Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Post-It Pompadour
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
The Strange B-Day
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.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Seven Times Seven
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Phun With Photos
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.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Covered
Monday, October 11, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Stupid Question
Hey, let's ask a character I just drew with Sharpie markers a question!
Q: Is there a limited amount of total intelligence shared by the entire human race, and the more people there are, the less intelligence is available to each individual ( Or: The higher the population on Earth, the stupider the individuals)?
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
What's Left
Monday, September 6, 2010
Every Kid Knows
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Gell Train
While riding on the commuter train, I doodled in my notebook. Instead of using my usual ultra-fine point marker or a pencil, I was using one of those "gell" pens. Here are some drawings:
Is the woman pictured above worried that her hairstyle makes her look like a member of Deep Purple, circa 1968?
Whatever happened to the "classic" convict look? The orange jumpsuits just don't just don't seem to have the same comic possibilities.
Just an ape-y lookin' thing
Grungy old car. When you see a junky old car sputtering down the street, do you ever think "boy, where ever that's going, I want to be there!" ? -- I didn't think so!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thinking About Food
I thought that maybe it was about time I did another robot drawing, but this idea was eating away at me, so I drew this first.
Perhaps this fellow just watched The Wizard of OZ, and can't get the Scarecrow's song out of his mind.
Do you suppose Swanson will ever come out with a Hungry Zombie TV Dinner?
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Industrial Memorabilia
They've got these conventions & memorabilia shows where they've got actors and other celebrities that will personally autograph photos, books, records and other memorabilia, usually for a fee. Fun and interesting for sure -- But what if they had such autograph/memorabilia shows for working stiffs?
Wouldn't it be fascinating to talk to the last guy (or gal) to make a living operating a Univac Keypunch? A telegraph operator? An eight-track tape deck installer? Yes, one could round up hundreds of ordinary workers from dead industries and have a Festival of Obsolescence!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Quick Urchin
A quick drawing on a Sticky-Note. Urchins of 1935.
Twenty-two years after the above moment, the young fellow pictured was standing in the spotlight of a smoke filled basement cafe, and accompanied by bongos and flute recited this:
The Coffee is Tepid
I Imagine Steam Long Gone
Dissipation
Dwarves Call From the Garden
Ten years after that, he was an anonymous clerk at Digital Equipment Corporation.
Aside from his occasional appearances at the Maynard Chess & Scrabble club throughout the 1960s and '70s (it closed down in 1979), no one can remember anything more about him (no one can even agree on his name...)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Ersatz Geek
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Scribbling at Five in the Morning
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Case Closed
In late Victorian London lived many great detective.
One of them was Thomas St. Cthulhu.
Known as The Baker Street Cephalopod (or, less charitably, "That Hideous Bloke"), St. Cthulhu solved many cases that even his more well known rivals deemed impossible, such as The Case of the Living Waffle and Nyarlathotep's Cheque Book.
St. Cthulhu retired from crime solving when it was found that his methods, though successful, often brought about some kind of apocalypse
Monday, July 5, 2010
Mr. Hotdog
This last week I was outside running some errands, when I spotted a guy dressed as a giant leprechaun handing out fliers, and it reminded me of the time a few years back when I saw a guy dressed as a hotdog. I saw the Hotdog man handing out restaurant adverts by the BlueLine CTA station at Damen; He had the same kind of face one would see in a minor villain in a Spaghetti Western -- an incongruous look for an anthropomorphic hotdog. I also thought it rather odd that a giant hotdog would be wearing a hotdog shaped hat, too.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Doodles on a Train
The phrase "Mugged by a Wookie" had popped into my head, and I thought perhaps it could be the basis for an amusing drawing. While riding on the train home, I had my sketchbook out and was seeing what I could come up with along those lines, but didn't really come up with anything I liked. I just continued doodling, though. Here are some of the drawings:
Hey, maybe this could be something; perhaps the title of an entry in a paperback book series -- Space Age Frankenstein: Mugged By A Wookie!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tentaclown
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Verisimilitude or Just Lies?
An anecdote from the life of -- hmmm, shall we call him Tommy?-- Yes, "Tommy"
In a valuable life lesson, young Tommy's mother urged him to give his LAST piece of candy to the grungy panhandler who worked the downtown corner daily. Eagerly, half stumbling, Tommy ran with his offering to "Mr. Scruffy". Scruffy accepted with a snaggletoothed grin and a wink (he'd have rather been given some booze). Ever since that fateful day, anyone with a hard luck story have been able to take advantage of poor old Tommy...
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