“..Anatomy of a Pet Project, Part 1..”
“..A little over two months ago, a cartoonist friend and I were wrestling with a book project that seemed like it was taking forever to complete.
“Wouldn’t it be nice,” said Jim George to me, “If we didn’t have to work through a publisher and editor and publicist and…”
You get the idea.
The next day, Jim woke up with a fully formed idea for a website that featured black and white dog cartoons that seem to draw themselves.
Three days later, we had a basic site up and running.
Since then, we’ve posted a new cartoon every day except for Sundays.
This is not so much due to our religious beliefs ..
.. but mostly because we are tired by then.
We already knew how much people love dogs.
But it is one thing to be aware of something, and another to experience it deeply.
Since that first week, we have received wave after wave of heartfelt stories.
Some describe their new puppies.
Other describe long-lost dogs, whose memories return when the owners take the time to share his or her stories with us.
People from 67 countries have discovered our site.
The first big wave came from Finland; we’re not sure how.
Lately, we’ve been getting a growing number of stories from the UK.
We have a few faving fans in Japan.
Along the way, we’ve been trying to think of some way to support the many thousands of dog rescue groups.
This weekend, we came up with an idea and published a color “Rescue Me” cartoon that any rescue group can use for free, as part of a fundraising effort.
I’m not sure where this will take us .. but we are having a lot of fun..”
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