Cartooning 101

I'm often asked for advice on being a syndicated cartoonist.

Here's some.

I was just finishing the last panel of a Sunday strip I was working on this morning and decided to take a sip of coffee.

No, I didn't knock the coffee cup onto the strip.  I'm not that stupid.

I took the sip of coffee just fine.

Then it leaked out of my mouth.

All over the final panel.

Which now looks significantly different than it did pre-coffee.

So for all of you aspiring cartoonists out there, here's a tip from the pros:

Don...