Stopping to ask for Directions

I've been tentatively wandering around the blogosphere in the last few days with a lot of patient coaching from my son. I had heard that a few editorial cartoonists have blogs, so I wanted to see what they do with them.

One of my favorite cartoonists is Mike Luckovich at the Atlanta Constitution. The energy in his work makes my adrenalin rush, and just when you've settled into his quick, one-liner sort of voice he lands a roundhouse punch to your stomach. Mike is never as simple as a reader might want to believe. If you don't know his work, I encourage you to check him out. He's reprinted everywhere -- they must keep a toothbrush for him in the Newsweek offices.

Anyway, I see that his blog mainly consists of the posting of his published cartoon each day with an invitation to vote yes or no to the question, "Do you like this cartoon?" Then the reader is invited to post a comment.

The blog gets hundreds of comments most days, and it occurs to me that maybe that's what readers really want --- just a simple means of registering their vote and a comment on the day's cartoon.

I've been enjoying posting sketchbook pages and behind-the-scenes material on my blog and have felt this might be something unique. But it occurs to me to stop to ask, "What would interest you?" Would you like to have us posting the day's cartoon with a comment prompt? Or do these over-my-shoulder napkin scrawlings interest you?