Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
Frank Pauer
Frank Pauer, the workshop's cartoonist-in-residence, is back at the drawing board with a series of new cartoons created just for the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop audience.
He edits and designs The Cartoonist magazine for the National Cartoonists Society, where he received the Charles M. Schulz Award for Cartooning. He recently retired as the longtime art director for the University of Dayton Magazine.
"I've found my voice. It's that of a 13-year-old girl."
"I've found my voice. It's that of a 13-year-old girl."
"Cyclopalypse. It's an end-of-the-world scenario with one-eyed zombies."
"Cyclopalypse. It's an end-of-the-world scenario with one-eyed zombies."
"At first I organized them by author, then by genre, then by color of the spine. And finally, by books I had actually read."
"At first I organized them by author, then by genre, then by color of the spine. And finally, by books I had actually read."
"Instead of a name, I just write prompt."
"Instead of a name, I just write prompt."
"The reviews are in. He's not even damning with faint praise. He's just damning."
"The reviews are in. He's not even damning with faint praise. He's just damning."
"It's a first novel, first edition, first printing, first state but a later remainder."
"It's a first novel, first edition, first printing, first state but a later remainder."
"It's a novel inspired by the movie as adapted from the television series suggested by the Broadway musical based on the comic book."
"It's a novel inspired by the movie as adapted from the television series suggested by the Broadway musical based on the comic book."
"Since I'm basing a character on you, I need you to be more whimsical."
"Since I'm basing a character on you, I need you to be more whimsical."
"It's not so much that the movie changed the ending from the book, but that the book could have used a few explosions and a car chase or two."
"It's not so much that the movie changed the ending from the book, but that the book could have used a few explosions and a car chase or two."
"If I had as much free time as you, I could write a novel, too."
"If I had as much free time as you, I could write a novel, too."
"I couldn't put it down! I could, and I did."
"I couldn't put it down! I could, and I did."
"Remember in grade school when you had to write a 500-word essay 'Why I should not be drawing cartoons in class' and you kept counting and counting and obsessively recounting the words until you reached exactly 500? Well I should never have read how many words are in an average novel."
"Remember in grade school when you had to write a 500-word essay 'Why I should not be drawing cartoons in class' and you kept counting and counting and obsessively recounting the words until you reached exactly 500? Well I should never have read how many words are in an average novel."
"I'm looking into self-publishing."
"I'm looking into self-publishing."
"It's not writer's block --- it's the Kardashians."
"It's not writer's block --- it's the Kardashians."
"More sense, less sensibility."
"More sense, less sensibility."
"I thought I had the great American novel in me, but all that comes out is the mostly average short story."
"I thought I had the great American novel in me, but all that comes out is the mostly average short story."
"Here's one --- they're looking for a profreader."
"Here's one --- they're looking for a profreader."