A life in costumes

Purim's tonight, and I'm going as a steampunk scientist; if anyone asks, I am HERR DOKTOR GUNTHER VON VILHELM, MAN OFF SZIENCE!!! Ahem. So, anyway, here's a look back at Purims past.


1. Construction worker, age 5 2. Western Wall, ages 6-9 3. Generic ballplayer, age 10 4. Sandy Koufax, age 11 5. Private eye, age 12 6. Dementor, age 13 7. Reporter, age 14 8. Ghost, age 18 9. The Mysterious Mummy, age 19 10. HERR DOKTOR GUNTHER VON VILHELM, who vill haff moar details on he uzzer blog tomorrow!

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Blue 0.4 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0

Storyboards for "The Tortoise and the Hare"

Yesterday was already the second time somebody found this blog while Googling the above subject. I have decided, in my infinite mercy, to have pity and upload the four pages of the sample partial storyboard I mentioned earlier.

Please note that this is merely amateur work; I have never done this type of thing on my own before. That said, I don't feel there's much wrong with it...

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Black 0.5 mm pilot pen

Variations on a bulldog

and you'll never know why. Ha!

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Blue 0.4 mm pilot pen

Some more Rister & Rob cartoons

Puns, irony and sarcasm, oh my!

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Luggage mix-up with a twist

Once again I have unashamedly stolen an idea from the far more talented Gary Larson; except while his cartoon depicted a human's and alien's luggage being switched, here it's Raven and Ben Tennyson being confused.
Excelsior!

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.25 mm pilot pen
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0

The Linkara Corps of Sector AT4W

Just... just watch the video, all right? (In fact, watch all of his videos. You'll enjoy them. Promise.)
UPDATE: Reposted by the Linkara Fans tumblr, who apparently couldn't be arsed to do even the slightest bit of research to see what my name is.

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No. 2 pencil
Colored pencils
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Black marker

Today's J. Post cartoon

Yes, Mr. Obama, it's been running out for quiiite some time, hasn't it?

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue 0.4 mm pilot pen
Blue 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0

Crest fallen

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Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Illustrator CS3

BloodGun

This is a parody of the uber-grim concepts and exaggerated artwork prevalent in 1990s comic books. The character was inspired by some throwaway lines mentioned by Linkara in his review of Cable #1; after I finished the drawing I re-watched it, and realized to my dismay that, in fact, the character is not mentioned as having guns for arms or a head. In fact, he's supposed to have a head with no face. ...So if I just claim that the gun is in fact a mask--which hides the face--that he doesn't have anyway--and is still artillerarily functional--yep, I'm good. At least by '90s-mocking standards.
Although I do have to apologize for the total lack of pouches. That's just inexcusable for a Liefeldian creation. At least I got the single shoulder pad, enormous bulging crotch, and huge gun with vertically parallel barrels.

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No. 2 pencil
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen

Today's J. Post cartoon

Strange as it may sound, Hamas's latest unconventional weaponry is indeed floating barrels packed with explosives. I came up with the punchline after pondering the jarringly whimsical nature of the devices, only to find out soon afterwards that exploding barrels (if not necessarily floating ones) are a common feature in many first-person shooter games.

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0

Today's J. Post cartoon

The IDF is about to release its rebuttal to the infamous (here) Goldstone Report, reportedly scrutinizing everything about it down to the spelling. The caption, however, indicates what the international reaction will likely be (and was also cut from the printed version).

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No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0