So after a long and needed break, West Parker is back with all new cartoons. Season five kicked off today and should carry itself onward and have the best season so far.

Yesterday on the eve of Season five I pulled out some of my old cartoons, cartoons from way back in college and really had a good laugh. Not so much because they were the funniest cartoons in the world, but more or less because it was such a joy to still have these cartoons and to really see how far I have come over these past five years.

West Parker as we know it today has grown up too, but its true origins come from a trip to Hawaii where it all started. I came up with the name West Parker while surfing for the first time in Hawaii, and at that point, that was all that the comic was, just a name. When I returned home I started drawing, I drew a story about how West Parker learned he was in a comic strip and then he figured he would blackmail the creator of the strip to giving him money so he would continue to act in the cartoon. It didn’t turn out too good, because once the creator was tired of giving into his demands he sent an angel to set things straight. Looking over these cartoons the other day really made me smile, as I never published those cartoons, and didn’t even measure the width of the cartoon, I don’t think they would even fit on my scanner today.

After I had those ideas I worked on West Parker and published a few cartoons from the story where West Parker and Barker have a fight over a ball and Barker runs away. This cartoon was published in the Chant which was Saint Gregory’s Newspaper. After I graduated from SGU I started West Parker again, numbering the cartoon again starting with the number one. Since then I have been drawing this cartoon ever since. It wasn’t a daily until my brother encouraged me to draw more as he wanted to read more of my cartoons. And so, with that I have been doing my best to bring West Parker to you every day. Sometimes I have had to take breaks, but have found that they are good for me to really enjoy what I do.

And thus, I hope you enjoy my cartoon, and you enjoy season five.

Thanks for reading,

Brian Montfort

Hello all you web comic fans. Starting Monday June 30th West Parker starts its fifth season so I hope you are as excited as I am...

Well to be honest, I'm excited but it's going to be another year of writing and drawing a lot of cartoons which can be fun and rewarding but can also be a brain buster when the dreaded "writers-block" decides to come hang out for a while.

If you are a subscriber then you won't have to worry about missing a single cartoon, but if you don't subscribe via email or your web browser then be sure to check the cartoon Monday morning for brand new, never before seen, West Parker! :)