Dec 28, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 3, 2020
Dr. Dollar-Dump - Sunday comic strip
New Dollar-Dump strip... Plus color variants below (one was just an accident I thought looked interesting.)
You will probably have to click "open image in new tab" to view at a readable size.
Oct 11, 2020
"Dreams of an Ambien Addict"
First long form comic strip I've done in a while.. Slight homage to the legendary Winsor McCay, who drew "Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend" back in the early 20th century. The idea was that every strip was a dream sequence, and at the end the dreamer would wake up fitfully, saying that he was going to swear off "Welsch rarebit" forever, after the nightmares it gave him. I was always a bit unclear on what "rarebit" might be... Some sort of disgusting rabbit stew, referred to in the dialect of the people who invented it? But later I learned it's some kind of disgusting moldy cheese... (I think. Welsch rarebit experts please correct me : ))
NOTE: To view at full size, right-click on image and choose "Open image in new tab"
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 11, 2020
desire to inspire
This "cartoon" has proven a little confusing to many... Just trying to satirize inspirational messages. Not sure it quite accomplished that.
Sep 1, 2020
Aug 29, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
Groo & Chakaal sketch
"Serious style" Groo sketch ("Groo" of course is the long-running comic by Sergio Aragones of MAD Magazine fame.)
Aug 23, 2020
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 13, 2020
From the Cartooning is Hell Dept.
*****
Gag Notes: My original idea for this was going to have the cartoonist going "full-Arno", i.e. Peter Arno, a classic gag cartoonist of the 40s and 50s. And drawn in his style, not Larson's. But then I realized that only a handful of middle-aged lunatics obsessed with vintage cartoon art would get the joke, so... decided to make it somebody more people are familiar with :)
Aug 5, 2020
Jul 28, 2020
Jul 25, 2020
Jun 20, 2020
Jun 9, 2020
Jun 1, 2020
May 29, 2020
May 18, 2020
May 3, 2020
Apr 29, 2020
The Boreville - pg 3.5
This final half-page concludes this homage to MAD Magazine parodies and The Orville tv series...
Apr 23, 2020
Apr 14, 2020
Mar 30, 2020
Mar 24, 2020
The Boreville - splash page pencils
Taking a hiatus from "Sippy Cup of Evil".
Decided to do a MAD Magazine style parody of this show I've been watching lately, "The Orville." It's produced by Seth Mcfarlane of "Family Guy" fame, who also stars in it.
Anyway, here are the pencil roughs of the first two pages (double-page spread.) Planning to ink and color this-
Decided to do a MAD Magazine style parody of this show I've been watching lately, "The Orville." It's produced by Seth Mcfarlane of "Family Guy" fame, who also stars in it.
Anyway, here are the pencil roughs of the first two pages (double-page spread.) Planning to ink and color this-
Mar 12, 2020
It Had to Happen...
The vegan agit-prop is unavoidable... Now it's even trickling down into Sippy-Cup...
I have to mention Hoaxbusterscall.co as an influence on these strips. Veganism has been a big topic of the podcast over there and I often listen while I draw.
To be fair, the vegan crusade was already reaching its vegetal tendrils down into my life... At a party I went to at a friend's house, I was accosted by a recent convert, who pinned me to a wall and proselytized for 15 minutes. He had seen that movie, whatever it's called, with Schwarzenegger, and seemed desperate to convince me (or maybe himself?) that he had found the One True Way.
Now, this is one benefit of being an amateur fakeologist--- most people would be annoyed to be lectured like that, especially if, like me, you've actually read quite a bit about nutrition and have some half-way decent insights on the topic. But not me. No, for me it's a fascinating study of the effects of propaganda.
I mean, disturbing, yes. But also fascinating. I try to reason with people where possible, but this guy was a lost cause, at least at the moment. Best to step back and observe, like a good citizen scientist...
I have to mention Hoaxbusterscall.co as an influence on these strips. Veganism has been a big topic of the podcast over there and I often listen while I draw.
To be fair, the vegan crusade was already reaching its vegetal tendrils down into my life... At a party I went to at a friend's house, I was accosted by a recent convert, who pinned me to a wall and proselytized for 15 minutes. He had seen that movie, whatever it's called, with Schwarzenegger, and seemed desperate to convince me (or maybe himself?) that he had found the One True Way.
Now, this is one benefit of being an amateur fakeologist--- most people would be annoyed to be lectured like that, especially if, like me, you've actually read quite a bit about nutrition and have some half-way decent insights on the topic. But not me. No, for me it's a fascinating study of the effects of propaganda.
I mean, disturbing, yes. But also fascinating. I try to reason with people where possible, but this guy was a lost cause, at least at the moment. Best to step back and observe, like a good citizen scientist...
Feb 26, 2020
Neocon postmodernist Leo Strauss in today's SippyCup of Evil...
...Also see "NOTES" below for more background information on these strips...
SHOW NOTES:
The idea for these strips came from a book called "Conspiracy Theory in America," by a professor out of some Florida university. Specifically, out of the "Ruben D. Askew school of public policy" department, or something like that. That "Askew" seems like a bit of a joke, because I think I've seen other "pro conspiracy theory" books/ writers come out of that place.
In any event, it's not a hugely useful book, very "low level" analysis, sort of mildy self-critical of history and sociology departments, and of government and media. It's ostensibly in favor of "conspiracy theory," or at least asking questions and looking critically at official narratives. But one chapter gave an interesting overview of the various camps represented by these three guys --- Leo Strauss, Karl Popper, and Charles Beard --- and their influence on "the academy." So these strips try to summarize or boil down the camps to some extent. Probably not 100% accurately, it's hard to condense that much. I do recommend the book, at least that one chapter, to anyone interested in how the university system has changed its presentation of "history" over the past 100+ years.
As far as the title of this post, "neocon postmodernist," that's based on past reading about Strauss. If you look into postmodernism, his name comes up, as he (somehow --- it's very convoluted!) represented the "right-wing" branch of "postmodernism." As I recall, according to Giacomo Preparata, Strauss was highly influenced by early postmodernist Georges Bataille, and copied his ideas but with a right-leaning slant. Meanwhile, better-known academic Michelle Foucault popularized Bataille's ideas for the "leftists."
If anyone's interested. I know one can also make a case that "postmodernism" is a virtually meaningless word...
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