Skim Gallon and His Sidekick Half Pint

It's a sad commentary when you get your ideas for cartoon characters from posters in convenience stores.

Zombie Art

Not super-gory-pandemic-induced-used-to-be-your-best-friend-now-he's-chowing-down-on-the-last-of-the-neighbors-flesh-eating-modern-day-movie-zombie, more old school-voodoo-type-I-left-my-hat-in-Haiti-really-cheap-labor-force-bad-black-and-white-1930's-movie-zombie. Don't see many of them any more, do ya?

Back to Work

Actually, I worked quite a bit this weekend, so the whole beginning-of-a-new-work-week thing shouldn't be all traumatic and such. But there's enough procrastinated upon tasks and unpleasant little chores to make it seem like Monday all over the place here.

Inside Every Fat Man...

Here's the proverbial thin man struggling to get out.

Cool Guy with a Ponytail.

Well, not too cool. And you can hardly see the ponytail. Still. Nice eyes.

A Tip of the Hat...

Am told today is the 200th birthday of William Bowler, the English hat maker for whom that illustrious lid is named. Am also told Bowler himself did not actually design said derby... that was the work of James and George Lock, who called it the "Iron Hat", because it's, you know, stiff. No matter. Enough credit to go around. Without these guys would we even have Laurel and Hardy movies?

Who's This Clown?

Looks like the circus left someone behind. Think that thing on the horizon to far left was going to be a bush or some such but in its present inconclusive state could be pretty much anything. Elephant, davenport, slop sink... anything. Maybe that's a direction I should pursue more aggressively; you-decide-what-the-hell-it's-supposed-to-be art. Of course, some folks may think that's an area I HAVE been pursuing all along.

Do You Like This Cartoon?

Fishing for a compliment.

The Hole Truth

I drew this today, not giving much thought. Specifically... are we looking at three different dudes stuck in the ground, or one very agile guy? After the fact, I choose to believe the latter, maybe some sort of wereworm, half human, half night crawler. Perhaps during the full moon he transforms into an unholy monster, hiding below the earth's surface, buried deep in the soft earth. Until there's a strong rainfall.

Notepad People

More faces I drew while talking to real live human beings on the phone. Nuthin' much here but I kinda like the girl in the lower left with the rickrack eyelids.

Angry, Angry, Angry!

Two more candidates for my Pissed List. Don't know why my recent doodles have favored infuriated folks. It's fun drawing grit teeth and heavy eyebrows. Me, myself? I'm doin' okay!

Casual Friday

And what could be more casual than being naked? Which, of course is no big deal when you have, relatively, nothing to hide.

"Wha........?"

"Huh? Did you say somethin'? I mean, like, to me? Were you asking a question, 'cause I'm sorta new here. Well, not real new, but still. It's not like I'm any kind of expert. On... anything. Just hangin' out. Just standin' here. Not talkin'. Just suckin' air. Better move along. Not like I'm tellin' you. I'm not any authority or anything. Just a suggestion. I'm not talkin'. Just suggestin.' "

Just Cats

I showed this doodle to my own cat and she looked pretty bored by the whole thing. Maybe if I did a hamster collage...

Floating Along

It's one of those new fangled lighter than air giant watermellons.

Thicker Than Water

Those rain gutters weren't going to unclog themselves, so Gramps figured it was time to call together Lurette, Philomena, Little Billy and Cousin Lumpy for a family council. The ennui was palpable.

Hell's Bells

Okay, so there are no actual bells per se, but I love drawing devils and such. This is frowned upon in some circles, but who cares? I ain't quitin'. Least ways, not tilll they start givin' out snowcones in Hades.

I AM SO ANGRY!

"Man, I am furious! I am angry at life, I am angry at everyone in my life, but mostly I am angry at the lazy S.O.B. who couldn't be bothered to doodle any more than this one tiny portion of my face! I mean, he didn't even finish the second eye! He just sort of scribbled something kind of squinty then gave me up as a bad job! I AM SO HONKED OFF!"

Funny How Many Different Kinds of Alien Types You Can Draw When You Spend All Day on The Telephone

Blah blah blah equals doodle doodle doodle when I have the presence of mind to leave the same scratchpad and pen by the phone.

Roughneck

I found this doodle I scribbled a while back. Nothing like drawing a hard guy with a soft pencil. Looking back at this, I kinda like the way the very top of the face sorta looks like it ought to be attached to a different shape head.

Office Romance

Theirs was a world of stolen moments and spreadsheets, lustful glances and manila envelopes, Excel and ecstacy. Can their forbidden love triumph over corporate indifference, weak coffee and really bad hair decisions?

Mr. and Mrs. Hip

Somewhere, a coffee house is waiting.

Snooty Little Cutie

Stuck-up, think-she's-so-great Miss Thang. Not so sure about that sugar bowl 'do. When the Moe Howard look comes back, I guess she's all set.

Sneaky Looking Guy on A Sunday

Disillusioned

"Well, I'm five days into 2008, and I gotta tellya, the whole year is pretty much a bust so far. Just being honest here. There's been one Powerball drawing so far, and that was bupkes. I haven't bumped into any movie stars in the super market yet, and when I look in the mirror, I don't see anything I like any better than what was there before. And get this... I might actually look infinitesimally older! I'm just not diggin' it. If things don't improve real fast, I'm heading backwards into '07!"

Monk-ie Business

When I grew up, there were an awful lot of comic strips, syndicated newspaper panels and such built around monks, friars and nuns... Brother Juniper and that sort. Back then, I think your basic working cartoonist had to have a good monastery gag ready at all times (and a desert island gag, and a psychiatrist couch gag, etc.). Now, not so much. Today, I suspect you wouldn't stand a prayer getting a cleric gag cartoon published unless it also involved an alter boy.

Sundry, Assorted and Diverse

We're talkin' big tent here, a mixed bag, various and multifarious, this and that, just all kinds of folks. Something of a cartoonie cross section if you will. As disparate as the selection of writing utensils in my roto-tray.

2008 - More Monkeys!

Just one of the items on my wish list for the new year. Also more new dinosaur discoveries, more dead movie star biographies (books), more hats (especially for men), more cars named after animals, more original TV commercial jingles, less recycled song hits in advertising, less wars, less genocide, less politicians excusing their poorly thought out agenda as "sending a message" to someone or other. And how about shorter movies? Isn't it about time someone introduced federal legislation prohibiting any motion picture based on a comic book, graphic novel or canceled television series from lasting more than ninety two minutes? I'm just sayin'.