The Meander Box

The Androbiddy

2012-01-28T11:52:00.000-06:00

What happens when a middle-aged man develops the lifestyle and personality of a stereotypical "Fussy Granny" or "Old Biddy"? You get:

Coop De Ville

2012-01-22T11:06:00.000-06:00

The Payoff

2012-01-18T12:14:00.000-06:00

Too Much of a Mediocre Thing

2012-01-15T16:10:00.000-06:00

Random & Random

2012-01-06T06:02:00.001-06:00

Took a random drawing out of my pile of doodles, and put a random thought/comment with it.

Future Insensitive

2011-12-29T05:27:00.000-06:00

In the future, when the human race will have been conditioned to complete personal inoffensiveness, will insults, gross humor and social faux pas be relegated to the Robot population?

He Who Has Nothing

2011-12-25T20:03:00.000-06:00

Dark Pencil

2011-12-17T14:44:00.000-06:00

Just messin' around with a 2B (and a little 6B) pencil. Drawn on a Post-It type notepad.

What Troglodytes DON'T Want

2011-12-12T01:40:00.000-06:00

What would a one-eyed dwarf troglodyte be thinking about at this time of year?

Based Upon A True Story

2011-12-04T03:26:00.001-06:00

Toto Tote

2011-11-24T20:22:00.000-06:00

Earlier this week, came across a woman who was carrying a little dog in a shoulder bag.

Last week there was a different doggie encounter: I came upon an apparent "Bag Lady" who had a small dog. The dog was dressed in a rather fancy sweater, and I asked the woman if she minded if I took a photo of the critter. The woman replied: "No! No photos!! -- IDENTITY THEFT!!!"

Forgotten Memories

2011-11-20T13:41:00.000-06:00

Woke up at 6:00am this morning with an upset stomach. This idea just popped in my head then.

Just Another Daze

2011-11-11T11:12:00.000-06:00

The Next 30% ?

2011-11-06T20:14:00.000-06:00

Something scribbled while on the train

A Quick Pic

2011-10-30T23:52:00.000-05:00

I haven't done anything in ink in a while, so here's something done quickly on a Post-It

Making the Parents Proud

2011-10-18T04:01:00.000-05:00

What They're Really Saying

2011-10-12T04:07:00.000-05:00

Frankenstein: Again

2011-10-06T02:04:00.001-05:00

Every so often, it is necessary to draw a variation of the The Frankenstein Monster. This one I slapped together (ha, ha!), in a couple of minutes.

Czew on That

2011-09-29T14:19:00.000-05:00

Again, something drawn while sitting on the train.

Let's see... I'll name this guy Tungston Czew . He's a rock band roadie from the early-to-mid '70s. His last name being "Czew" everybody started calling him "Chewy", which he thought was a pretty cool nickname until STAR WARS came out, and he had to continually tell people he had the name first and the movie "stole" it.

Ringnose & Armadillo

2011-09-25T04:01:00.000-05:00

A couple of doodles I did on the train. Perhaps they can be combined into a super-hero duo, Ringnose & Armadillo -- or maybe that could be the title of a a heartwarming family movie?

Mr. Anarchy

2011-09-18T01:10:00.000-05:00

I was watching a movie called GABRIEL OVER THE WHITE HOUSE (1933), and one actor in it made me think: "That guy looks like he could play the stereotypical crazed anarchist" (turned out to be Mischa Auer, "the Mad Russian"). Anyway, it made me think of making a cartoon character called MR. ANARCHY:

Nostalgia Redux

2011-09-11T02:44:00.000-05:00

Back in the 1950s, there was a TV show called THE MILLIONAIRE, wherein a mysterious multi-millionaire would send out his personal secretary to present a cashier's check for $1,000,000 to some specially chosen individual. The story would follow how this bounty would effect the life of the recipient (for good or bad).

These days, a million bucks is not that impressive, it seems. If one was to create a similar type show now, what would it be? One could just increase the amount to ten million, but I think people have slightly different dreams and ambitions in the 21st Centruy.

I think the new show would be called I CAN SUE!

In this show, each episode would have a mysterious lawyer choosing some individual that he could help attain the dream of every modern American: Winning a lawsuit for millions of dollars!

What Everybody's Thinking

2011-09-03T22:23:00.000-05:00

I'm sure that in any crowd, you can pick out at least one person who's thinking this:

Positive Thinking

2011-08-28T02:07:00.002-05:00

Mr. Wonderful

2011-08-21T05:47:00.000-05:00

Another quick drawing I did while sitting around waiting to see if I would be serving on a jury

I call this guy 'Mr. Wonderful" -- he's the type of guy who's always enthusiastic, looks on the bright side, will try to pay for everybody's lunch -- basically, the kind of guy who everybody figures can't really be that nice, and must have bodies buried under his basement or is embezzling from an orphanage.

