Fort Knox - The Comic Strip

Fort Knox chronicles the life of a military family, including the challenges they all face: making new friends, trying to fit in, and adjusting to life at Fort Lincoln, their new home.

Paul Jon Boscacci, a Military Brat, is the creator of Fort Knox, and "draws" upon his Military Brat experiences and family life as the son of a career Army officer, and deftly uses his keen sense of humor to bring the characters of his comic strip to life.

He is the son of an Army colonel whose tours of duty included Fort Leavenworth, Fort Jackson and Fort Knox, and who, every morning, liked to say to his fellow soldiers, "It's a great day to be in the Army."

Paul Jon understands his dad's attitude, and feels that being a military brat "made me understand the sacrifices that military families make for our country, and also made me a better person for having to deal with new people all the time." Luckily for Paul Jon, he had an eccentric red-haired brother and his trusty inhaler to keep him company through each change in location.

In addition to his daily and Sunday Fort Knox duties, Paul Jon runs the creative services department of a software company, and his artwork has appeared in newspapers, magazines and online publications across the country. He earned his B.A. in journalism from the University of South Carolina. He is married and has two beautiful goldfish.

Please Help Get Fort Knox in Your Local Newspaper
Fort Knox is a new comic strip and we need to help Paul to get the strip into newspapers around the country.

Every newspaper chooses what comic strips they want to carry. Many newspapers are reluctant to "bump" an older comic strip to make room for a new one, but newspapers do realize that their readership and interests of readers does change over time and that new comic strips can "hook" readers for years.

Feedback from readers can make it easier for a newspaper editor to justify a change, so your request and the request of other readers can truly make a difference.

If your newspaper DOES NOT run the Fort Knox comic strip. . .
. . . call and ask to speak to the editor, and follow up with an email or write the newspaper

If your newspaper DOES carry the Fort Knox strip . . .
. . . Call or write the editor know how much you like Fort Knox, as some newspapers will carry the strip on a "trial" basis at first. Your feedback is vital.

Be sure to convey how there's a connection between your own life and the comic strip and get your friends to also call and write.

You can also point your newspaper over to The Washington Post Writer's Group for syndication information.

Thanks Paul Jon . . .
I would like to thank Paul Jon for bringing his world - and the world we grew up in - to life as a comic strip that has the potential to reach the masses.

This may be an uphill battle, but with our help and support, Fort Knox will one day reach Military Brats and civilians world-wide.

--Vann Baker

P.S. Be sure to link to this page from your Facebook, alumni and other websites to spread the word about Fort Knox and how we can help Paul Jon!

Appears In . . .

Birmingham News
Opportunity Knox
The Lexington Herald-Ledger
News-Enterprise
North County Times
Minot Daily News
The Leaf Chronicle
The Sentinel Record
The Deseret News
The Garden City Telegram
Santa Barbara News-Press
The Montgomery Advertiser
The Birmingham News
The Kerrville Daily Times
Southeast Missourian
The Courier-Journal
Star-Tribune
St. Joseph News-Press/Gazette
The Indianapolis Star
Sacramento Valley Mirror
The Keene Sentinal
Tuscaloosa News
The Fort Knox Turret
El Paso Times
Aspen Daily News
The Setinel Carlisle