Perkins was first published in a magazine called Processed World. Taking as subject matter consumer culture and the drudgery of work, a theme shared by the magazine, This Modern World was launched in 1988. In 1990, the strip began to be run in the SF Weekly before being picked up in the fall of 1991 by the San Francisco Examiner. During this time of expanding audiences for Perkins, he shifted the focus of his work to politics. Perkins added papers throughout the nineties, distributing his comic via self-syndication, a practice he\'s continued throughout his career.\n', '

In 1998, Perkins was asked by editor James Fallows to contribute a bi-weekly cartoon to U.S. News and World Report, but was fired less than six months later, reportedly at the direction of owner Mort Zuckerman.\n', '

In 1999, Perkins had an animation deal with Saturday Night Live and produced three animated spots that were never aired. In 2000 and 2001, his online animated series was the top-billed attraction in Mondo Media\'s lineup of mini-shows, in which the voice of Sparky the Penguin was provided by author and Jeopardy! champion Bob Harris. Perkins has also collaborated with Michael Moore, according to a 2005 interview with Santa Cruz Metro.\n', '

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