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Ray Toler Free

I am a designer, actor and artist living in Chicago. I am winner of the Joseph Jefferson Award for Scenic Design (Chicago version of the Tonys) and have received multiple nominations. My cartooning can be seen in the book Literary Fails by literary agent and TV producer Sharlene Martin (available on Amazon). <p> I am also a character actor who has appeared in several movies including US Marshals, Home Alone, A League of Their Own, and others. You may check me out on IMDB at </p>

Comics I Follow

Gasoline Alley

Gasoline Alley

By Jim Scancarelli
Mutt & Jeff

Mutt & Jeff

By Bud Fisher

Recent Comments

  1. 34 minutes ago on Dick Tracy

    Yeah. I am a big fan of Charles’ work but his version of Patton needs to go back to the drawing board. Patton is one of the longest-running characters in the strip and unlike Tracy, has aged from his days as Tracy’s partner.

  2. 38 minutes ago on Dick Tracy

    The Dick Tracy wiki is a good resource for spelling when regular characters appear.

  3. 39 minutes ago on Dick Tracy

    Eric does not seem too keen on naming all of the pivitol characters in his stories. This nameless officer taking the chewing out is the second nameless character who has rated a strong cameo appearance. The first was the unnamed blonde lieutenant.

  4. about 1 hour ago on Dick Tracy

    A herring turns red when it is smoked, like LawrenceS says.

    From Wikipedia: “The term was popularized in 1807 by English polemicist William Cobbett, who told a story of having used a strong-smelling smoked fish to divert and distract hounds from chasing a rabbit.”

    In other words, a smokscreen.

  5. about 1 hour ago on Dick Tracy

    …and today’s strip ends with Lee sitting on her lard butt.

  6. about 1 hour ago on Dick Tracy

    PattEn sure screws up his face when he is mad. I hardly recognized him. Is this his evil twin?

  7. about 1 hour ago on Dick Tracy

    Today’s strip seems like we’ve entered the Twilight Zone.

  8. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    But, like you said, you kept the story moving forward instead of long, seemingly pointless small talk dialogue that seems to slow the story down. Why do we have to know about Tracy’s gastrointestinal problems? Is that something pertinent to the story or a major plot point? The stretching is obvious and everyone can see it. On the other hand, I found nothing slow in the stories you have written for Tracy.

  9. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    JUNIOR: Can I just do it until I need glasses?

  10. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    When he eats beans, he plays the toot-a-phone.