Our friend Lucy from Diamond’s Coffee Shoppe (the wonderful hosts for our monthly Minneapolis jams) has a fun cartooning gig for someone… here is her description of the project… let’s help her out, huh?

I run an ad every month in the Minnesota Motorcycle Monthly. Last year I did the basic ad, with all of our pertinent information, blah, blah, blah. Boring. I don’t think we’re really getting a response off those ads. What I would like to do this year is a different single-panel cartoon every month, featuring our mascot, Toast, a tiny (and incredibly cute) chihuahua. Diamonds Presents the Toast Chronicles…

It will be a one- or two-panel cartoon for our ad every month. The format is 3-1/4″ H x 5″ W. I would like all the cartoons to be in the same style, so it would probably be one person doing them. There are nine issues a year, so basically I would have this person draw nine panels, and then I would just send them in to the publication monthly. I don’t know if anyone would be interested in doing the actual writing (I worked on that this weekend and found out how hard it is), or if they would want me to do the writing, and they just draw the panels to go with it. I’m in uncharted waters here – I don’t have any idea how you guys work.

Anyway,. this will be called the Toast Chronicles, and like I said, it will feature our little Chihuahua friend Toast. I think (and I’m up for any input anyone has) she’ll be wearing doggles all the time, and traveling in the tank bag of a motorcycle. The driver of the motorcycle, however, would be nameless and faceless. But, as I said, none of this is written in stone, more like kitty litter, and so I am up for any suggestions from whomever feels like throwing in their two cents worth. Riding in the tank bag not funny? OK, she can ride her own bike. Does she need a sidekick? That can be arranged. As long as Toast is in the panel every month, and traveling on a motorcycle, I’ll be happy.

Email Lucy at diamondscoffeeshoppe.com if you’re interested!