Daffodils and a gray dog

Here's the first time I colored Banks... And, I think, the only time he ever appeared in a gray hue. When the nice folks at the American Cancer Society of the Adirondacks needed a new button for their annual fund drive, I was asked and happy to oblige. It is my understanding that this design was only recently retired from the ranks and that's pretty cool.

In my many years of being a struggling cartoonist/artist/DJ/pharmacy tech/waiter/waitress/bartender and Minor League grounds crew, I've learned something about myself... Probably the only thing I'll ever learn about myself, actually... The work/jobs/commissions/assists you perform for nothing – for no monetary return – are the best.

Money rocks, kids, don't get me wrong. But I suck at almost everything and when I get the opportunity to help the greater good with my only better-than-average talent... Well, that's just a tickle under the armpit of my satisfaction quadrant... To quote a favorite mechanical deity.

Now, girly mush aside and on a completely artistic slant, my memory has always been that this was a particularly well-drawn piece.

Huh.

Apparently my days have been spent much less sober than I thought.

Yikes.