Stores Should Not Put Out The Christmas Merch until the Peppermint Bark is there to be sold, as well.

I love that stuff. That is all. For this post.

Starbox Dachshunds

The Black one looks just like our Chrissy, who lived to 21 yo before passing during April of 2020. This riff is so awful, yet so cute, and has the holiday spirit.

I bet Da Vinci had this same problem with cats. by Jenny Lawson (thebloggess)

(Quick, off topic, except for cats, distraction. Medieval art is part of this post, NSFW. But not gratuitous.)

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This week I started a drawing that was all vines and flowers and it was fine, but a little boring and so I decided to add Hunter S. Thomcat to it because he’s always trying to add himself to drawings anyway. Exhibit A:

And it was a very good idea in theory but somehow it turned…weird? And I kept trying to fix it and it kept getting worse and I would like this to be one of those stories that ends with, “AND EMBRACING THE FLAWS MADE IT EVEN BETTER” but that did not happen because, well…look:

Why does he look vaguely human?

Anyway, I gave up and started another drawing but I’m not finished with it yet and I was feeling a little disappointed in my myself until I saw this collection of medieval cat paintings:

Turns out cats have been fucking up art for centuries because they are enigmatic and mysterious:

And comparatively, my cat drawing became slightly less unnerving.

It important to remember…they’re not all going to be winners.

Or…you know…always make sense?

But since I don’t have a finished drawing I do have this for you…a drawing a did awhile ago that I added color to before I realized that I’m actually not that great at color combinations.

It’s no medieval cat eating a dismembered penis, but then again…what is?

Hugs, sweet friends.

~me

There’s a Game for That!

The Rocky Horror Picture Show Is Now a Retro Video Game

So I did a thing a few days ago,

I do it now and then, hadn’t in a while but really liked one so I did it but didn’t turn it in. (It’ll become clear.) Then I got a bunch of GOTV postcards done, and there it was, at the bottom of that stack. It so happened that another came along that I really liked (this one below,) so I added it, then submitted it. It got posted today, and even though it’s really not at all good, it’s funny, it was fun, and I thought I’d share. I’ve sent in several over the past year; dotted amongst the posts. The best one was of two dogs discussing a thing; a similar scenario as below, but not exactly the same. And I might try this one, too. I can draw fish. Anyway, here is this.

Cartoon Eight Nine Four by Josh Lieb

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Underwater. A group of fish laugh at a wild-eyed fish, who glares at them with impotent rage. One of the laughing fish says: “Go ahead, Throckmorton! Tell us more about the ‘land’ outside the pond.”

First they laugh at you…

It’s Two-for-Tuesday, and that means for the second day in a row, we’re graced with an Ali Redford original. Today she tries her hand at eight nine one:

It’s simple, it’s bleak — I love it. And I love what a great contrast it makes with Margreet de Heer’s version from last week. Margreet, of course, is one of the world’s great cartoonists; Ali is a writer like me (though she does draw better than I do). It’s fascinating to see what the same cartoon looks like filtered through two very different brains.

Margreet’s doomed souls strained helplessly to pull the lever. Ali’s sufferer merely looks at it, puzzled. It’s the same set-up, the same pieces of furniture, but the joke is very different. This is the beauty of collaboration.

Thanks, Ali (and Margreet again). It’s great.

The rest of you — get off your duffs (or, more accurately, on them) and draw. (snip)

So now you know I thing I do when I’m not writing postcards or congresscritters, or cleaning house, or walking Corky, and so forth. Once in a while, I “draw”, sometimes even manage to really draw a cartoon based on a professional writer’s scene.

Totally Off Topic, But It Could Be Fun (I think it’s fun)

One day back in early summer, I searched to see if that’s a real song that plays on the Allegra commercial with the young woman coming out with headphones belting it out. The first entry on my search page brought this blog, so I checked it out. I read a few entries, and subscribed, since it’s on WP. I’ve enjoyed what I read. I got this last night, and thought I’d share, in case someone would like to check it out sometime and enjoy some commentary on TV commercials.

Progressive: Jamie Is A Reluctant High School Football Player

(PS just in case: they named the song in the blog entry, so after I read on the blog, I went to YouTube to check the song. It is a real song.)

Last Kiss Presents-

I’m pretty sure it’s no secret, nor a surprise, that I read comics (considering I post several here.) I started reading Last Kiss on GoComics, and one day I had a little time so I went to the artist/author’s page, then went to his blog. I signed up for emails, even, though I read at GoComics most days in the week. Anyway, this one was in yesterday’s email. I thought of getting it and posting it, but I’m a little crunched with writing the GOTV postcards, and I didn’t get it done. I read the email again today, and decided Scottie’s is a good place for this one. I think everyone would enjoy these; they’re quirky but I haven’t seen a rude one yet.