Brian was born and raised in Douglas County, Kansas and worked a number of customer service jobs before landing a career as a pseudo-educator. They blend humor with personal anecdotes and observations along with research on comics and Kansas history with a main focus on the comic strip The Born Loser. They wrote their first novel, Harter Union and is shopping around their second, Vagabond Girl.
They live in Topeka, Kansas with their spouse, two dogs, and two cats. They also have an adult son.
About Tauy Creek
Tauy Creek (pronounced /toy/) is a tributary of Ottawa Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. It was named for John Tecumseh "Tauy" Jones, who lived along the creek and helped found Ottawa University. The online version of Tauy Creek was founded in 2008 and features commentary on the comic strip The Born Loser, originally called "Losers Are Made, Not Born", and other features, like Story Series, until 2019. The Born Loser returned in late 2020, and classic strips starting in 1965 would begin in 2022.
Today, the site is updated mostly daily with classic and current The Born Loser comic strips along with the occasional post from Chris Welkin, Planeteer and Dusty Chaps. If you would like to support this website, you can follow on social media or click one of the money-giving sites.
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About The Born Loser
The Born Loser was created in 1965 by Arthur "Art" Sansom after working on the art for Russ Winterbotham's Chris Welkin, Planeteer. It originally featured no recurring characters but soon came to feature Brutus Thornapple, his wife Gladys and son Wilberforce. Sansom's son, Chip, began assisting him on strips in 1977 and took over the strip after Art passed away in 1991. Between 1981 and 1982, Art and Chip worked together on the comic strip, Dusty Chaps.
