Cowtown is not ending but the magazine (Star Magazine) in which it appeared has its last edition today. Here is my blurb within said magazine:
It has been an honor and pleasure to have produced “Cowtown” for the Kansas City Star since June of 1984.
Through the years, I have worked with many talented editors, writers and art directors and consider them friends and co-workers even though I have always been a freelancer operating outside of 18th and Grand.
“Cowtown” was hatched as a cartoon that might tweak Kansas Citians and trick them into reading a comic that often took place in KC or had the city as its background. Over the years, “Cowtown” has highlighted the Kansas City fountains, the arts, the seasonal events, sports teams and all things barbecue (backyard barbecues, barbecue restaurants, barbecue contests, barbecue sauce, barbecue newbies and snobs).
I’ve always considered “Cowtown” an affectionate term, as it gives a nod to our great agricultural heritage of trading grain and moving livestock. KC is my hometown and this little rectangle has afforded me the opportunity to meet and mingle with my readers as the “Cowtown” guy.
“Cowtown“ will continue and I will find it a new home. Meanwhile, you’re all welcome to find me on www.gocomics/cowtown. Thank you all and we’ll meet again!
Cowtown is not ending but the magazine (Star Magazine) in which it appeared has its last edition today. Here is my blurb within said magazine:
It has been an honor and pleasure to have produced “Cowtown” for the Kansas City Star since June of 1984.
Through the years, I have worked with many talented editors, writers and art directors and consider them friends and co-workers even though I have always been a freelancer operating outside of 18th and Grand.
“Cowtown” was hatched as a cartoon that might tweak Kansas Citians and trick them into reading a comic that often took place in KC or had the city as its background. Over the years, “Cowtown” has highlighted the Kansas City fountains, the arts, the seasonal events, sports teams and all things barbecue (backyard barbecues, barbecue restaurants, barbecue contests, barbecue sauce, barbecue newbies and snobs).
I’ve always considered “Cowtown” an affectionate term, as it gives a nod to our great agricultural heritage of trading grain and moving livestock. KC is my hometown and this little rectangle has afforded me the opportunity to meet and mingle with my readers as the “Cowtown” guy.
“Cowtown“ will continue and I will find it a new home. Meanwhile, you’re all welcome to find me on www.gocomics/cowtown. Thank you all and we’ll meet again!