Monday Sketchbook: Ink blots

Sometimes the ideas that wind up in the Sketchbook have their genesis in the notebook by my bed. They seem funny in the middle of the night, and then in the morning they still seem funny...but in a different way!

Two things that make me chuckle about the idea was (1) the diaper brand, Deep Ends" and, (2) visualizing what the diaper would look like -- protecting someone with eight legs could prevent quite a challenge!

I still think this would be fun to draw. Don't be surprised if a variation of this shows up some time in the future!

Flake upon flake

Post season play

I thought of this particular gag while watching the Ducks game the other night -- hence the green and yellow shirt. Even though I'm usually not a big UO fan, they played a good game. Too bad they couldn't have played next Monday!

There must be something in the air

As I said yesterday, I found a few old cartoons as I was cleaning up. Why was I cleaning up? Because my son was getting married! So I find it a little ironic that this was one of the cartoons I found.

What adds more to the weirdness is that it was only half done. It was mostly penciled in and only partially inked...from about 20 years ago! It was like visiting a ghost from the past to bring it to a finished state.

So here's another level of weird: my niece who is a model was on TV today...showing off wedding gowns! Yes, this is the same niece who was a zombie! She's very versatile!

Lights out

It seems like every time I do some cleaning, I find old cartoons. This is one I did long, long, long ago, but never used. Until today.

In my first area as a missionary, the power used to go out all the time. It was a bit of an inconvenience, but it was worse when it happened at night as it was January and we were only kept warm at night by the heat from our electric blankets. When the power went out, it got cold.

How cold?

The winter winds came down out of Siberia and were cooled by the East Sea before blowing across the bay and into our bedroom. It wasn't unusual to have icicles on the inside of the windows and frost on the furniture. It was unusual, however, the morning my eyes froze shut. It wasn't Outer Darkness, but it was colder than, well, colder than all get out!

That area was awesome!

Welcome to the New Year...

2012 Countdown: Top Ten, part II

And now, the rest of the 2012 Top Ten!

No. 5 - A couple of my Scout cartoons scored big this year. This is one of the favorites.

No. 4 - Airport security and Peanuts. What could go wrong?

No. 3 - Angry Birds were omnipresent this year, including on my Top Ten list!

No. 2 - I think this one works on many levels.

No. 1 - Ahh, Pinterest.

Thank you for your continued support and readership! Happy New Year!