Overtones (for spiritual overtones) was an allegorical newspaper syndication attempt by Ron Wheeler. After it failed this strip became the genesis of children’s book series called Stinky Stevens. The theme for both is, there is an all powerful, caring cartoonist out there who created everything … yet rarely does what the cartoon characters expect. You know, it is sort of like real life.

Below are some of the batches of Overtones strips Ron submitted over a period of time. The first batch contains finished art, and the subsequent ones were submitted in rough sketch form. Also included is some of the correspondence related to this strip indicating how close Ron came to newspaper syndication. Yet, just as the cartoonist rarely does what the cartoon characters expect, God had a different plan for Overtones.

Click on the above comic strip to read Overtones strips – Batch 1
Click on the above comic strip to read Overtones strips – Batch 2
Click on the above comic strip to read Overtones strips – Batch 3