An intimate peek at a cartoonist's sketchbook filled with cartoons and aimless, random thoughts!

The end products of self-amusement, boredom, special requests, the self-afflicted guilt that I should be drawing more often, or simply a sort of mental purging - these are some of my drawings, sketches, random thoughts, and other bits and pieces to waste your time with.

Hello, and welcome to my website! Sorry to sock you in the eyes with a photo of one of my old girlfriends like this... but I was sort of in a sentimental mood today. You know, being the romantic fool I am.

If you're new around here I guess I should just tell you to start clicking around. There is no real order to the place, just plenty of nooks and crannies to discover, entertaining antidotes to unravel, and occasionally - a little of this. Don't be alarmed, it's all in good fun.

For those of yous on a return visit, who haven't been here in a while - there are a couple of fairly recent features you may have not seen yet, like the newly added MOLDIES BUT GOODIES page... an entertaining and to those who know me, a somewhat nostalgic look at some older "lost" material., culled from my old spiral notebooks, loose-leaf binders, composition books and wherever else I was drawing when I should've been working!

Then there's a newly added dedication page to a man who certainly had some influence on my cartooning career (which might be the reason why it never really went anywhere in the first place) and that's to my old High School of Art & Design cartooning teacher, MR. STRAUSS.

And THEN on page 5 (cause I had nowhere else to stick it) I added CORPORATE CARTOONS... a peek at some of the things I'd be asked to draw to perk up boring presentations. Some of it's reusable - so feel free to add a few of these to YOUR boring presentation! (And yes, don't let anyone tell you otherwise... it IS boring.)

Then there's always the chance you may come across something else new that wasn't there before - I tend to do that every now and then just to keep you all on your toes! So check back often! And, after all that, if you should be the insatiable type that wants EVEN MORE cartooning shenanigans, I guess I should mention...

Sort of a message board place. Some call 'em clubs. Sponsored by YaHoo Groups it's a good place to drop in and see what other cartoonists are up to. Say hello, check out the drawings, take a crack at a club activity, ask all those burning questions that keep you awake at night and basically - waste MORE time than you're already wasting HERE! Heh heh...

And lastly, if you've enjoyed it here make sure to drop by my link at humorlinks, click on the stars, and give a nice generous rating!

"Cartooning - The red-headed step-child of the art community." -jzero

Boop-Boop-a-Oooops!
The frightening (albeit silly) thought occurred to me the other day, of what it would be like if Betty Boop were real - existing not only in the cartoon realm, but ours. Of course she would retain her body proportions, and as everyone knows her head and eyes are just humongous, in comparison to the size of the rest of her body. Like the Elephant Man, the weight of her own head would probably threaten to crush her neck, and she'd have no choice but to travel around with a pulley device that would hold her head up. Ironic too, because instead of being a cute flapper from the 30s - loved by millions - she would be this hideous, scorned freak, that scares the shit out of everyone. Sad, eh?
Dragon on
A slow day in the art department resulted in this cartoony sketch that was drawn on a piece of scrap paper. Eventually it was redrawn, altered, and used for some sort of dull financial presentation.

Already having made the accountants happy I decided to do something with the original pencil sketch for myself - and that was to scan it into Photoshop and give it a quick coloring. The results can be seen by clicking either of these pencil details here.

Na-na-na-na-na-na-nah, Fatmaaaan!
I'm not really sure what this one is all about... other than the fact that I never was able to draw those Marvel and DC Comic type of superheros - not being very well assimilated to the proper placement of muscular mass et all - but I can draw a hideously obese fat kid with an enormously engourged gut with my eyes closed! My cartoonist buddy Mark decided to take my drawing further and add Fatman's nemesis, the Joker. Click that abdominal potrusion to the left to see the color final.
Crumb Kick
Having just seen the Terry Zwigoff documentary "Crumb" I was on a bit of a Crumb kick when I got a request to draw a bunny-girl mascot for someone's sorority - but as it turned out, the requestor had

envisioned something a bit more reminiscent of how she saw herself, and less R. Crumb-like than my first drawing. The up pointed pinky and the acronym AKA means something only to them. Click here to see both versions.

The artist alone with his thoughts.
Diner Doodles
What better way to compliment a meal at a cheezy diner than to add a nice side order of silly cartoons in my son's drawing book? He'd sometimes bring his book out when we'd hang out together - and like father, like son - we'd draw pictures to amuse ourselves and each other. Here's a few that I did for his book. Click on the pics below to get a better look.


Mmmphsppp!
Oh-Oh! The guy at the next table's not doing so good!
Just Politics
I've always admired political cartoonists and their immunities to libelous ramifications. Seems like a real fun job to have - going after anyone and everyone who goofs up publicly. However, I never considered myself a political person - but after 9/11 what cartoonist

could possibly avoid drawing at least one wishful jab at America's Most Wanted, Osama Bin Hidin'? First one here was done just after the attacks, when he first managed to slip away.

The second drawing was done 4 years later - prompted by a discussion I had with a friend and our mutual amazement that he could still elude capture in spite of his reported handicaps. Click the pics above for the whole view.

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Selected materials may be used with permission. I can also be bribed with cash, gifts, and back issues of Juggs Magazine.