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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. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    The document says “Unclassified.”

  2. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    …and he’s feeling cocky.

  3. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    Sow your wild oats Monday through Saturday. Go to church on Sunday and pray for crop failure.

  4. about 23 hours ago on Dick Tracy

    It’s obvious that the Tribune asked for changes. They obviously asked for it to be stretched out more. Costello obviously complied. Next, Tracy decides to take a nap. We will be treated to several days of snoring. Heck, it could even last a couple of weeks at the rate things are going.

  5. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    So, you’re the ONE.

  6. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    I think that Tracy did not specifically tell Sam to follow that particular lead. Sam followed it on his own based on his gut feeling. It led to usable results. Because of this, it was easier for him to ask Tracy’s forgiveness than his permission.

    Tracy’s “incorrigible” line does not sound like something Tracy would say. Sam is a good detective in his own right and Tracy knows it. He is not a rogue detective going off on tangents. His gut feelings are generally sound. He has been with the force long enough to have a little leeway to follow his own leads without being micro-managed by Tracy. I suppose Tracy’s comment infers that Lee and Lizz have been good little girls and enjoyed the micro-managing.

  7. 1 day ago on Dick Tracy

    snagglepuss was an imitation of Bert Lahr.

  8. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Sounds like Bert Lahr as the cowardly lion in Wizard of Oz.

  9. 2 days ago on Dick Tracy

    “Gradually” is the operative word. Very “gradually.”

  10. 3 days ago on Dick Tracy

    Ovaltine. It was an old-time milk flavoring, but I think they still make it. Back in the day, before anyone reading this board was born, Ovaltine was the sponsor of the Little Orphan Annie radio program. The item highlighted in the strip today was the Little Orphan Annie Decoder. On every program they would give a secret coded message that could be deciphered using the decoder.