Buy by the basket

For most of us, that would probably take more than one cart.
 

It’s in the water

Food was probably one of the last things on the minds of the Children of Israel as they passed through the Red Sea. But water was one of the first things they wanted once they got to the other side!

On a side note, at my drawing table I keep a stash of various coins from around the world. Sometimes I use them for reference, sometimes I use them to help me draw circles. 

I grabbed a coin that I felt would be the right size for the wagon wheel. I placed it on the paper, grabbed my pencil — and then I laughed when I saw what it was: a one pound coin from Egypt!

Sketchbook: Catch of the day

 

Halloween Movies for Missionaries is one of the more popular series that I’ve run in October. I’m making some more this year, but I wasn’t sure about including this one. For one thing, it’s a TV series rather than a movie — but it’s also Korean. 

Whenever I hear the name, I think back to the fish market in Busan and all of the sights, sounds and smells. And I think of dried cuttlefish — but that’s another story for another day!

Sketchbook: Hunter gatherers

Another side comment from Sunday school class yesterday, studying Jeremiah.

Thank you, Kim M., for the inspiration.

Just keep swimming

This is what happens when early morning seminary goes overtime.

Vacation

Shopping

Boxing Day (Dec. 26) and Black Friday are the two biggest shopping days of the year. I came across a cartoon I drew last summer that seems appropriate to run today. 

Adapting to the season

It's time to start the countdown! Can you believe it's only 20 days until Christmas?

I've probably told this story before, but when my son was serving as a missionary in Canada, they got tired of going door to door. So one wintry day they decided to go knocking on shanties that the ice fishermen had set up on the lake. They had about the same results, but at least they had a good story to go with it!

Recycled: Fish

For me, using the words "chandelier" and "fishy" made this one. It's old, but I still enjoy it!

Troubled waters

Don't mess with the kid wearing braces.

Monday Sketchbook: Where do they swim?

What's in a name?

There were years when our kids would refuse to eat clam chowder. Then their wise Aunt Janae told them, "This isn't clam chowder -- this is Nintendo Power Soup! It helps you play video games even better!"

From that time forward, clam chowder has been a favorite on the menu.

Hook, line and sinker

There are always rumors of the nefarious ways that websites and social media sites try to keep users coming back for more so that they can generate more ad revenue.

What's the bait?

Here's another one that probably should have stayed in the sketchbook...

Down on the river

I was really torn on this one, trying to decide whether it was OK the way it is or if it needed a caption. A couple of captions I tried on were: "Death takes a fishing holiday;" "Bob wondered if there was a deeper reason this fishing hole was secret;" and "Hey! What are you using for bait?" That last one didn't work very well because Death is fly fishing.

So what do you think? Did I make the right choice? Should it be captionless? Aaargh! The struggles of cartooning!

Finacure

I hate it when I snag my fins!

Painting the town

I can think of nothing more boring than being a fish stuck in a bowl...unless you had a group like those in the tank of Finding Nemo!

Gone fishing

This ran in last week's Meridian Magazine. There was a little snafu this week, and they ran one of Arie's cartoons instead of mine -- but it was probably funnier anyway!

Now explain those bubbles, young man!

While we were at the Oregon Coast with the kids, we had a bit of a discussion about manners. That led to this cartoon.

Everything's better down where it's wetter

My original sketch of this was, shall we say, a little more graphic.