Misleading our Youth

There are animals out there who are very dangerous and yet we draw cute cartoons of them and little kids learn to make their growl or imitate how they behave and we don't sit down and tell the kids that a bear can and will rip your F@#% head right off. Don't try to pet them or growl at them... We should be teaching our kids that dogs aren't always friendly and most things under the sea are in a better position to end you while you are swimming. Just saying.

HALLOWEEN SQUATTERS

I passed a newly stocked halloween costume store and it brought warmth and joy to my heart. This is not because I have some great fondness for halloween, but love the stores. They're like homeless people wandering into abandoned apartments or deserted store fronts and setting up shop. It's seriously the only holiday that has this type of phenomenon. Most Christmas stores I've seen are year round. Halloween stores put up a sign, dress some poor kid in a stuffy clown costume to advertise, and arrange their costumes on racks. Done. I love it.

IDEA FROM A BABBLE

Okay Nickelodeon and Disney and whomever wants to pick up my Sunday morning cartoon. Here it is. RaRaRoo! My baby was babbling and I heard him say that and thought that would be a great idea for a cartoon. I'm not sure the storyline though. maybe like the movie UHF but with the kangaroo as the host. Kind of dumb witted? any ideas you have for the storyline might help the execs buy the concept. You will not be paid for your ideas. It was my kids idea. You like stealing money and food from the mouth of a child? Monster. Thanks in advance for your story lines!

Cold Medicine

I've been sick so stop yar yappin. Dayquil's been running my life for the last couple days and not effectively might I add. I can barely construct sentences, my sinus' are super sensitive and I feel like I have make apologetic calls the next morning like I would have to if I were hammered the night before and said some shit I shouldn't have. In closing, Sudafed is like putting a bandaid on a gangreen. not the best solution.

THE YOUNG SAMURAI

These are four of the reasons that lead me to believe that my son is a reincarnated Samurai. He obviously has the body for it, a. B. For his shape he is extremely flexible and does daily stretching to keep in peak physical condition. C. He has a zen stare and keen observation skills both of which are important. D. He keeps decapitating his Hippo toy and I see this as a long forgotten lust for blood from the days of warriors. Or. maybe I'm just a proud dad. ....I say the first one.

Snooki thumb

I can't really take credit for this concept. www.wwtdd.com commented on some pictures of Snooki being arrested for being a drunken mess and said at best she looked like someone drew a face on a thumb. I thought this was hilarious and wanted to try and illustrate it. Let me just say that I have strong feelings for the Jersey Shore show and they are not positive. I grew up on the Jersey Shore my entire life and never saw more than a handful of the type of people that are featured on that show or housewives of New Jersey for that matter. It misrepresents what New Jersey is all about which is Malls, Diners, and Astronomically high property taxes... oh and I guess the mob too.

TOILET TOSS

I was at a church sponsored fair in middle america, PA with no more than 5 games and 6 rides. That said, it was fun and the rides looked decent though I would never go on rides from a traveling fair that was this small. Too many things to not trust about it. We were there 5 minutes before I saw it. This picture says it all. Well almost all, you can't see it in the picture, but the rolls were like a dirty yellowish color. I don't know if this was part of the charm of the game or what. Let me ask you, is this game in most fairs? I ask this because I rarely frequent them.

FINDING OUT THE HARD WAY

Have you ever been on the receiving end of a butt dial or someone stays on the phone instead of hanging up? I worry about what I say after I hang up with anyone fearing I might say something to get me in trouble or offend someone.... When I've been dialed unintentionally I keep waiting for the other person to say something bad about me or something that pertains directly to me even though they didn't mean to dial my number. I know that's paranoid, but I think the odds are that it WILL eventually happen. In the news some kid accidentally dialed the police looking for weed. It's like karma via the butt-dial. In this drawing, the cat gets accidentally dialed and might just be hearing the end of a conversation thinking he's "going to the farm" so to speak. I think he just heard it wrong. Relax buddy.

SpongeBob and Patrick

Spongebob Illustration I did for a friend of mine's little girl. Not really much else to say... enjoy

Miles of Traffic

Don't you just sometimes want to plow into the traffic ahead of you. This is how I felt on Wednesday and I'm guess how some of you are going to feel today. There is almost no other cause to turn a perfectly sane man into a crazed raging lunatic. Enjoy.

SELF PROMOTION

This about covers it.

