Barkeater Lake by Corey Pandolph for September 25, 2012

so are we starting over or is this just a glitch in the program

Or 54..

REBOOT. With… Shading this time?

and yet another comic re-starting from beginning.

Have you ever seen ‘Groundhog Day’ ?

Corey Pandolph has proven to be an utter disappointment. He had the makings of a few great strips, but was felled by laziness or massive writer’s block. He proved to be the death knell for The Elderberries when he took it over … and subsequently abandoned it. He needs to change his nom de plume from “Fake Rockstar” to “Fake Cartoonist”. I’m taking BL and TOBY off of my favorites.

this is the comic without an end and a decreasing middle. it goes round and round and round.

Have to agree that Pandolph must be the laziest cartoonist ever…always loved this strip, but he never could fit it into a regular rhythm….Better file this strip under “Best of..” along with Liberty Meadows!

TimmyF – if you write to Cory, I’m sure he’ll refund your money. Barkeater Lake is a great cartoon, but it was a free web cartoon and, outside of three books and some merchandise, Cory wasn’t making any money by doing it. I was sorry to see him abandon the strip but I understand that ya gotta pay those bills. I like rereading the strip, and I’ve missed the reruns here. Hopefully this time they’ll make it all the way through the series. Morris’ line about technicolor Cheetos is worth the ride.

This man was very creative and made very little money doing it. What do you do for the masses for free? I would bet that these cartoons barely covered expenses, how is he going to pay for everything else?

I’ll let the rest of you debate the business angles of Barkeater. I just enjoy it when it shows up. Hopefully this time we’ll see a more or less full life cycle. -We don’t get to see Delores’ father yet. But he seems to have the typical NYC attitude that there is no civilization west of the Hudson.

Corey Pandolph is the definition of what is truly disappointing to any real comic strip fan. Personally I believe the guy is an idiot. Barkeater Lake is one of the best and funniest comic strips that’s been around for quite a while. Pandolph could make a freakin’ fortune off of this strip if he would get his head out of whatever hole it is he keeps putting it into. He has contiinually abandoned this strip and it’s fans for years. And I’m positive that there is no way he will do anything else but disappoint fans now and in the future. I can guarantee you all that the people with the real money, the ones that produce comics and turn them into movies and such have no faith what so even in Pandolph. And it’s a shame, it really is. This is a super cool comic with original ideas and those chipmunks or squirrels are hilarious. Pandolph could have made millions and millions of dollars off of this strip. I guess it must be nice to be able to just blow off a great future filled with money and success in order to hang out somewhere doing nothing. Pandolph can count on one thing for sure. This fan, right here, that has been watching since he first appeared on Comics. com is done with him. No more pal.

I had forgotten I was still subscribed to this one.

@MarkI too am a massive fan of BL and share your disappointment. But I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. It’s no use saying someone “could have” or “could” make a “fortune” with the cartoon. In order to do that, you have to find someone who is willing to pay real money for the basic product. And, for Corey, that never happened, for whatever reason. That is the real shame. Creative artists also have to sell their work, and if the selling breaks don’t arrive – or if they are too busy struggling to produce the product to sell it – the fortune won’t arrive. Simple as. I know whereof I speak!

From what I recall, Corey attempted syndication at some point but couldn’t or wouldn’t accept the time demands and constraints that allow you to make the bucks.