The New York Press: In the summer of 2001, Blender Kitty was picked up by The New York Press, which, being just about the only non-liberal alternative newsweekly around, had no problem with its lack of political correctness. The strip stayed there until 2003 when it and several other strips (including Renée French’s) were dropped. Cartoonist Tony Millionaire, who later quit NY Press for The Village Voice, tried to give me a heads-up as to what was coming. Regardless, I still maintained a New York connection for several years after this through the comics anthology, Blurred Vision.
Specifications: Strathmore’s 500 Series bristol board (plate finish) paper was used for Blender Kitty. The 200 Series, which is a thinner ply that still possesses a plate finish, was also used. Here I add mention of my preferred pen ink, Rapidiograph Ultra-Draw. This ink was produced exclusively for Rapidiograph pens.
Strips ran in one of three sizes (as shown above). Each board typically contained two or three strips. These formats scaled up by the amount of drawing and writing involved. The flipside of this format card was my pen nib tester. Techincal pens can be tempermental. Eventually I gave up them up in favor of archival fine-tip markers, which, in addition to being cheaper and disposable, were improving during this time.
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