Ok, if you’ve been reading/visiting this site for a while you know I work in Residence Life. Part of being in that sort of “industry” is the yearly student staff training. Just like my student staff will be doing, I have made “Door Tags” for my professional staff. This year’s training theme is “ENGAGE” It has double meaning this year, Engage as get involved, don’t stand still, make change happen and ENGAGE as in Star Trek! So if you don’t hear from me for a while, I’m in training, getting ready for the new school year at Star Fleet Academy.

I whipped these out in a little over 2 hrs, ink, watercolor, colored pencil… I hope you like them.

My little web experiment… check it out from time to time. I’m posting there every time I do caricatures… It’s something I’m learning and something I’ve always wanted to do. So I can check 2 things off the bucket list, learn how to use Adobe Illustrator and Learn how to draw Caricatures… I think I’m getting pretty good… you can be the judge… I may start “selling my services” so be on the look out for that!

-P

July’s almost over, I’ve decided instead of spuratic posts, I’ll build a good buffer and possibly redesign the site for August.

See you then!

Hi Folks, sorry for the lack of updates, I’m scum… the truth is I’m out of town for this week and next week I start the “busy” season. If anyone wants to send a guest comic, I’d be happy to post! let me know… I’ll be back soon I promise!!!!

Phil

I’m tired. to tired to draw at the moment. I’ve been putting in long hours at the office and when I get home all I want to do is sleep. Tonight will be no exception. However I am determined to post the comic tonight. It’s penciled, all I need to do is ink it.

Maybe I’ll throw a sneek peek on FB for yall while I’m inking or Ustream it. I’m sorry it’s late. I’ll see you all tonight.

P

Hi folks, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted ANYTHING in the blog. Well that’s because I never had much to say. That is until now. It is with great pleasure that I announce End of the Month Monsters!!! If you’ve been reading lately you’ve noticed that I’ve started running a feature called “MY VAMPIRE BOYFRIEND” which is a spoof on the vampire craze. I also have posted down below “SASQUATCH AND SAM” which I started a while back and haven’t done anything with. Starting this month we’ll be alternating between the 2 features as the last comic of the month which I am calling “END OF THE MONTH MONSTERS”. I hope you’re as excited as I am to see these strips on CANNED HAM.

MY VAMPIRE BOYFRIEND: Follow the misadventures of Betsy Goose, Solomon Bloodrayne, and Jercub Blue in this funny strip hailed by my wife as “True Blood/Vampire Diaries/Twilight meets Clueless”

SASQUATCH AND SAM: Is my foray into pantomime strips, It follows a grumpy big foot as he cares for a little boy he found in the wilderness named Sam. You’ll also meet their friends Wolf, Bear, Moose, and Deer.

Also you should note that I’ve started a FACEBOOK FAN PAGE for Canned Ham. If you’re on FACEBOOK you should join up, I’ll be posting FACE BOOK EXCLUSIVES over there for all my FANS!!!

Life keeps getting in the way, hope to post the comic tonight. Sorry folks

phil

While I am only updating once (twice now with Sasquatch and Sam) I feel like a Monday deadline isn’t working for the summer. I will begin updating on Tuesdays. While I know I have a whole week between updates it just isn’t working. Right now at work we have a very demanding summer program and when I come home there are TONS to do. The weekends aren’t for relaxing any more, they are for Demo, and lawn mowing and insulation installing. SOOOOOO I am going to start updating on TUESDAY. this will give me Sat/Sun/Mon to get CH up to you. THURSDAYS will be Sasquatch and Sam who I think I may migrate over to blogspot.

Anywho, thats the news.

Thanks for reading

Phil

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Well here it is, this is what I’ve been developing for about 3 months. I give you our new weekly feature, Sasquatch and Sam. Sasquatch and Sam came about for a couple reasons. 1, I’m obsessed with BIGFOOT! I want to be a crypto-zoologist and if I ever win the loto, I’m quitting my job to go work for the BFRO (bigfoot field research organization), 2 Canned ham isn’t always “Kid Friendly” and I want to do a kid friendly strip without abandoning what i’ve already done and, 3 I sometimes need to draw something else.

I was super blown away by Scott Wright and his gustoff and ninja fish mini strip feature and it made me want to do one of my own. I had no Idea what to do, I really wanted to do something with a Cryptid (Bigfoot, Yeti or Chupacabra) and one day while searching Shakey Bigfoot footage on YOUtube I came across an opening for an old short lived Sid and Marty Croft show called Bigfoot and Wild Boy. It followed the adventures of this kid who was raised by a Bigfoot and together they fight crime. It was campy but it looked Great. It was then I was inspired to do a Bigfoot themed strip. My first Idea was called “Big Justice” it took place in a north western town where the sheriff was a Sasquatch, I couldn’t make it work. I had a few other Ideas but one day I was at my desk and I was doodling different Bigfoot ideas when I came up with my “Sasquatch” he was perfect to me and the one you see above is very close to the orig design. I then thought of Wild Boy, and wanted sasquatch to have a human buddy, but not in the side kick sense. Using the same kind of Idea, I thought up Sam. I think of their relationship like this: Sam was raised by Bigfoot, but SAM doesn’t act, think or even try to be a big foot. So Sasquatch has to “deal” with his annoying little boy tendancies, and thus you get COMIC GOLD!!!

These strips will never have dialogue. They will always be just pictures and sound effects. I really want to try my hand at “Physical Comedy” I may use a sign from time to time A La Wile E. Coyote but that will be the extent of it. I hope you enjoy these experiments and will look forward to the Sasquatch & Sam comics. We’ll update every Thursday.