of 8.5″ X 3″. I stacked those on the side of my desk, not wanting to toss them.

When I worked at MAD Magazine, Sergio Aragonés would submit his Marginals on these little slips of paper. I thought that was a good use of little strips of paper.

I used these little strips of paper to draw a simple comic (as mentioned above). I didn’t measure anything out, just drew them up.

This is the first one I did.

I figured that, if a syndicate wanted to pick me up, they would ask me to redo them in a standard format. No syndicate has picked it up… yet. 🙂

If I decide to continue with this property down the line, I’ll do them in a standard format. Until then, here they are, in all their not-so-standard glory.