Dreams that Sting, Sharp Memories

Some years back drew a little picture of a "Bee-Monkey" creature; Thought I should use it in a cartoon in some way... combined it with some other doodles and came up with nice depressing (well, it can be amusing too...) bit of business...

(left click on pic to enlarge)

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Here are some objects from around the house:

This is a bank from a long gone bank

Bought this pencil sharpener in the summer of 1979. Doesn't seem like a long time ago, but the art supply store I bought it at is long gone. I remember going to all sorts of art and stationary stores back then -- just about all those stores closed down years ago, and in some cases the buildings are not even there anymore.