An Unsolicited Comment

2011-08-13T02:45:00.000-05:00

While Waiting in a Big Room

2011-08-07T04:05:00.000-05:00

Another drawing produced while sitting around waiting to see if I'd be picked to serve on a Jury:

Court Doodle

2011-07-31T23:18:00.000-05:00

Last week I was required to report for jury duty at the Criminal Court. While waiting in a big room to see if I'd serve on a jury (did not), I read, did puzzles and drew some doodles. This one is an inked and colored version of one of the doodles. Yeah, it comes out of nowhere...

The Modern Plague

2011-07-25T00:36:00.002-05:00

Last week while pushing my cart down the street (working on the job, you know), a woman talking on a cellphone walked right in front of me, seemingly oblivious to anything with a perpendicular trajectory. The phrase "Cell-Blind" popped into my head.

Commute Doodle

2011-07-15T03:23:00.002-05:00

While riding on the train, scribbled this down:

Humor Obsolescence

2011-07-10T17:26:00.000-05:00

What happens to humor that missed it's era? There has always been "timely" and topical humor that has a limited shelf life, or humor that requires the audience to have specific knowledge, but what happens to humor (and the energy required to generate it), that is created way past the time it has a connection with any audience? Can it even be considered "humor", or the very fact it exists outside the realm of conventional humor humorous in itself?

Goofy Grins Continue

2011-06-29T03:09:00.000-05:00

I guess I'm in a "Goofy Grin" phase -- Drew this in pencil on the commute to work. Colored it in when I got home.

I figure this guy's thrilled because he's finally thought of something really insane he can tell his psychiatrist. You see, this rather considerate fellow has been worried that his analyst was finding their weekly sessions a tad too boring.

First Impressions Count

2011-06-21T02:12:00.001-05:00

Something I drew on the way to work on Monday

Monday Grotesque

2011-06-14T00:50:00.000-05:00

I felt like drawing something grotesque today, so I did this one while riding the train home

Apple Cart Pusher Overer

2011-06-07T03:09:00.000-05:00

For some reason the memory of someone saying (or more than one, at different times) that the "job" of art is to upset or challenge the "establishment". I think that's a little silly to have such a limited definition of art (or that it has a "job").

With that in mind, I scribbled this on a sticky-note

Oh, by the way, Today (6/7/11) marks three years since I started this blog!

Just Talkin'

2011-05-31T01:30:00.019-05:00

You know how when a stand-up comedian acts like he's talking on the phone, will put his hand up to the side of his face, thumb up near the ear and little-finger extended to the mouth? Well, why can't that be a super-power? Seems that in the comic books, if you're super-good at anything, you can put on a costume and be a super-hero. Why can't there be a super-hero who pretends he's talking on the phone -- really good?

Why can't some comedian, tired of all the rotten things in society, decide to drop out and run off to train at some mysterious mime academy (yeah, that's it: L'academie de la pantomime extraordinaire, the Top Secret school started by the French Underground to train mimes to battle the Nazis )? And then a few more years studying esoteric mystical stuff with the Lamas of Tibet?

Yeah, I can see it now...

The Zen of Procrastination

2011-05-27T14:38:00.002-05:00

Stooge Think

2011-05-25T04:12:00.001-05:00

Gatekeeper of Sanity

2011-05-16T01:50:00.002-05:00

Pre-Cellphone Plague

2011-05-15T03:00:00.000-05:00

Mr. Reverse Pompadour says:

Nice Legacy

2011-05-06T04:06:00.000-05:00

Some Words on Ambition

2011-05-02T02:07:00.002-05:00

Some words from The Guy You Shouldn't Be Listening To

More Clown

2011-05-01T22:26:00.002-05:00

Once again, I was doodling in my little drawing pad while riding on the train. I figured it was about time to post another "disturbing clown" on the blog, and drew this one, which I thought might look like something from the world of Little Orphan Annie:

Humanitarianism

2011-04-19T01:45:00.001-05:00

Hair Tile

2011-04-15T03:25:00.000-05:00

How're Ya Doin"?

2011-04-10T22:46:00.000-05:00

Just Laugh, Already!

2011-04-03T01:36:00.003-05:00

On The Elevator

2011-03-31T02:37:00.001-05:00

Drew this using a gel pen while riding on an elevator in a downtown building

So this concludes the "doodle-a-day" for the month of March!

