Repost in Print? What?!

Today I rushed out the door after e-mailing my editor a new comic for the paper. When I got to school, I went through my normal routine of grabbing a paper on the way to class and not reading it. After class, I wrote a paper for another one of my classes and then went to my second, and last, class of the day. There, I still did not read my paper until the very end of class. And what did I find?

For those of you who read The Utah Statesman, you already know. But for those of you in Washington, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, New York, and Germany who aren't able to acquire one of these little papers, I'll fill you in.

Today's paper showed a comic that I did for the release date of October 3rd. If you go into the history of this blog, you'll find it. It's the one about Ginger.

So, I would like to apologize to my regular readers, as this will delay the release of my next comic. But please don't forget to tune in! I'll wither repost the correct comic, or I'll dig up some more on the comic strip industry that you might find interesting.

Take care all! And keep coming back for more JT & Tea every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday!

Where do I find the time?!!!

I am just barely making deadlines, both for school and for this strip! I don't know where I find the time to draw these strips. My wife knows... it's late at night when she would rather have me in bed so that I can be functional the next morning! HA! I really love to draw this comic, but coming up with new material isn't always the easiest. Sometimes I'll have a whole slough of inspiration for some funny line, other times I'm beating my head against a brick wall.

Well, I hope you enjoy today's JT & Tea!

JT & Tea by Joseph T. Gould

Do You Realize...

Do you realize how much work goes into a comic strip? My comics take about a day each to think up, sketch, ink in, letter, and finally scan and edit. Mostly because I am a full-time student, a full-time employee, not to mention a full-time dad with two children and a wife who demand (and deserve) my time when I am home with them for lunch and dinner.

But I'm not alone. Lynn Johnston and her crew on For Better of For Worse take about six hours to complete one comic strip! You can check out her process here. In the mean time, enjoy a fresh new JT & Tea!

JT & Tea by Joseph T. Gould

Friday's Comic On Time!

JT & Tea by Joseph T. Gould









See, what'd I tell ya? I got out to the computer a little earlier than I had anticipated. It's pretty hard getting up this early when you got to bed around 1 AM. This comic was inspired by a night of bowling with my wife and the stories she told meabout her days of bowling as a youth.