Continuing my series of recently rediscovered classic drawings from my past, here's a later work from the 1990s, which also ended up appearing in a major newspaper...

Back in 1995, I was a volunteer worker for the (yet-to-be-opened) International Museum of Cartoon Art in Boca Raton, FL (under the care of its founder, Mort ["Beetle Bailey"] Walker). Around that period of time, The NCS (National Cartoonist Society) was preparing to celebrate the centennial of the newspaper comic strip - on May 5th - by holding their annual convention in an area near IMCA.

Meanwhile, I was reading the comic section of (my mother's copy of) the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, when I saw a number of upsetting moments, that never would've appeared in newspapers over twenty years ago. I'd decided to vent out my frustration by writing a 'Letter to the Editor' of the Sun-Sentinel. But then, I'd thought to myself, "This letter will get lost in the shuffle with other mail. I ought to come up with a way to grab the editor's attention..."

And I did.

I'd drawn a three-panel comic strip, with an opinion on the subject matter of comic strips these days, featuring my bobcat 'fursona' (who'd already made a name for himself in the 'funny animal' APAzine "Rowrbrazzle") reading a copy of the very newspaper where said shocking moments appeared in its 'Lifestyle' section.

Sure enough, said comic strip/"Letter to the Editor" appeared in the Sun-Sentinel... and, appropriately enough, it was published on May 5, 1995 - the very day of the newspaper comic's 100th anniversary!

And, more importantly, for the first time since 1976 (see "Double Feature"), one of my drawings ended up in a major publication - to be seen by thousands of Floridians (before the Internet made communications more accessible to the general public). I would later reprint the 'Rob Cat' strip in a late 1995 issue of "Rowrbrazzle".

'Rob Cat' (C) his player