People are really into pirates these days ...

My attempt to write a normal comic strip that would be socially acceptable.  After the Sweetest of Dreams book was printed, a director from King Features Syndicate told me that a comic strip like that wouldn't fly in standard newspapers.  He said it was too strange and that I'd have to tone down my humor and probably write gags that I wouldn't be too proud of.  (Some of that I was already aware of).

I recently drew this one to see if I was still capable of writing "normal" comics for a more general audience.