Indentured

2011-03-30T02:45:00.002-05:00

Something scribbled on a bumpy train ride

This fellow looks like someone who will tell anybody who will listen that the cost of modern higher education is creating a population of indentured servants

Dreams & Aspirations

2011-03-29T03:34:00.000-05:00

UniSkull

2011-03-28T02:52:00.001-05:00

What Popped into my head as I sat down to draw

Odd Playthings

2011-03-27T01:08:00.002-05:00

I call this one Strange Secrets of Doll Makers #327

Hippy Academy

2011-03-26T05:40:00.001-05:00

Something scribbled after being up all night...

Quick Frankenstein

2011-03-25T01:58:00.003-05:00

Still working on the household project, but did take a couple of minutes to do a Frankenstein variation.

Dweebucation

2011-03-24T01:43:00.002-05:00

Just finished this one two minutes ago -- In the middle of a household project, and thought I'd take a break for this doodle.

I figure even a Dweeb Dad (it happens!) tries to give his kid insights into what it means to be a man. I figure in this case it would be some kind of "rites of passage" type thing along the lines of: " When a female friend, who you weren't even attracted to, tells you to not even think about being anything more than just friends, then my son, you have become a Geek MAN"

Mean Queen

2011-03-23T02:42:00.002-05:00

This doodle made me think of one of those 50s/60s SF adventure movies where some astronauts land on a planet totally populated by women and are ruled by a cruel queen.

Scary Nerd

2011-03-22T03:51:00.001-05:00

Again, drew this while waiting at the train station.

Girl & Cephalopod

2011-03-21T02:50:00.001-05:00

Just Drawin'!!

Fried, Next

2011-03-20T01:06:00.001-05:00

Another quick doodle

Think Very Positively

2011-03-19T02:19:00.002-05:00

Hmmm... could be....

Mr. Crab Apple

2011-03-18T01:55:00.002-05:00

Just started drawing an apple (or is it a cherry??), then put a face on it, and then stuck spidery legs on it. Figured he should be a rather self-conscious little mutant. I was thinking "spider apple", and then thought "hmmm -- crab apple -- there really are such things..."

Robot Freak

2011-03-17T02:14:00.003-05:00

To prevent mass electro-psychosis in the future robot society, there will be the need to create robot freaks. Being "freaks", these unfortunate automatons will deviate from the majority of robots in form and action, thus defining what is "normal". So, this norm being established, regular robots can be satisfied that instead of being part of an undefined mass, they automatically belong the "normal" group.

That's What It Sounds Like

2011-03-16T14:18:00.001-05:00

Sometimes when I overhear people talk about their teenage kids, it sounds like this is what they really mean:

Happy Creepy

2011-03-15T03:42:00.001-05:00

Here's someone who looks like he's accepted being creepy, and is quite happy about it.

Just Magical

2011-03-14T00:14:00.002-05:00

Just drew this without any kind of notion as to what it would be. Perhaps it's a couple going to some kind of Fantasy fiction convention, and the guy would rather not be there...

Mr. Worry

2011-03-13T14:32:00.002-05:00

A couple of quick ones.

I don't really draw groups that often, so I thought practice a little with this one.

I call this one Mr. Worry

Mr. Chuckles

2011-03-12T03:27:00.000-06:00

Again, a quick drawing while waiting for a train

Sketch Pad Feline

2011-03-11T02:03:00.002-06:00

A rather minuscule kitty, drawn while waiting (again!) for a train

Waiting in the Waiting Room

2011-03-10T03:35:00.001-06:00

drew this while waiting in the waiting room at the Metra station

Enthusiastic Teeth

2011-03-09T01:33:00.001-06:00

Eye Post

2011-03-08T02:41:00.002-06:00

Sketched this on the train. I was thinking about a commercial that played back in the late 1960s for a toy/game called Ka-Bala (the mysterious game that foretells the future) from Transogram, which had some glowing eyeball sticking up from the middle of the playing board-thing.

Unnoticed

2011-03-07T00:06:00.003-06:00

Here we have a being from another world attempting to go unnoticed in the year 1968

Cthulhu Kid

2011-03-06T00:18:00.001-06:00

Another item produced while riding the train to work.

Trash Fascination

2011-03-05T00:49:00.001-06:00

Penciling away on the train.

Uh Goil In Frunna Uh Fentz

2011-03-04T01:59:00.001-06:00

Drawings continue!

Doodle Train

2011-03-03T03:00:00.002-06:00

Drew this on a rather bumpy ride on the Metra train. Cleaned it up a bit on the computer, but left most of the scruffiness.

A photo from the train ride

Clown Serious

2011-03-02T03:05:00.000-06:00

The Post-A-Day project continues!

