Check out Chefs Feed!

Hi readers! Check out a new iPhone app called Chefs Feed one of my college buddies (who also happens to be the inspiration behind numerous Blundergrads strips) helped launch.

It's called Chefs Feed, and it offers an interesting twist on restaurant recommendations by focusing on specific dishes that high profile chefs crave.  Check it out here.

It's awesome. It's free. It's living proof that you can accomplish something really cool despite being a quintessential Blundergrad for four years. (No offense Mike, but you did have an easy major...)

A Message to Student Cartoonists

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I'm proud to share Blundergrads got picked up by its 48th campus paper.

First & foremost, I want to thank all of the editors who thought the comic would be a fun addition to their papers, and all of the readers who've taken the time to let me know they enjoy the strip. Blundergrads is fueled by my belief that there's a dearth of entertainment that adequately satirizes college, aka the best, craziest, & most surreal four years of our lives. Naturally, campus papers are an ideal place for a strip like this to live. My intentions are for Blundergrads to 1) pinch hit for papers that don't have a student cartoonist, 2) live in harmony alongside student-drawn comics, or 3) act as the occasional "cool substitute teacher" that can fill in when student cartoonists need a break.

If there are any current/aspiring student cartoonists reading this who feel that Blundergrads has interfered with their work, or prevented them from contributing material to their paper, please email me. The last thing I want to do is step on toes! Blundergrads never would have existed without the opportunity I was given to draw for my alma mater's weekly paper.

That being said, I'm grateful to be a guest in the 48 papers that run the strip, and I appreciate the exposure they provide. If any of you student cartoonists would benefit from exposure this blog could provide, I'd be honored for you to be my guest as well. I'd like to create a semi-regular entry spotlighting the best student work, and/or link to your site.

Sincerely,

Phil

Rematriculation

After a three-year hiatus, I’ve decided to embark on the quixotic endeavor of drawing a comic strip about life in college again.

Why?

I asked myself this numerous times over the summer as I struggled to generate ideas, find time to draw, and prepare for this fall’s relaunch. Being weeks away from my 34th birthday, I wondered if I could still come up with material that would amuse college students. I wondered if people would think I had a chronic case of Peter Pan syndrome and couldn’t let go of college. I wondered if I could find time for this hobby when my real job got really busy.

However, amidst my doubts & fears, there was a feeling that overrode them all. I simply missed (drawing) the characters I created many moons ago. While I moved on from college over 12 years ago, to subject them to the same would be to expose them to a fate worse than death (i.e. graduation).

So I offer you Blundergrads.com. Stop by every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a mix of classic and new strips. Stay tuned for announcements on where to find exclusive material. And while this site is technically a blog, I assure you the focus will be on my illustrations and not my pontifications.

I have no idea where this road will lead, but I’m happy you’re considering coming along for the ride.

Sincerely,

Phil