American tale: The Boston Globe spotlights James Kochalka and his upcoming American Elf collection from Top Shelf:

"I felt the daily strip format was one that I could put to great use for autobiographical cartooning. The daily strip format is pretty moribund -- although strips like Peanuts, which at its height used simple drawings to get at the full range of human emotions, were excellent -- because syndication sucked the life out of it. Besides, I thought it would be a great way to learn more about myself.

(Link via Artblog)