Lost Sheep articles
Cartoonist breaks free of the flock
By JOAN GANDY, CORRESPONDENT
People are like sheep.
Day after day, they mindlessly graze in the field and chew cud with the rest of the flock.
Dan Thompson had that thought as he sat in traffic while driving from Connecticut to Massachusetts two years ago.
As he watched cars backed up bumper to bumper, he wondered, what would it be like to be free of the herd?
"Wouldn't it be neat if one of those sheep said, ‘I'm sick of this,' and just moved on," Thompson remembered thinking.
'Comics Sherpa' Is Guide to Possible Syndication
By Dave Astor
Published: August 09, 2004
Thompson recalled that it was very helpful to draw a "Lost Sheep" installment, get it online almost immediately, and then receive quick reactions from readers in the U.S. and abroad.
"Lost Sheep" Finds Its Way to uclick
HARTFORD, CT (04/21/2004) — Dan Thompson's plucky, incident-prone cartoon sheep George, who left his flock to make it on his own, is now on a new journey. This time it's into the world of online syndication, via uclick.
News Release
UPS Creates New Web Paradigm for Cartoon Talent Search
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (11/07/2003) — Dan Thompson’s sweet, incident-prone cartoon sheep George may be lost, but when it comes to decisions regarding character development in his new cartoon strip Lost Sheep, Thompson’s not.
"Shoecabbage" Goes Crossover Crazy
Kansas City, Mo. (01/27/2004) — What do Lennie Peterson ("The Big Picture"), Mike Baldwin ("Cornered") and 10 other cartoonists have in common? They're all guest artists whose work will appear in "Shoecabbage" during the month of February.
Make Way - New Comic Strips Coming Through
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Author: Susanna McLeod
Published on: February 20, 2004
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Inch by inch and rung by rung, new comic strips are making their way up the ladder of syndication and leaping into publication. The older strips dominate the funny pages with beloved standards such as Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Peanuts and Dennis the Menace. It is pretty hard to elbow in between them with their huge fan bases of support. Newspaper editors are leery of making changes and dread upsetting their readers, but cartoonists with fresh ideas aren’t given up. Here’s a quick look at several newer entries to tickle your smile button:
Dan Thompson interview at Cross Hatch Cafe
2003-12-07 19:36:20 : Interview - Dan Thompson - Creator of 'Lost Sheep' DT: I was born in Massachusetts in 1972, I reside in CT with my wife, and Scottish terrier. I never went to school for art, but I did take the Cartoonerama Cartooning correspondence course, and it was a total blast. The one that was owned by Leo Stoutsenberger not the new one. That and just reading everything I could on cartooning helped me.
CH: How did you get started in cartooning? Is this your full-time gig or part-time?
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High Hopes
By GREG WILLIAMS
gwilliams@tampatrib.com
TAMPA - In the world of unpublished cartoonists, the line between "aspiring'' and "frustrated'' can be extremely thin.