Unexpected Sighting

Believe me, there are some missions in the world where a married couple ready to join the Church would be more a shock than big foot or a little green man.

The Other Side's Bikes

Since this is a family website, I won't mention the name of the most famous motorcycle club in the world here. (If you're interested in finding out more about the group, you'll find their wikipedia article at this link.)

Cannibal Word of Wisdom

No missionaries were harmed in the creation of today's gag.

Not That Kind of Greenie

Please do not read any political subtext into today's comic. There's nothing more to this gag than the idea that the word "green" can have more than one meaning. (This close to an election, I really should do a better job of screening my comics to ensure they're non-partisan.)

On Santa's Knee

Today's gag is featured in this month's New Era.

It's not the first time I've drawn a missionary sitting on Santa's lap for that magazine. Below is a gag they published years ago.
Ignoring the coloring job on the old joke, I think both of these gags work because there is something inherently funny about seeing a grown man sitting on Santa's knee. And I think this year's gag is funnier because if one grown man on a knee is funny, two grown men on a knee is a riot! Next year I'll test the law of diminishing returns when I submit a joke with an entire missionary district on Santa's knee.

Take Me To Your Leader

This is another gag from the comedy trio of Jena L. and Eric and Ava V. They're so good together when it comes to writing silly Mormon single-panel gags that I was thinking of abbreviating and combining their names like the celebrity rags do. How does J-Aver sound?

The Still, Small Voice?

I suppose I've always been a Mormon Cartoonist, but I didn't become a Mormon Cartoonist until my mission. While I was in the MTC, I started sending letters home to my family with a little gag off to the side of their address every week. After I left the MTC and started my service in Slovenija, the gags went inside of the envelope and the practice continued for two years.

All the gags I sent home were, not surprisingly, missionary gags. Some were based on real life experiences and others, like the one below, were completely fanciful.

I submitted this particular gag to The New Era with my very first submission to the magazine way back in 2001. The magazine opted not to purchase it for obvious reasons.

Here Goes Nothing

Welcome to my blog! In the coming days, weeks, and months; I hope to entertain you with my illustrations of a "peculiar people". And, if I manage to convince someone to buy one of my books, bonus.