FOOTBALL SEASON HAS ARRIVED

I drew this today in homage to the days you remember with your dad on Sunday watching the big game. It's a nostalgic moment I distinctly recall as some of the better moments of my young life and am hoping I have the same memories with my lil dude. I would just like to point out that although the dad is in blue and red, it is not supposed to be the giants or any team for that matter. That's why the football helmet just reads, "team" and that cat you see could be your dog or ferret or whatever you had growing up. The boy in the picture could be you or your son or your daughter who looks like a boy. Anyway, the point is, this is supposed to be a generic memory. Let me know if it hits the spot for you. Lemme ask you though. Are you ready for some football?

UPDATE: THIS IS NOT MY DAD

NEIL PATRICK HARRIS THREATENED ME

This is a problem. Mostly because I think NPH is one of the more talented actors in Hollywood. Now all I can think of is some guy with nothing behind his eyes telling me if he wanted he could rip out my eyeballs. I'm getting ahead of myself here...let me back track. I'm out with a buddy of mine for his birthday a couple weeks ago and some people that we didn't know are there who just happen to be agents. Most of them were smaller, but the one dude looked like a NPH doppelganger if NPH worked out more and had a penchant for Killing. We were drinking and drinking and the more drunk this dude got the more he would throw these threats my way...Like.. begging me to hit him or the thing with the eyeballs. You get the idea. I was terrified mostly because I was pretty sure he meant it. NPH now scares me the way clowns do...They're supposed to be fun and cheerful, but they scare the crap out of most people.

LABOR DAY BLUES

I'm back from a 3 day break for only two working days till I'm off again and already I'm grinding my teeth. I don't know if I'm just a pansy or if I'm not made to work full time in an office or if I just need to lay off the caffeine, but I don't think artists or graphic designers or the unlucky people whatever you want to call my profession are made to work 8 to 5 on a weekly basis and not have any creative ownership to what they spit out. Eh.... I'm just complaining. sorry.

RELAX. IT'S THE PLAYGROUND

We're at the playground over the weekend and we decided to put Silas in the baby swing. He's a little small for it yet, but as long as you swing him slow he really likes it. We were there with a couple of friends of ours. We get to talking and not paying attention as all the swings were taken and I see a swing open up. I take Silas and walk him over to it... Some lady who looks like she's about ready to pull a knife on me reminds me that she was waiting with her child before us and there was a line. A LINE FOR THE KIDDIE SWING. There really wasn't a "line" per se, but this lady was waiting along with 4 other couples looking to get their child into one of the 3 swings at the yard and that's fine and we let her go first, but she was mad and it was silly. The kid doesn't even know where he or she is and doesn't give a shit if he goes first, second or 15th. It's just the parents that have no patience. Go figure.

OLD SPICE DUDE SOLD ME

I have to admit, these commercials are awesome. So awesome in fact that I have given in and tried their body wash. I think I feel sexier already. thoughts???

THINK OF THE POOR SNOWMEN

I'm not made for this heat. 100 degrees in September... WTF? I really really hope that global warming isn't real because having only two tolerable seasons is no way to live. I can't only take my kid out in the spring? He's not a Grizzly Bear I don't think. I know, I know, back to the Snowman. If things keep getting hotter and hotter all the snowmen will become extinct! Think of it, a world without snowmen. It's just awful...that's why I'm setting up a save the snowmen foundation. Your help would be greatly appreciated. We take credit cards.

STEVE JOBS SELLS SNAKE OIL

When in god's name did we stop taking people to task over crazy declarations? Hey Steve!, the ipad is magic? Does it cast spells? fly? Funny that it just looks like a more cumbersome iphone. Yesterday they just announced an apple tv revamped. Tv's shows for 99 cents. I get tv for free with my cable subscription thanks though. Is it just me or does he and apple lie as much as a politician? I know it sounds like I hate apple but it's only partially true. I just hate how Steve and apple are veering away from their creative exploits and are completely immersing themselves in consumption media burning whatever creative bridges they had along the way. ie. Adobe. I f*&$in NEED the relationship with photoshop and illustrator to be strong. Apple doesn't give a crap... This is a problem. I might be switching back to Microsoft....

ANDROID PET

Let's just get out of the way the whole apple vs. google fight and parse the political digital divide and look at the adorable mascot for android. If you've seen the Asian commercials for android you would know what I'm talking about, but because I am an android fanboy I'm guessing you have not seen them..... Also because they are not broadcast in America and I don't have any friends over seas.... that I know about. Anyway, I want one. I want a little pet android. I don't think I've wanted a fictitious pet this much since Flight of the Navigator. Oh. I'm doing this site again, I'm just getting a little bit more free time now that my kid is almost 9 month old. I hope you enjoy the posts. Thanks