A lot of rap stars go broke. A lot of rap stars own pitbulls. Housebroken tells the story of a pitbull rap star who went broke. Now living in suburbia with the family of his attorney, DJ Dog, A.K.A. Doggie Soprano A.K.A. The Notorious D.O.G. struggles to adjust to his new lifestyle.
Launched in January 2003, Housebroken was first published in the Detroit Free Press. Housebroken now appears in 15 newspapers, including the Detroit Free Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and Philadelphia Tribune . We need more newspapers so Steve's mom will get off his back.
About the Cartoonist
Housebroken is the creation of Steve Watkins that started from a rather obscure comic strip he drew while a math major at Howard University.
After graduation, he began to submit comic strips to the major syndicates.
 
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Steve moved on to Yale Law School, where he continued to work on his craft.
 
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He also used the Housebroken characters to help him study for the bar exam (he passed).
During next three years, he received rejection after rejection from comic syndicates, until Tribune Media Services took the plunge in late 2002.
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