#Doodles Handlon

[lil-doodles]

From the sketchbook: I messed around and drew some characters from one of my favorite cartoons Trollhunters-Tales of Arcadia. Toby is the best character for sure.

[sequentialartconfidential]

Hey kids! The Quiet Desperation Kickstarter goes all the way LIVE on 5/15/23! Again, that's May 15th of this year! This is my biggest campaign yet and I'm hoping to bring in $1,000 or more! To be able to achieve this goal I am going to need the help of everyone I know! I'll be flooding my social media accounts with advertising (incessant pleading) throughout the campaign and I'll need help spreading the word! It would be nice if I could make a few new fans lol. If you want to help please repost all of my begging to your friends and family! If you have a voice anywhere please let it be heard! If you or someone you know has a podcast then I want to be on it! I need all of the publicity for this that I can get! Please help!

[lil-doodles]

I'm working on a side project for my wife that required me to draw Sherlock Homes. This is part of a bigger picture that I'm not at liberty to share just yet. www.deadcatcomix.com

[lil-doodles]

I have a friend who posts a lot of cat videos where the cat is up to some kind of shenanigans (as cats are wont to do) and he inevitably calls them "asshat cats". I was doodling in my sketchbook yesterday and came up with this somehow. I guess the phrase was on my mind. You never know where my mind will go.....

[lil-doodles]

This may be a bit of an obscure reference but it makes me laugh.

[lil-doodles]

Sketch from the old sketchbook. It’s not perfect but it was fun to draw.

[lil-doodles]

I saw this pencil sketch of Superman by the King, Jack Kirby, and decided to ink and color it for practice (I know, how dare I?). I made a few small changes (mostly lengthening the cape and cleaning up the symbol) and I hope the King would have approved. I tried to keep the coloring simple as a throwback to the old comics.

[lil-doodles]

4th of July sketch.

[lil-doodles]

Bonus Halloween drawing, from the film Matinee comes Mant! Another sketchbook drawing.

[lil-doodles]

Minimalist drawing of the beautiful Kat Dennings. I have other things to do but I wouldn't say they were more IMPORTANT things to do....

[lil-doodles]

Drawlloween 2024 Day 7!!!! The Fiend Without a Face! I felt that this drawing was a little too easy so I challenged myself to do it in a stippling style....and it was tedious lol. It took forever to finish but I guess it was worth it..... This drawing created using Pigma Micron markers (005, 02, 03, 05, 08), and 100lbs vellum bristol paper. BTW, these drawings are available for purchase through my website www.deadcatcomix.com Come back tomorrow for more scary stuff.

[lil-doodles]

Bonus Halloween drawing! Boris Karloff as the OG Mummy. I watched this for the first time yesterday and I don’t know why but I expected it to be a guy wrapped in bandages stalking people very slowly with outstretched arms. I guess I’ve been overly influenced by the pop culture portrayal of mummies. I liked this movie though, it was better than I expected it to be.

[lil-doodles]

Bonus Halloween drawing, Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty 1941-2024) from SCTV’s Monster Chiller Horror Theatre. From my sketchbook.

[lil-doodles]

So I just rewatched the 1988 Christmas at Pee-Wee’s Playhouse special for the first time since it aired and I seriously didn’t remember it being so….well, gay. I wonder how all of those really obvious nods to the LGBTQ+ community were overlooked by Reagan America. Remember, this was a time of mass censorship and anything even remotely out of the norm was punished. The show starts out with a group of young manly Marines in their finest uniforms dancing and singing as Pee-Wee prances around them. It has an all-star cast of gay icons including Little Richard, Cher, Grace Jones, KD Lang, and Charo all in full camp mode. It’s a gay spectacular for sure and I’m here for it. There’s a woman named Mrs. Rene who, while played by a woman, is in full drag attire. Don’t overlook the fact that this character replaced a similar character on the show called Mrs. Steve. There’s two shirtless construction workers building a new wing onto the playhouse out of fruitcakes. And, my personal favorite moment, Ms. Yvonne has a mistletoe hat on and all of the playhouse creatures want her to kiss them. Who does she choose? Floory, an anthropomorphic floor. He asks to give her a kiss and she runs over without haste! Wait, a kiss from the floor wouldn’t reach her FACE…. Anyway, it’s a good campy romp for sure and good for them for slipping this all by the censors to infect the Reagan youth. Also, just on a side note, can we talk about Dirty Dog, the leader of the puppet band? He looks like he’s been through a few things….

[lil-doodles]

"All of us are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde Happy May 4th everyone.

[lil-doodles]

Procrastinating instead of working on things I actually need to do but, if you're going to procrastinate, do something you love and I love both Debbie Harry and Popeye so win-win.