By Norm on January 6th, 2012
Posted In: Blog
Marla from my comic strip RETAIL isn’t the only one who wants to be an entrepreneur. Angela Wynn, significant other to my good friend Paul Gilligan (creator of the amazing “Pooch Cafe” comic strip) has started her own business as a wedding & event planning coordinator. Her new endeavor “Limelight” is based in Canada, so if any of my readers up north are looking to get hitched or throw a big bash, check out her site!
If you’re not familiar with Pooch Cafe, you should be! Check out Paul’s site by clicking on the strip below.
By Norm on January 3rd, 2012
Posted In: Blog
My hometown newspaper started carrying GIL today, and gave it a very nice write-up.
From The Attleboro Sun Chronicle:
Nationally syndicated cartoonist Norm Feuti of Plainville launched his comic career by mining his past as a shoe store worker for a daily strip about working as a low-paid retail employee.
Now Feuti is looking back on his childhood as he debuts a new strip that brings to life the problems and pratfalls of kids in the 21st century.
“Gil,” whose title character is an 8-year-old boy, hits the nation’s funny pages for the first time today, including The Sun Chronicle.
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You can read the rest of the article at TheSunChronicle.com.
By Norm on January 3rd, 2012
Posted In: Blog
From USA Today:
Charlie Brown’s parents divorcing?
Not really, but Gil, a newspaper comic strip that made its debut Monday, goes where few family strips have gone before, exploring the trials and exasperations of an 8-year-old boy raised by a single mom.
“Yay, alternate weekends,” Gil deadpans in one panel after his deadbeat dad admits he has no plan for the day other than buying a lottery ticket.
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You can read the rest of the article in today’s paper, or on USAToday.com.
