Meehan Blog

I've just finished Patrick O'Brian's 'The Hundred Days' The 19th book in the Aubrey-Maturin series. That means I've only got 'Blue at the Mizzen' to read before I have to find another world of fiction to immerse myself in.

Once in a while the good people at the Evening Times save me from an occasional lapse in judgement.
Some of the cartoons I submit are politically incorrect, some are in poor taste. A few are politically incorrect and in poor taste. Here's an example from 24th July 2007.

It's probably...
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Here is the conversation which became part of the sales kit. Katy Olson asked the questions. Katy is the Editorial Assistant at King Features.

Q. Television is filled with men and women of all sorts of professions, including the cops, doctors and lawyers that you feature in Pros & C...
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This is the sales kit folder produced to coincide with the relaunch of 'A Lawyer, A Doctor & A Cop' under the new title 'Pros & Cons.' It's quite comprehensive and large for a sales kit, containing 37 samples of daily strips, 8 Sunday strips, a short biography and, 'A Conversation W...
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'A Lawyer, A Doctor & A Cop' is relaunched tomorrow as 'Pros & Cons.' George Haeberlein, Vice President of King Features, proposed a title change to coincide with the relaunch. I was happy to oblige as I knew people had trouble remembering 'A Lawyer, A Doctor & A Cop.' To be more ac...
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This is an e-mail Richard Bissland sent me. Genuine ads from Scottish lonely-hearts columns.
Who says Scots aren't romantic?

Do you ever think we're only on this earth as some sort of carrion that the odd passing scavenger takes a bite out of?

Since 1998 I have been a customer with Direct Line. Building and contents insurance premiums for my home have increased every year, year on year, in spite of the fac...
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Apart from following ra fitba', I've also been working toward the 7th July relaunch of ' A Lawyer, A Doctor & A Cop' under the new title, 'Pros & Cons.' To this end I gave an interview to Peter Grannby, the Marketing Manager of Bulls Press in Sweden. Bulls Press represent King Featu...
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