Even Klingons Love a Bargain!

This one’s for the real Trekies out there! However, for those of you who are looking at this and thinking “What the heck is a darsek?” read up on Klingons HERE.

I started this cartoon with only the name of the store in mind. In my head, the idea of a Klingon shoe store named Kahless Shoes (named of course for the legendary Kahless the Unforgetable) seemed hysterical. In case you don’t have one near you, there’s a Earth based shoe store chain called Payless Shoes where one can find a plethora of footwear at bargain prices.

So, there you have it my fellow Klingon-philes. I hope you enjoy this little cartoon while sipping a glass of Bloodwine and eating a big plate of Gagh! Kahplah’!

High Maintenance Wookie

You wouldn’t know it by watching the movies, but there’s a lot of down time in the smuggling game. Even when jumping to hyper-space, it can take hours if not days to hop from one star system to the next. Luckily if one has a Wookie copilot, there’s plenty of grooming that needs to be done to pass the time.

This one actually occurred to me while combing my daughter’s hair. At 18 months she’s nowhere near as hairy as Chewie here, however, she does get her share of snarls and tangles every now and again. Still, as Han proves, it could be worse!

Good News & Bad News

Come on, it’s an honest mistake, right?

Anger Management!

Click the image for the full bird salute. (not recommended for minors)

Yeah, sometimes I might have a teensy weensy little anger issue. I try to be good and contain my loathing for the insipid, pathetic piece of rancid pre-chewed bubble gum that is American Idol. I know millions of folks love it, and this is a free country, so as long as the show stays to itself and doesn’t bother me, I can coexist with it. But when Fox lets the show run long and push back first new episode of Fringe, a wonderful show that I now find myself addicted to, thereby causing my DVR to miss the last few minutes of the episode, well that’s when this geek looses it! I know it’s a deliberate punishment perpetrated by Fox on those of us who dare watch television programs when we want instead of when our wise and mighty Fox overlords decree we should. How dare us lowly peons skip past the advertisements that fill Rupert Murdoch’s pockets with piles of dirty money! It’s a little move like this that causes all that repressed anger at Fox for all the offenses against the geek community to boil to the surface. So, Fox, for canceling Firefly,you get THE FINGER! Canceling Drive? THE FINGER! Ben Affleck as Daredevil? THE FINGER! Brett Ratner directing X3? Big Ole FINGER! Getting your greedy little mitts on whatever Watchmen money there is even though you did nothing to make the film? GIANT BLUE FINGER! Dumbing down and neutering most of your action movies for the last decade? THE FINGER! For FOX NEWS, A Real American FINGER! And lastly, but not leastly, for running your vapid cheerleader/ golden child of a television “talent” show long and causing me to miss the last few minutes of Fringe on my DVR, you all get a huge double barreled helping of THE FINGER! F-U Fox!

Why is Arakis so dry?

Ok, this one is for the real Sci-Fi fans out there. Here we have a prime example of where my brain goes when I happen upon corny infomercials. I thought about making the planetary reference “Tatooine” from Star Wars, but thought better of it. Star Wars gags are too easy, and since the desert planet concept was basically ripped off from Frank Herbert’s Dune, I thought, “Go for it, let your geek flag fly!” So there it is. An entire planet dried out by a giant “As-Seen-On-TV” chamois!

Imagine THIS! Guest Comic

Hey, gang! Today my guest comic goes up for one of my favorite webcomics, Imagine THIS. Creator Lucas Turnbloom is taking a short break from the strip and called in a virtual “Who’s Who” of talented cartoonists to fill in. Why I’m included on the list of creators such as Dog Eat Doug‘s Brian Anderson, Brock Heasley of Super Fogeys, David Reddick from Legend of Bill, and many others is beyond me. I’m flattered to be on the list, though.

Up top is a sketch I did of Dewey the dim witted, but lovable toy dinosaur from Imagine THIS. Whenever I try my hand at someone else’s characters, I like to do a few character sketches to get the feel for them.

Below is the pencils for the first panel of the strip. Check out the whole finished product HERE.

Tweeting will make you BLIND!

All this talk about Twitter and “tweeting” lately got me thinking about the possible harmful effects of “tweeting” all the time. Now, before you ask, I’m not on Twitter.com. Maybe someday, but right now, I need my precious eyesight.

ARTIST’S NOTE: I was going for a retro “Bazooka Joe” look on this one. What do you think?

Space Station is a GO!

After weeks of hard work, the boys are ready to reveal their masterpiece of engineering! Their “space station” is complete! Now that it’s done, though what kinds of new adventures will the boys find themselves in? Tune in next week to find out!

Pinkerton Guest Strip (from way back)

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Many moons ago I did a guest strip for the great webcomic, Pinkerton, by Mike Witmer. Being a fan of both Pinkerton and the Beatles, it seemed a natural fit for me to parody A Hard Day’s Night in my one chance to play with Mike’s wacky characters. If you’re a Beatles fanatic like me, you’ll probably find this amusing. If you’ve never seen A Hard Day’s Night, then it may go right over your head and only seem “cute” at best. Either way, I had fun making it and thank Mr. Witmer for letting me ride the train with those lovable scamps.

BTW, I have another guest strip coming soon for another webcomic sensation. Check out Imagine THIS next week while creator Lucas Turnbloom is out on paternity leave to see my contribution.

Voltron love

This is the kind of silly nonsense you get when you subject an impressionable young brain to hours upon hours of cartoons, movies, and campy action shows for decades. My ears hear one of the most memorable lines of cinematic romantic dialog in the last 15 years, and my television-overdosed brain puts up this image. Although it’s not like Tom Cruise and Voltron: Defender of the Universe have nothing in common, right? Besides, I’d be shocked if I was the only one whose thought of this.