Hi! My name is Scott Austin, and like you, I love the pug breed. Twenty years ago, for the fun of it, I drew a funny cartoon of Lucy, my goofy black pug. I had just launched my greeting card company, SNAFU Cards, which features my cartoon drawings and one day while I was designing a new card, staring up at me from below my drawing table was Lucy’s funny face. So I drew it. After drawing her “portrait”, I thought it would be fun to print it on t-shirts or coffee mugs (I also drew a fawn version)… but like so many other things I’ve wanted to do, life got in the way, and the idea fell by the wayside.
Fast forward 20 years…
A few months ago, I was going though an old box of my cartoons and I came across that silly portrait of Lucy’s “mug”. I thought, better late than never! Why not finally offer that image on t-shirts with various funny sayings and see if any pug lovers like them? So that’s what I’m doing! I’m using Printful, a "print on demand" company known for producing high quality products (I ordered samples to check out their quality for myself and it's excellent).
* Please Note: I will be donating 10% of our profits to Midwest Pug Rescue in Overland Park, KS**
I’m finally putting “Pugmugs” out into the world to see what happens! Old dreams don’t have to die, they might take a 20 year nap, but they don’t have to die!
