MAYONNAISE MONDAY: GILLIGAN'S REVENGE
by John GlynnIt's Mayonnaise Monday again. I know. I know. It feels like we do this every week, but I assure you it is actually only on Mondays.
Today, we highlight one of our fine Canadian friends on the Universal Uclick syndicate roster. His name is Paul Gilligan and not only are we celebrating Mayonnaise Monday with Paul, but today is also his birthday. His comic Pooch Cafe is a wonderful series full of all of the best kinds of characters that will make you smile and think and then smile again.
Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan May 23, 2009
If you were to boil down Pooch Cafe, you could accurately describe it as Cheers or perhaps It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia for dogs. The canine gang meets down at the cafe and comes up with various schemes. Including my favorite recurring story line, where they try to get financing to build a catapult big enough to hurdle all the world's cats into the sun.
Paul's been doing Pooch since 2001 and he's been making us laugh for just as long. One time a newspaper cancelled Pooch Cafe and a mob of readers became so enraged that they burned down the newspaper building. Or so they thought, the mob organizer got the address wrong and they mistakenly torched a Taco Bell instead. Luckily, no one was hurt and it actually smelled pretty good for a while. Let's just say the editor reinstated Pooch Cafe pretty quickly after that.
Happy Birthday, Paulie G.! You are the bee's knees and ankles!