Stupid Moon

Hello, fellow pumpkin fans, and Happy Halloween to you! Today I'm presenting a special Halloween/Horror themed comic that I've drawn to celebrate this holiday I love. The idea came to me a week ago and I've spent the last 5 days frantically writing and sketching to meet the end of month deadline. I used A4 printer paper and a BIC ballpoint pen as my medium, because I'm a never measure/cut once kind of guy.

It turned out to be maybe the biggest single project I've done for this blog, and I'm pleased with the results. I hope you enjoy reading it. 

Affordable Scares

Here are some things I found at the local dollar emporium for Halloween fun on the cheap. Join me, won't you, for this shopping adventure.

Why would you need two clown noses in one package?  Well, you'll naturally have the first one punched off your face, so it's best to have a spare handy.

This bag seems to contain only a hollow black plastic sphere. How that makes it a weapon, I don't know.  I'm assuming some Chinese manufacturer had a bunch of extra plastic balls from their toy bowling sets and decided to just slap a Halloween label on them. Let the kids figure out what weapon it is. That's what imaginations are for.

Nothing says scary like purple glitter. Just think of how easily you'll fool your friends when they think you've grown your nails several inches and bedazzled them. Plus, if you don't want to go as the usual glam witch like all the other kids, you can always use them to transform into a gay werewolf.

Are you tired off all those other time consuming Hobo costume kits? I sure am. Time to move up to the INSTANT HOBO package. I'm assuming this bag is just filled with some dirt and cigarette butts for you to rub all over your clothes, face, and hair.

Also, just look at that vivid artwork. I can't tell if this hobo is smoking a carrot, or eating a metal-tipped turd.

Mitch & Roland: #63 Music

Cine-Verse! Attack the Block (2011)

When aliens appear from above,

Invade your turf, so push comes to shove.

Barricade the door,

And start rooting for

This teen gang you'll hate and then love.


It's like Super 8 with more blood and guts,
With hairy black beasts that look nuts.
There's humor, suspense,
and action intense
It's a must see - no ifs, ands, or buts.

Mapsession

A couple weeks back I watched a video online about a man who has been drawing an ever-growing map of an imaginary world for several decades. I was impressed by the commitment and creativity involved in maintaining this hobby. Days later while I was doodling I thought, why don't I try? So I got some paper, started drawing roads, and began forming my city.

I have to say creating a city that doesn't exist is pretty fun. As I continued to draw I found that my roads took on the grid-like quality of New York in some places, and the intersection nightmare of Paris in others. I began to imagine that the Parisian roads were part of an older more historical section of the city, while the grid was a modern, more developed area.

As I added additional sections to the map I added a river, parks, historical buildings, subway stations, and anything I thought it needed. I began naming districts and roads, and finally added some color. Here are the four segments I drew put together. Click for a larger view.

I'm pleased with how it turned out and I look at this as a practice run for another map. I don't plan to go out of control and keep drawing it for 40 years, but I sense where that man's obsession came from. Once you start, there is a strange interest in finding out what exists outside the borders of the world drawn so far. I've already started a new city map, which is similar in design to this one, and I'll post the results here if I think it's turning out well. That is all.