I would love to see syndicates allow their cartoonists to use guest cartoonists. I really want to draw “Henry” or “Alley Oop.”

Ummm…yes they do. Wiley Miller, Hilary Price are two just off the top of my head that regularly have used guest artists

They just rerun old strips instead.

I got no problem with guest artist or reprinting. It reminds of the old April Fools jokes when cartoonists (in the paper) would draw a different strip or characters.

When done sparingly it’s fun.

And as for the expressions on the faces of the two goats, I think there’s no one working today that does more hilarious anthropomorphic animals. It’s also nice to see several cartoonists step in to give Scott a week off.

Strips like this one are why I always enjoy guest weeks. They serve as an occasional tribute/roast, and I find out about many great comics and the artists behind them by their guest strips on other comics.

In the case of PvP, Kurtz does his strip daily and often posts them after streaming the drawing process live for his fans to see. Considering the fact that he handles his entire property on his own, I’d say he does one heck of a job with it. He’s not just posting guest strips because he’s lazy. Kurtz is probably the antithesis of lazy in the comics industry. In fact, the very fact we’re talking about him is evidence of the hard work he put in to get to the top of his field.

That said, if you’re not regularly checking out the Abominable Charles Christopher you’re missing out on some pretty artwork and a fine comic to boot. Karl Kerschl makes me feel like a total hack any time I look at his work.

Guest comics make up a very small percentage of the number of webcomics done. Kurtz, as a rule, doesn’t generally use them but he’s upset over the recent death of his dog, Kirby, and is taking a break. I fail to see the problem.

On the other end of the scale, Tim Buckley is currently taking apart and putting back together his entire house, by himself, and is still updating as regularly as always. Quick, go check in on him right now and then your previous statement wont’ be true anymore.

As a final point, anecdotal evidence really doesn’t hold too much water.

Guess what, tiger. Cartooning isn’t our day job. It’s our hobby. If we want to miss a day or two, we can.

But way to try to take Noah down a peg. You’re an awesome person.

I find it disappointing when webcartoonists want to be taken with seriousness but every time I check in on one they either have a guest artist or are posting on their blog on how they won’t be doing updates because of other commitments. (or as a third option, post a sketch from a notebook as filler.)