Look to the Prophets not Profits

Ah, the silly mix-up between prophet and profit. If only the missionary in this gag could read his speech bubble, the difference in spelling might clue him into the answer to his question. Of course, the moment characters in comic strips become self-aware; we're facing a cartoon uprising.*

*Not nearly as likely as the computer uprising, the pet uprising, or the appliance uprising.**

**Am I missing another Armageddon caused by an unlikely uprising, I feel like I'm missing something.

Elder Van Dyke

I created Elder Alex Van Dyke (he's the missionary on the left) in the Spring of 1993, shortly after receiving my mission call to the Vienna Austria Mission where I would serve in the country of Slovenija. He became sort of my missionary alter-ego. Every week when I would write home, I would include a missionary gag starring him.

Later when I came home off my mission, I decided to create a strip tracking Van Dyke throughout his mission. The project took nearly a decade to complete, but now I've got over 500 strips chronicling Elder Van Dyke from mission call to homecoming.

And since I've got all those strips laying around, I figured I mind as well post them on this blog.

(Remember, click on the image for a larger view.)