Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Lickyweeks
Of course, I had to have my input on this wikileaks.com stuff that is going on. Am I surprised by the info leaked. Not really. Could it threaten US interests and even lives? Possibly. Does it make good fodder for snarky comic strips? Definitely.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Eleven is Too High
For those of you that do not know much about the movie Spinal Tap, it is a mockumentary about the struggles of a rock group. Anyway, one of the classic quotes from it refers to the fact that one of their members has an amplifier that goes up to 11 (most only go up to 10).
Of course, the comic strip itself has obvious ties to the fear of radiation from backscatter machines.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wild Turkey
This one started from looking for a comic idea around turkey. Sure, I could have gone the usual "I say turkey but I'm not talking about you" type of theme. However, once I thought of Wild Turkey, I challenged myself to create a cartoon around that confusion. I could not find another way to misspeak or misinterpret alcohol, so I had to misunderstand booze. And the dressing comment was originally "Will there be dressing? No, I'll probably sit around in my underwear." I had to look up the type of liquor it was and the alcohol percentage. I did know I wanted to end with the "100%" comment.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Gowns
Monday, November 22, 2010
Thanksgiving in January
All I knew when I came in was that I wanted to do a Thanksgiving-themed comic. So, I Googled "original thanksgiving" to find other dates when it has been held. However, once I started the strip, I decided it should really be held in January if you want to give thanks for presents. Of course, I used Mr. Green to champion for the real meaning of the season.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Ticket
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Badges
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Code in my Doze
It so happens I do have a cold in my nose. So, I used this as a vehicle to deliver the point of this comic, which was the idea of Faithbook. I toyed with removing the Faithbook reference and playing more with the faith vs face idea. Maybe mentioning wanting a faith healer and Mr. Green saying 'face healer"? In the end, I stayed with my original panels.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Vizzini, Project Auditor
This is another in the Project Auditor series. The problem with some people or movies is that their quotes are too familiar. It can be challenging to fit a quote into a different context. So, I knew I had to use INCONCEIVABLE. A couple of the other quotes were adapted from other characters in The Princess Bride (such as YOU KILLED MY .... PREPARE TO DIEt).
Monday, November 15, 2010
Diet Lunch
Friday, November 12, 2010
Nervous About Audit
I think I heard someone on TV say "I get nervous when I'm not nervous." Maybe that crazy cheerleader on Glee? Anyway, I captured that phrase and wanted to build a cartoon around it. So, I decided to continue my audit theme and use it. Once I started, I knew it would need to show up earlier in the cartoon than the final panel. So, I used that famous idea of picturing your audience naked if you are nervous about a speech and tweak it slightly for my purposes.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Vet Auditor
I originally had a different cartoon idea in mind, but decided to make today's comic a vet-themed one. So, I stayed in the Project Auditor arena and used a stock photo to depict a veteran. Once I decided on a vet, I knew what I would do in the final panel. I built the cartoon backwards from the final panel.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Office Space Auditor
Are you reading this comic strip and you have never seen Office Space? That seems wrong somehow. It is a classic tale of the life of working for a large company and working in cubicles.
If this is true, then you will not know that the TPS report and a stapler are jokes repeated throughout the movie. I tried to make Mr. Green provide clever quips for you Non-Office-Space watchers, but even I can only do so much.
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
What Teachers Learned in Kindergarten
Monday, November 8, 2010
DoWeDUIinAZ
Friday, November 5, 2010
Wary
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Picasso Ancestor
I don't know why I decided to pick on Picasso today. I got up during the night to let the dog out and somehow, I wondered what a cave drawing would look like if Picasso created one. Then, as I created the cartoon today, I thought about what the rest of us think about those weird, disjointed paintings. This is the result.
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Airplane! Doctor PM
The two Airplane! movies offer a huge amount of silly conversation ideas. Once I decided to write a series of strips about project documentation audits, how could I not include some dialog reminiscent to Airplane!? I did decide to include a little bit of Airplane! 2 in the final panel as a way to end the cartoon. I looked for a way to include some dialog like the "A hospital? What is it?" "A place with doctors and patients, but that's not important now", but it did not flow with today's CoV.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Voted Today
Actually, I did not vote today. I sent in my mail-in ballot last week. However, I did not want to call this incumbent or incompetent so that the reader would not see anything about the direction of the strip until they were reading it. Do I actually think incompetent and incumbent could mean the same thing? Sure, don't you?
Monday, November 1, 2010
I Quit
Thanks to a family member (who shall remain nameless) to whom this happened. My sister's daughter (who shall remain nameless, I said) had been talking to some students in her principals office. She went to leave and instead entered his closet. I am sure she was making some point to them and not momentarily confused.
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