The Shameless Self Promotion Post

I've never been comfortable with the self promotion side of cartooning. It would be nice just to throw stuff out into the marketplace and let people discover it on their own, but as a business model that kind of sucks. So, with Christmas fast approaching, I thought I’d take this opportunity to plug a few products from my Cafepress and Zazzle stores.

For anyone who enjoys my hunting cartoons at BigGameHunt.net my 2014 Hunting Cartoon Calendar is now available at Cafepress, and for the first time I’m offering two versions. The Vertical Wall Calendar features 13 (counting the cover) full colour cartoons. Or, if you prefer, you can purchase the more affordable one page Calendar Print featuring a six full colour cartoon illustration.

You can find the calendars at the following links: Vertical Wall Calendar  or

Calendar Print . Oh, and for some strange reason Cafepress now offers the option of changing the year, so be sure to chose 2014 when ordering.     

The same Cafepress store also features other gift ideas, including mugs, travel mugs, and Christmas tree ornaments featuring my Blame It On Peta Christmas cartoon. 

To see all available products visit my store by clicking here.

(The Blame It On Peta cartoon is also available as a Christmas card from Noble Works Inc. and can be found by clicking here or click this link  to find all of my Noble Works cards.) 

I also have two stores at Zazzle which feature plenty of gift ideas:

Fortune St. Cartoons and my new shop The Hunter's Horn Gift Shop, which, as you may have guessed, contains products featuring my hunting cartoons, including Christmas cards, mugs, and ornaments for your tree. The great thing about Zazzle is that the products can be customized, so please stop by and see what's available.

And that's about it. Self promotion done!

Til next time...

I know, I know – it’s been another massive gap between blog posts. What can I say? I’m a shitty blogger.

I ran across an essay by Tim Kreider in the New York Times Sunday Review

that would be of interest to anyone trying to eke out a living as a cartoonist, illustrator, or writer. What I would love is for anyone hoping to employ the services of an artist to read it, but I doubt many will. Here’s a link to the piece:

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/opinion/sunday/slaves-of-the-internet-unite.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Anyway, seeing as we’re so close to Halloween I thought I’d post a few ghoulish cartoons to put everyone in the mood. As always click the image for a larger view.

Enjoy!

Have a happy and safe Halloween everybody!

Painting the house and dogs, just because.

Yes, I know, another long stretch between blog posts. What can I say? I’ve been occupied with other things. For example, we just started painting our house. What makes this chore particularly annoying is that my wife does it while wearing her regular clothes. She never gets so much as a drop on herself. Meanwhile, ten seconds after opening the can I look like I was in an explosion at a paint factory.

Anyway, the only cartoon I have that deals with house painting is this oldie:

Again, what can I say? I hate painting and don’t really think about it all that much. But I do love dogs, so I have a whole bunch of dog cartoons. As usual, click the image for a larger view.  Enjoy!

You can't tell, but I'm mooning my computer screen.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, people - it’s NUDE RECREATION WEEK! Time to head out to your neighbourhood  park and air out your naughty bits!

In celebration of this week of full frontal fun I bring you a selection of cartoons featuring – you guessed it – nudity! Nothing graphic or particularly dirty in nature, but there are butts and boobs and nipples and knobs on display, so if you are easily offended perhaps you should go elsewhere.

As always, click the images for a larger view.

This next one is an oldie. It was quite popular in its day and was actually published as a greeting card by two different companies.  I guess nothing says “happy holidays” like a good dick joke.

These next two cartoons feature mom boobs, or at least they would if I hadn't concealed them behind their mom arms.

And on that note I wish you all a very pleasant Nude Recreation Week. 

Enjoy!

Oh, Canada...

Tomorrow is Canada Day, a time for all Canadians (yes, even you, Quebec) to celebrate this big, goofy country of ours.

Our big, goofy flag.

