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Speelunk!
Posted on August 26, 2016 by p.j.
Kill it!  Kill it with fire!  

Oh yeah, on a side note...

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of the first Flatt Bear Strip.  It all started with a black and white badly drawn lead-in strip.  The rest is history... a long history.  I went through my archive to find the fist strip and I couldn't believe how much material I've accumulated.  All those jokes and situations.  Where it started and where it is now.  I looked over how my drawing style has changed over the years, and I cringe at some of my earlier stuff.  It just blows my mind sometimes. I only intended for this strip to run 2 years.  That was it.  I figured by then, I would have lost interest in what I was doing here or my readers would have lost interest and I'd just move on to something else. Chalk this up to fulfilling another bucket list item.  But here I am, three years later and still here.  Oh yeah, I have moments where I dread sitting in front of the computer because I literally have no idea what I'm going to write for the next day's strip.  Panicked that I'm never going to be able to write another funny joke or situation or that I'm going to become predictable and boring. Guess it comes with the territory and it always seems to work out by the end of the evening. So at the three year mark, I asked myself, do I want to keep going?  Is it worth it?  My answer seems to be  this, I guess as long as it keep flowing, the jokes and the humor and they stay fresh, I'll keep doing this.  Until one day, years from now, I'll ask that other question...  

How did I get here?

Thank you dear readers and fans for helping to make this one hell of a ride. comic-2013-08-26-0001.png  

22 thoughts on “Speelunk!”

  1. J.P. Keslensky

    Spiders are scary, Happy Animal-versary 🙂

    1. p.j.

      I think they’re just misunderstood.

  2. Tony McGurk

    Happy 3rd Comicversary PJ & Crew!!!
    I don’t blame them for freaking out, 8 legs is just so unnatural

    1. p.j.

      Especially 8 legs in your region. You got those bird eating, Funnel web spiders.

      1. Tony McGurk

        A spider that can eat a bird deserves for me to stay well away from it. Thank goodness we don’t have them here in Tasmania.

        1. p.j.

          Thought you did. Guess that those Aussies. They have more deadly things in one place…

  3. Doc Kenny

    I fully LOL at the pilot strip
    Bonus point for the McKenzie brothers call back with word Hoarked
    … Fresh as a daisy, eh?

    1. p.j.

      Yep. Humor ahead of it’s time. Or behind it’s time.

  4. Doc Kenny

    Awesome 3 years
    Thanks for doing it

    1. p.j.

      Thanks for the fandom!

  5. Mark Stokes

    Happy Happy 3rd Anniversary, Flatt Bear! Gosh, he’s changed so much from the early days! Congrats, P.J.!

    1. p.j.

      Indeed it has. Thanks Mark. And thanks for the “birthday card.”

  6. br60103

    It doesn’t seem like three years yet.

    1. p.j.

      Time goes pretty fast in the comic world.

  7. John

    Oh, and Happy Anniversary! Heh… Almost forgot. 🙂

    1. p.j.

      Thanks John!

  8. John

    Can I LITERALLY cut and paste this text for my next anniversary? Cuz this is exactly how I feel.

    1. p.j.

      LOL. Feel free.

  9. Mikey

    Yeah….really cool dropping in just to see what the bear is going to do next. 🙂 Congrats!!!

    1. p.j.

      Thanks Mikey! You must the my oldest fan. Not in age but in how long you’ve been a fan.

  10. Bryan

    3yrs and we’ve enjoyed every minute of it. Keep it up and thanks for bringing us amusement and joy. We love ya Pat and we love Flatt Bear

    1. p.j.

      Thanks Bryan!!!

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