Tundra Cartoonist Chad Carpenter Escapes Mall Captivity—Craft Shows Brace for Impact
Contributed by Andy the Lemming
In a shocking twist that has left mall Santas weeping into their beards and pretzel vendors questioning their purpose, Chad Carpenter, the cartoonist behind the wildly popular TUNDRA comic strip, will not be sitting at the Dimond Center Mall this Christmas season. For the first time in 30 years, Chad won’t be simultaneously doodling cartoons and trying to convince mall security that he’s not loitering. That’s right, no more pretending to be a festive fixture wedged between the pretzel stand and the overly enthusiastic kiosk vendors shoving skin-care samples in your face. He’s broken free! He’s a free-range cartoonist!
“I’ve chewed my way through the duct tape and escaped,” Chad said, probably while sketching a salmon wearing snowshoes. “This year, I’m taking my talents to the craft-show circuit, where the glitter flows freely and the hot glue guns are always locked and loaded.”
Chad will be popping up at craft shows in both the Mat-Su Valley and Anchorage. You’ll find him surrounded by handmade soap, moose antler earrings, and people who knit things that defy physics. Chad will be there with a table full of TUNDRA goodies: autographed books, calendars, t-shirts, canvas prints, and possibly a few leftover mall pretzels he smuggled out in 2022.
To check out Chad’s holiday schedule, go to www.tundracomics.com
And for those of you who prefer shopping in your underwear (that’s how Chad draws), the NEW TUNDRA WEBSTORE is bursting with more goodies than a reindeer’s fanny pack. We’ve got autographed books (signed and sketched in by Chad’s actual hand, or possibly foot), calendars (perfect for keeping track of your court dates), a couple dozen t-shirt designs (for the fashion-forward folks), canvas prints (great for covering the holes in your sheetrock), coffee mugs (for your caffeine addiction), note cards (for your passive-aggressive holiday messages), and more. It’s like Santa’s workshop, but with more toilet humor and fewer elves.
So, please help Chad continue his noble quest to avoid food-court pizza while also avoiding a real job.
To check out the NEW TUNDRA WEBSTORE, go to www.tundracomicstore.com