Revised BULJERT logo

I thought I'd do this project out in the open.  Show you how it came about.  The name BULJERT has always been in the back of my head for a catchy name of a comic. Way back since when I was 15 years old working in a sign shop in Tucson, Arizona, the bosses' son was then about 9 years old and kid would hang around the shop on Saturday mornings and fool around with the paints and stuff.  The boss had given his son a nickname of " BULJERT".  I liked the name and it never left my mind.

I first used the name in an early PLUM LOCO  panel  ( on this blog ) referring to a morbidly obese kid. I knew it was politically incorrect, trying to maybe use the fat kid as a springboard to his own comic.  But upon further contemplation, I scrapped the idea.  I knew it just wouldn't fly in the straight comic world.

I couple weeks later, since I love dog and cat cartoons . . . it came, Wham ! . . . BULJERT THE BULLDOG !

So, first I had the name . . then, the character . . .  sounds backwards, but what the heck, I'll do it.  I quickly worked on the logo . . . after seeing it on my blog for a few days, the spacing between the L and J just did not look right, so I changed it into what you see here.  The moral here is that it is ALWAYS to let what you think is a  a good idea sit around a few days more,  let it jell till it's ripe . . . so you can refine it for presentation.  It's a rule I preach but I made a mistake . . . anyway, now it feels right . . . but that, actually is the fun part of this business, the creating.  Now, let's see what happens to BULJERT out there in the universe !  Only time will tell.  I can see a Tee Shirt already and coffee mugs and mouse pads, and baseball caps and bedspreads and ( As you can see I sometimes suffer from delusions of grandeur ).  But hey, that's okay to dream . . .  the last I heard, you gotta have a dream before a dream can come true.

Now to develop the charcter personalities of  BULJERT'S nemesis,  Bilford the Postman . .  Mr. Boswell, the dog's owner and his son and a couple of cats who enjoy ridiculing BULJERT.

This post will be noted as the day BULJERT was given a peek of a project in the works. THE BIRTH OF BULJERT !