I recently visited my parent’s house for the holidays.  They are cleaning our their garage and made me take some boxes home because they’re tired of storing my old stuff for me.  One of the boxes I took was a box of my Garfield collection.

Back in 6th grade, before I realized that Garfield isn’t funny, I really loved Garfield.  I saved anything with Garfield on it.  And thanks to the marketing behemoth that is Paws, Inc. that was a whole lot of stuff.

Going through all my old Garfield stuff made me pretty nostalgic.  Despite my opinions now, I can’t deny that Garfield was one of my earliest and strongest influences, and I got inspired.  So this week is going to be a series of Garfield-inspired Big Sandy Gilmore strips for your enjoyment!

Sorry for the lack of communication and updates!  It’s been kind of a crazy Christmas!  Anyway, Big Sandy’s on a break this week and will return in the New Year!  Have a great rest of the week and we’ll see you in 2010!

Big news!  If you’ve ever wanted to frame your favorite Big Sandy strip now is your chance!  The original copies of recent Big Sandy strips are now available in the Big Sandy Gilmore store.  Simply make a paypal donation of $10 (including shipping and handling), include a note with your shipping address and which strip you want, and BAM! it’s in the mail on its way to you.  Suitable for framing or just looking at longingly, original artwork is fun!  Click here to see which strips you can buy!