New Wanderlost pages will be up Wednesday, August 29th!

So I saw an allergist this week. He took a culture from my nose and recommended a CT scan of my sinuses. The theory is that I have maxillary sinusitis, so he drew up a regimen of anti-biotics, nasal steroids and maximum strength allergy medication. All of which sounds fine, but I have to have the CT scan first before I can start the regimen. Meanwhile, I can’t take anything. This means that at night I can’t breathe through my nostrils, affecting my sleep, and making me exhausted during the day. On top of that, some creepy virus is going around my house. I was in bed most of yesterday. My son is under a pile of blankets right now, also sick as a dog. My daughter is coughing. My wife is over-taxed.

Whine, whine, whine…. What annoys me the most is how much this disrupts my cartooning. I am bored out of my mind. And a little frustrated.

Hope you all are in good spirits and health. Enjoy the start of a new summer. Get that fresh air, go for a hike, dive into your local watering hole, laze on the beach, get an ice cream cone — whatever it takes to live life in the outdoors.

Fresh from the printers, Up in the Air is now available in digest comic book format. Above is the front cover. Below is the full cover, front and back. Click the image to see it at full size.

Specs:
$3.00
Full color cover; B&W inside; 28pp; 5.5″ x 8.5″; saddle-stitched

About: Sheldon joins Chloe as she takes flying lessons from her father, Dr. Guzek, who is determined to make a pig fly. Things quickly get out of hand.

The National Bison Range is about an hour north of Missoula, Montana. It protects some 400 bison, several herds of mule deer, elk, big horn sheep, as well as black bear, and several species of bird. On our visit we saw only herds of bison in the distance, as many roads were closed for the Winter Season, a pretty late event in Montana. And this is as close as we could get with a telescoping lens. Still, Sheldon got closer. Perhaps too close.

Here is a view of the Blue Mountains from U.S. 395, somewhere around the Umatilla National Forest between Long Creek and Pendleton.

Sheldon though he would enjoy it better via parachuting. He was wrong.