Friday, October 23, 2009

Doodle Penance: "balloon critter"

Apparently we're still having trouble keeping the ol' blog afloat. But we haven't given up yet.

In fact, here's a little bit of "Doodle Penance" for our failure to deliver on our two-posts-a-week promise.

Someone came to the blog last week looking for "balloon critter." I'm pretty sure we know what he or she was looking for...



I welcome any speculation on the cartooning influences and subtexts in the image above.
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4 comments:

  1. Ben TowleOctober 23, 2009 at 10:08 PM

    This may be waaaay off base, but my guess is that you're riffing on two of the big news(and I use that term lightly) stories of last week: that "balloon boy" brouhaha and the release of the WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE film.

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  2. IsaacOctober 23, 2009 at 10:51 PM

    The presence of the balloon is totally a contribution of the search engine—nothing to do with the balloon hoax.

    But yeah, I was feelin' a little Sendak when I drew that critter. I'm glad it comes across.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    Star Wars

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  4. MikeNovember 17, 2009 at 10:31 PM

    No, Anonymous, it is NOT an Ewok, though I get where you're coming from. Maybe an Ewok-Wookiee hybrid? An Ewookiee?

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