You're at work, sitting at your computer, chuckling at Small Wonder (hopefully), and realize you still have some time to kill. Well, mosey on over and check out the Panel Mammals: Jim Tierney, Jarrett Osborne, Scott Metzger, and Mike Witmer.

Can four talented cartoonists with very different comics share a Website without driving each other crazy? Check it out.

Viper's own Frank Page talks about his work and Bob the Squirrel.

In case you were wondering, no children were harmed in the making of this strip.

Originally, I conceived the cartoon as a traditional four-panel job. However; as I was sketching it out, I felt the beats needed to be broken out and given their own panel--especially the final panel where Rufus sees that he is holding gasoline. And, being that this is a webcomic and I am not restricted by newspaper space, I decided, "what the hey," and gave it more room.

I also had some punchline retort from Rufus in the last panel, but decided to let the visuals stand on their own. My wife--my indispensible sounding board--constantly reminds me (and rightfully so) to use less words, to strive to work the dialogue down to its bare essence--a cartoon haiku, if you will. As a result, you now have a silent penultimate AND ultimate panel.

I'm not sure if you agree with my decision or not, but here it is--such as it is. As you can tell, in this cartoon I was channeling my inner Tex Avery.

I haven't been this excited about the premiere of an animated cartoon since the Justice League. Okay, I admit it, I'm a kid at heart.

If you have young children, I bet you are familiar with all things Lego: Lego Bionicles, Lego Batman, Lego Star Wars, Lego My Eggo (sorry ... different product).

Now my good friend Mark Anderson has developed a new brand of Lego toys and I predict great success. After all, what little girl or boy wouldn't want to play with the Lego Cartoonist!

Why is Rufus in Oz? Read the story from the beginning.

Sorry for the late posting of today's comic. And don't adjust your computer, it is really in black and white. I plan on posting a color version tomorrow. For those keeping track at home, you can compare the pluses and minuses of black and white linework versus vivid technicolor.

On a sad note, I want to report that good friend, Mike Witmer, is ending the run of his webcomic, 44 Union Avenue. He had/has a lot of fans on the Internet. The good news is that Wit WILL keep on drawing. Here's to bigger and better things for you, Wit!

And I also want to wish a very happy birthday to Evan, who turns eight today.