I do not fit the mold of the stereotypical Canadian. While I do apologize when I feel an apology is warranted, I’m just as likely to tell the offended party to go f**k themselves. I never say “aboot,” and I don’t end every sentence with “eh.” I don’t drink Molson beer. If given a choice between a Molson and a random urine sample, I’d choose the Molson, but after a few sips I’d think I made the wrong choice. I don’t listen to Rush. Ever! I’d rather listen to The Singing Butts “Unplugged” than suffer through that goddamn tree song of theirs.  (Dare to compare: The Singing Butts vs. That God-Awful Tree Song. ) And lastly, I don't like hockey - at all! Of everything on this list this seems to be the most surprising to my fellow Canucks. But make no mistake, I am fiercely proud to be a Canadian. And so, in celebration of Canada's special day, here are a couple of Canadian cartoons. As usual, click the image for a larger view.  

Oddly enough, that second cartoon actually managed to offend a fellow Canadian, who expressed his outrage over a moose-riding beaver in a mountie hat. So be warned, my American friends, you can joke about our manner of speech, and you can laugh at our polite demeanor, but don’t mess with our beavers or you’re in for a good old fashion tongue lashing! (Okay, that sounds a lot dirtier than I intended.)

Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

Can't see the forest for the condos.

Okay, let’s start things off with a pool update. As predicted the water is now crystal clear and the giant water-breathing spider has been vanquished (and, no, that wasn’t a girlish scream you heard when I scooped in out of the water, it was a warrior’s cry of triumph).

With that out of the way, let’s move on to today’s topic: trees, and the people that love them (namely my wife, Christine). 

When we first moved to the city of Saint-Hubert there were still a lot of forested areas nearby, but over the years most have disappeared in the name of condo development. Recently I suggested planting a tree in front of our living room window to help block the afternoon sun (being a hater of all things bright and beautiful). Chris agreed, but decided we should rescue the trees from an area marked for development instead of buying them from a nursery like normal people. And so we packed a bunch of gardening tools in the car and headed off like a couple of half-assed eco-warriors to a local forest. We located two trees that seemed small enough to handle and went to work, all the time fighting an onslaught of biting insects hell bent on draining every last drop of blood from our bodies. It was tough going, but we persevered and soon we were happily heading home with two trees hanging out the back of our Hyundai Accent. We prepared a couple of holes, planted our new woody friends, then headed inside to toot our own self-righteous horns on Facebook.

Nature shall sing my praises!

Unfortunately this story doesn’t have a happy ending. Alas, our trees have gone to that big orchard in the sky. Their dried husks now lay in my driveway, a sad reminder of our failure. Our goal was to save a couple of trees from condo developers, but only succeeded in robbing these saplings of the time that remained to them before the bulldozers plowed them under, and that’s a shame we must live with, at least until garbage day.   

The outcome of our folly!

Which brings us to today’s cartoons, all of which revolve around – you guessed it – trees! As always, click the cartoon for a larger image.

Well, that does it for this post. If you’re interested in more tree related cartoons check out my weekly panel at BigGameHunt.net .

Later, people!

Spring has sprung....

Hello...

Yes, I know, it's been a while since my last update. I have an excuse - it's spring, and that means getting the backyard ready for human habitation, which leaves little time for anything else. One chore that I've been avoiding is getting the pool water to a point where it won't overload a swimmer's immune system. 

So inviting!

Pictures don't do it justice. It actually has its own ecosystem populated by nightmare creatures such as this giant water breathing spider.

Holy shit!

But fear not, sometime in the next few days I will battle the plague of mosquitoes that is breeding on the surface of the stagnant pool water and hook up the filter system. It'll take a boat load of chemicals but eventually the water will be clear and sparkling and giant spider free! 

Anyway, like most disgusting, pestilent things in my life the state of my pool has inspired a cartoon, one which features my favorite monster from the old Universal horror films, the Creature from the Black Lagoon!

And because it's been so long between posts, here are two more cartoons featuring the creature.

The last cartoon even features a nod to the Gill Man's first love, the gorgeous Julia Adams. Say what you want about the creature, but he sure had great taste in women!

He was a player.

Well, that does it for now. I'll try and post more frequently in the future. 

Later, people!