Doodle-A-Day

2011-03-01T02:56:00.002-06:00

I thought for this month, I'd try posting something every day (usually some kind of doodle, I guess).

Today's offering I have entitled: Sad Little Man With A Giant Robot

Special Bonus!

2011-02-27T01:11:00.002-06:00

Typically, I've been posting one cartoon a week, but I thought I'd post an extra one.

Thought up a cartoon, and drew this guy -- I decided to go with a different drawing for the cartoon, but liked this drawing one too, so I thought of what the guy might be say, judging from his looks...

Waste Not, Want Not

2011-02-27T01:00:00.002-06:00

This is something I drew on a couple of Sticky-Notes (the pic on one, the dialog on another), using a burgundy colored ultra-fine marker.

Modern Survival Tactic #562

2011-02-20T01:03:00.001-06:00

Stumble Down Memory Lane

2011-02-13T02:31:00.003-06:00

Way Missed Connection

2011-02-06T18:03:00.003-06:00

Sorry, Intense Guy reading Nietzsche on the #22 Bus, but your "Missed Connection" ad in the local alternative paper was in fact seen by that "Stunning Blonde". She will now be avoiding the #22 Bus like the plague.

Zombobot

2011-01-25T03:28:00.002-06:00

This idea popped into my head on Monday, so thought I'd quickly scribble it out in pencil and post it before I got crazy way too elaborate ideas about it, and actually never get around to even starting it...

It's a well known fact that the modern re-animated corpse, or "zombie" possesses an insatiable hunger for human brains. Would it follow that a zombie robot would crave CPUs?

Cheer Plus

2011-01-23T22:43:00.003-06:00

Would the existence of superheroes result in superhero cheerleaders? Would these cheerleaders themselves be "super"? A Cheerleader Plus? Why not a plus-size super-cheerleader?

Scents-Less

2011-01-16T01:39:00.002-06:00

With so many "celebrities" putting out perfumes, colognes etc, what if "classic" popular icons got their own fragrances?

Unstormy Future

2011-01-10T00:57:00.002-06:00

What can this be? Possibility:

It's February 8th, 1974, and spinster Gladys Windsor, wearing faded batman t-shirt, sits alone in her dark apartment contemplating what life will be like now that Secret Storm is off the air.

Freak Face Fuzz

2011-01-02T23:53:00.002-06:00

The last week was so full of distractions (though good ones), that I had to come up with something to post rather quickly (before my self imposed Sunday Night deadline) -- I guess I just didn't have time to make sure the character was presentable...

Glutton Boon

2010-12-26T23:54:00.001-06:00

Post-It Pompadour

2010-12-19T03:19:00.002-06:00

Something the world needed (especially in the times we are living!): A sloppy Post-It note drawing of a dragon with a way-cool pompadour hair do!

Finalize

2010-12-12T01:20:00.002-06:00

The Age Old Question

2010-12-03T03:49:00.002-06:00

The Strange B-Day

2010-11-27T18:52:00.002-06:00

A week ago, I was playing a movie on the video machine when my doorbell rang. I found it was a younger member of the family next door -- he wished me a "Happy Birthday, man!" and gave me a package from a Bakery. A little surprised, I thanked him, and he went on his way. I opened the bakery box.

Inside was a colossal cupcake with green frosting and the likeness of a baked turkey on top. On the turkey in red jell were the words Happy B-Day Rod (my name being "Rob", that was a little odd...). Yes, a little puzzling, indeed.

Oh, and the cupcake was a little stale, too, but I guess it's the thought that counts.

Seven Times Seven

2010-11-20T11:32:00.002-06:00

This being the anniversary of my birth, I'm reminded of what is rumored to be my first words at the age of 18 months (I had remained silent until then) ...

Lines on Paper

2010-11-13T02:11:00.001-06:00

This is Just Stupid...

2010-11-07T23:39:00.002-06:00

It's the Great Gourd, Charlie Frankenstein

2010-10-30T18:38:00.003-05:00

Laughing Life

2010-10-23T03:28:00.003-05:00

Phun With Photos

2010-10-20T22:41:00.003-05:00

Took a pic of my pal Tim, (Leader (Guru? Lama?) of The Red Plastic Buddha, and the resulting image reminded me of some Covers of Famous Monsters of Filmland -- so, daring to venture into territory not meant for mortal man, I, utilizing the tools of modern technology combined said photograph (altered to give it a slightly "oil painting" look) with an old cover of FMoF:

This does indeed amuse me.

Covered

2010-10-18T00:16:00.003-05:00

I recently read that thieves will steal even manhole covers. It got me to wondering where exactly do you get replacement covers. I assume you'd could get them from a manhole cover plant --- but where do these plants grow?