Animal Nuz has been gracing the pages of Daily Kos now since July 6, 2010 and with 247 episodes in the can, Eric Lewis (ericlewis0) has been hard at work creating spot on commentary cleverly disguised as a Cartoon Strip for about four and a half years now.
For most of that time, he's done so without any compensation. He does receive some remuneration from Daily Kos at this point, but truthfully, pay per episode is quite small (think a modest lunch for one).
I'd like to change that. So early in the month of May this new group Nuz Hounds will be holding a week long Fundraiser Blogathon!
below the fleur-de-kos for more ...
This is the very first panel of Animal Nuz from the original Animal Nuz diary on July 6, 2010 (Animal NUZ: An Original DKos Exclusive Cartoon Strip)
Remember the Gulf oil disaster of Deep Horizon? Eric chose the same issue to launch the Animal Nuz as Aaron Sorkin did to launch the HBO series, The Newsroom.
Pretty good company there, Eric!
As you can see, Eric started the Nuz out with the intrepid reporter Ollie, who was based on Eric's pal Ollie, seen here:
Sadly, Ollie has now passed away, but he will live on forever now in the Animal Nuz 'toons.
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This great image was created by Animal Nuz aficionado Diogenes2008 and was posted in Ollie's R.I.P. diary, such a sweet homage to Eric's longtime pal.
So if you have ever read the Animal Nuz (and if you haven't I believe you and I need to have a little talk!), and thought to yourself, "
this is pretty cool, a cartoon by one of the community about everything the Progressive Left is trying to do", then it's time for you to step up and lend a hand!
Please add a comment and let me know that you would be willing to be the host of a diary during our Week Long Animal Nuz Fundraiser.
I will provide a template diary so that it'll be easy to participate :-)
Let's do this thing up right, what do you say?
Ready to sally forth and slay dragons for Ollie and the rest of the Animal Nuz crew and their All Father ericlewis0? They could sure use the help!
UPDATE: These are the users who have joined Nuz Hounds and will be participating in the Blogathon and/or offering other support where possible:
Common Sense Mainer
blue jersey mom
Sara R
winglion
Puddytat
smileycreek
paradise50
gchaucer2
side pocket
navajo
annieli
IB John
zenbassoon
Man Oh Man
jakedog42
Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse
rb137
jcanadag
Will you be next? I hope so!