Clovis v. Snuggle

For those of you who are regulars of my comic, "Imagine THIS," you're well aware that my main character Clovis has some kind of beef against the actor who portrays the character/mascot "Snuggle the Bear."

Why?  Who knows. The absurdity of the concept is what cracks me up.

Here is a funny little doodle I did of the two a while back, just to give you an idea. Enjoy!

Break Time Sketch -- Max

I've got Dr. Seuss on the brain lately. There are a couple of reasons for this.

1st: yesterday was Dr. Seuss' birthday.

2nd: when I got home from work last night, my son asked if he could watch "The Grinch" cartoon.

Needless to say, I might be throwing Seuss characters up here for the next few days. Here's the first: the Grinch's dog Max.

Benefits of the Ever-Recycling Cold

If you've been following me on Twitter, then you know that my kids and I have been battling colds since late November, early December. It's been awful. One of the worst cold/flu seasons I can remember in many years. But it has also been one of the best. Because I was able to spend more time with my boys then I normally could.

For those who don't know, I'm a big kid at heart. When the opportunity comes for me to play robots with my kids, pretend I'm a giant super-villain dinosaur, or bust into lightsaber duals in the middle of lunch, I seize the moment.

The other thing about spending a LOT of time with someone, is you begin to understand how they think. During week 4 of our quarantine, I witnessed my 3-year-old's imagination explode with hilarious creativity. When he and I would play, he would create characters, locations, and crazy situations that would resolve themselves in ways you wouldn't expect. It's incredible.

In fact, his stories are so hilariously strange, I've been writing them down in a Moleskine notebook after he goes to bed, so that he could look back on them 20 or 30 years and enjoy them as much as I did. The whole thing reminds me of the magic that is Axe Cop. I'm such a huge fan of that comic.

After I had about 6 or 7 different stories written down, I thought this totally would work as a comic. So I decided, what the heck! And I turned a few of these stories into comics. I'm thinking of posting them, just for giggles.

Would you be interested in seeing some of them?

Remember, they were written by a 3-year-old. So you kind of have to just go with it.

Here is one of his main recurring characters. A robot who's all about vigilante justice:

Coffee Sketch -- Poli-Pricks

This gentlemen frequents my local coffee shop daily. And every day, he shares his thoughts on politics and world affairs -- at 140 decibels to anyone within a 5 feet perimeter. Okay, fair enough. Problem is, he doesn't know anything about politics or world affairs. So that, combined with his lack of volume control, not to mention the fact he is a regular, means he's a business killer. I fear my local coffee shop will not survive the winter.

 BTW -- Every city in America has one of these guys. All tourists, be warned.

Coffee Sketch -- Old Man and the C(offee)

I'm gonna get popped one of these days drawing folks. It's gonna happen. Until then, enjoy!

This guys was downing coffee, talking about jury duty. Smiling the whole time. His neck was really that big; I shit you not. (click to see larger)

Lunch Sketch -- Spidey

A little lunchtime pen/pencil sketch of Spidey. Not very good. Too much muscle. But what can you really expect in 20 minutes? (Click to see larger)

Breakfast Sketch -- Hard Times for Santa

Ol' St. Nick stopped by McDonald's this morning. Looks like 2011 has been pretty rough on him.

(Done with a mechanical pencil. Click for larger version.)