DBS in the Ft. Lewis Ranger (and the You Served connection!)
First I wanted to share today’s cartoon with you all. It is one of my favorites (click on the picture to see full size version):
OK, I have spent many early mornings, many late nights, and many long Saturdays waiting for my husband to finish up work he does for his hobby — or really what’s becoming his “second job.” He works in the chemical industry by day, but in the off hours he turns into Delta Bravo Sierra — the furious military cartoon scribbler.
When my husband first came home from Ft. Benning he had a lot of stories he wanted to share. With a background in fine art and a love for the military, I wanted to support him in whatever direction he decided to go. He was pondering one day about sketching on a stylus that would put his drawings right into the computer. So, one day I was looking around at our local electronics store and picked up his first electronic pad and pen. He hasn’t been the same since.
Since he started drawing his military cartoon he has been contacted by deployed, retired, active service members, and military families. They have submitted stories and he has drawn them up! When a deployed soldier submits a story he/she also gets a free print of the cartoon they inspired, autographed and sent to the address of their choosing. It has been an incredible blessing for both of us to hear the stories of deployed service members.
Delta Bravo Sierra was originally a sub-domain off of my personal blog. As DBS picked up a readership we began to consider moving him to his own domain. It was at this time that You Served had the great MilBlog Bailout Program of 2009! Thanks to You Served, DBS took on its own domain and has not stopped growing since!
He is even on Private Murphy’s Law this week as the featured cartoon!
This past Thursday my husband’s military cartoon (miltoon) was published in print for the first time! He will now be featured weekly in the paper serving Fort Lewis Army Base, McChord Air Force Base, Madigan Army Medical Center and Camp Murray – ”The Ft. Lewis Ranger.“
This is the ‘toon’ that was the first one in the paper (click on image to see full size version)
Ky Woman
August 29th, 2009 at 2:29 pmHOOOAAAAHHHH!!! How cool! Momma just said that the Shackelford’s are awfully smart! Just proves that it runs in the family…
I’m so proud of you Mr. Hooah!
claire
August 30th, 2009 at 9:50 pmI’ll be sure to tell him to come read the comment KY! He’s pretty excited about it. Getting into print was a big barrier — so who knows where this will go from here. His first love has been art. He does chemistry because it pays the bills! He’s a good chemist, but art is a passion — art that tells the stories of our soldiers is small piece of heaven for him!