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the fair is april 103/14/06
On SATURDAY APRIL 1 Natalie and I are going to be at a small fair in Columbus that some local artists are holding. Yes, it is on april first, but no, it is not a joke. We are going to have some regular stuff for sale (t-shirts, books, etc) but will also have some unusual, not-available-on-the-internet stuff for sale. We will be sitting behind a table with some rudimentary sign taped to the front of it.
The thing is at Little Brother's (1100 N. High St, Columbus, Ohio) on Saturday, April 1st, 2006, from noon to 5pm. This is the same day as Gallery Hop and in fact immediately precedes Gallery Hop. It is the "Indie Rock Craft Fair" and some other Columbus artists are going to have some stuff there, so you should go, if you feel so inclined. Usually these things are pretty relaxed and there are never a ton of people there, so if you're in town, feel free to stop at our table and say hello. Because otherwise we will just be sitting there for five hours doing nothing. That is how these things go.
Little Brother's is a bar so it may be possible for you to drink while you are at this event. I don't know for sure. If it makes a difference, I'm sure you can call and ask. "Well, I'm not going to the craft fair SOBER, so it does make a difference."
chester03/10/06
We have a small dog here named "chester". He has little stubby legs and is cobbier (shorter lengthwise) than the larger dog "charles". But he weighs the same. I sometimes spend hours working out this optical illusion, because from some angles they look exactly the same size, and from others, they look drastically different. I can't explain why this is more entertaining to me than something like televised sports, which you'd think would be quite exciting by comparison. Things are moving! Shiny things! People are in a hurry! People have a five-minute time out brought to you by Funyuns.
There is a little thing over there on the left that says "Charles" and it has some pictures of our dogs there. It doesn't get updated very regularly because THE DOGS BASICALLY LOOK THE SAME NO MATTER WHAT. I mean, I like to look at them, but they always look exactly the same: well-fed and slightly confused. Which is basically how I look, too, and that directly leads to not many photos of me and not many photos of the dogs. "Oh, that's us at the Space Needle. I don't know why he looks confused. He always does."
Here is a jpeg I made. Do not click on it if you are at work. (click for image)
So I don't really do political comics, but do you know what? I got so many emails after that mohammed cartoon thing telling me to draw a cartoon about it. WHAT?! Oh my god do you think that my ability to draw comics would be increased by being burned in effigy in the middle east. I disagree. I mean, sorry, I would probably go into hiding.
Did you know that people do not approve of the President's decisions? It's true, however unlikely it might seem.
Here is a B-side. It seems quaint. Remember the four days last year when the media was EXTREMELY MAD ABOUT THE STATE OF POLITICS?!?!
This might seem like a simple play on words, but I think it bears further explanation. I never passed the Presidential Fitness Test when I was in high school. Man what was that crap supposed to be. I always got an A in gym because I guess I was so uncoordinated that the gym teacher felt bad to fail me for being so bad at soccer. Then we had to do the presidential fitness test and I did so badly. What a bunch of crap. The president doesn't care about you unless you can run a mile in eight minutes or have some minimum long-jump result. The president was like "Drew, you get a C in gym class because you are out of shape. Kiss my ass, you do not pass my test. You are a disappointment for the United States."
I am still kind of bent out of shape that the President's love is so conditional. Why do I have to lose my love handles before the President feels I am worthy of affection? Why do I have to do that. I am already feeling raw about my country because we do not have more two-dollar bills. But it is simple to have a two-dollar coin in Canada. They are two colors. They are pretty large and intricate. I like the feeling of them on my teeth. I just like to touch them to my teeth. I still have some Canadian toonies around here somewhere, and when I find them I will probably touch them to my bicuspids a few times. Just like, "This is so nice. I wish my own country would widely circulate a bill or coin that is worth two fundamental units of currency."
"Hello, toonie. You feel nice on my teeth."
"HELLO DREW I AM MADE OF COPPER AND ZINC"
Married03/07/06
So we made that new site, Married To The Sea, what do you know. I don't really have anything to say about that except "you should go look at it".
Natalie and I have been working on a ton of stuff over the winter. Just kidding, I mean, we have been working a decent amount, but mostly when I'm not actually doing work I am just walking around the house and spraying stuff with canned air. Will it leave weird fluorocarbon residue on my walls? Will anyone notice that I sprayed ink all over my desk when I shot canned air onto a sharpie? Will this can destroy my life?
I just have visions of my hand melting off because I mis-used canned air. If catholic school taught me anything, it is that minor infractions of the guidelines can result in sudden, disproportionate, arbitrary consequences. YOU DID NOT TURN IN YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS MONTH, SO YOU GET NO MORE LUNCH FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD, YOU WILL BE LOCKED IN THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO READ SCHOOL BOOKS (THAT YOU BRING) BUT YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW OR SMILE.
Did you know that natalie's store has a picture of me crying on it. It does. I am wearing a t-shirt and crying real hard next to some birds. There are just some things that upset me real bad. Being at a lake or river is one of these things. When I get old I'll drain the river and now you got to go somewhere else, birds. Now you got to go somewhere else. I am an old white-haired man and I took your water and sent it to africa. Birds, when are you going to learn that minor infractions result in arbitrary punishments. IF YOU WANT YOUR WATER, GO TO AFRICA AND GET IT. AFTER LUNCH. FOR NOW, STAY HERE IN THE OFFICE. NO LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW.
ronnie mex03/02/06
If you have been watching the show "Flavor of Love" lately, you should know that the awesome Ron Mexico has been not only re-capping what has gone on but has been interviewing girls as they leave the show. It's true. Check out that link that says "ron mexico", you will find the goods there.
And if you haven't seen this show, you should. I don't really watch television at all, but this show is compelling. (One day last year, I figured out that for the price I was paying for a DSL connection, I could get a faster cable modem connection plus cable television and all this other crap. So now everything I post is coming through one of those retarded little round cables with the pin in the middle that breaks off easily. One little pin, that is what connects me to the internet.
Oh, so the thing is, on that show, you should watch it if you haven't seen it. It's a "Reality Television Show" but really, it is just cut scenes of Flavor Flav eating chicken in a viking hat and cracking wise about everything. He makes out with like four or five girls in a row, like, RIGHT IN A ROW, or at least that's what the editing would have me believe. But oh my god, so gross! So compellingly gross. All of these girls have cold sores now.
This blog is replacing the notifylist if you haven't already read that or figured it out. The upside to that is that I can update it more regularly without getting complaints about "stop sending me mail all the time". The double-upside is that I do not have to spend any more time or energy worrying about that, so I can take more time to work on drawings and everything else. There have been some massive technological advances around here lately (thanks dan.) The search engine is even being actively updated on a monthly basis (thanks jon.)
And Natalie and I are working on some new projects. WATCH THIS SPACE (just kidding, I probably won't put anything in that space after I click the "post" button.)
Here is an animated GIF I made.
