Gustav the Goose!

My pal Drew is an absolutely SICK writer. He and I have been working on ideas together since we were 12 years old. The ultimate goal is to have at least ONE book on the shelves for kids to enjoy - Kind of a cosmic pay back for all the fun we've had growing up looking at all the great books as kids. He writes them, I draw them.

Drew has been in a children's book writing class for a bit now, and he's pumped out hundreds of great ideas. Trick is - Can I draw it? A couple ideas pass by me and finally he sends me an email: 

"An unwitting German goose who gets into all sorts of mischief. The title: 'Silly Gustav'

Goose-Tav

Fowl in lederhosen. What could be funnier? I'm not sure what his ultimate goal is, but he keeps trying different - outlandish - ways to accomplish it. And at the end of each page, it says, 'silly Gustav,' so the kids can  repeat it as the parents are reading."

Immediately I saw Gustav in my head. And immediately I saw Gustav wearing a radio as a hat. And the text would say, "That's not a HAT, Gustav! That's a RADIO! Radio's are for listening to music - SILLY GUSTAV!" 

Then the most ridiculous thing I could think of was taking a FISH for a walk. And I always thought long titles were funny, so I added the "and other impossibles" part.

At this point, why not?

Ladies and gentlemen, after all that we've seen and heard, I'm nominating two new candidates...

And they prolly have a lot more fun sound bites than Palin and Bush put together!

cCc

Kiddie Cartoon Porn

I'm just at a loss for words.

No, no... I can say [between bowel jolting laughter and amazement], I'm actually angry that I didn't think of this myself and do it. 

...er, draw it.

Puts a whoooooole new meaning to the "rusty trombone" and "tickling the little man in the boat" metaphors. eh hem. 

Enjoy.

PS :: Thank you T-Fanny!

Got Hursley?

I don't always get man-crushes, but when I do it's usually for a good reason.

This time it's because the fella is funny as hell. You probably know him as White Gold of "White Gold" the "Band" that is on all the Milk commercials as of late. Ladies and gents - Joe Hursley.

I actually met this guy when he came to San Diego for some goofy reason. OH YEAH, he played a show here in his ACTUAL band called "the Ringers". Think Stone Temple Pilots on crack.

[ http://www.theringersband.com ]

The guy was actually stealin' my heart when i first saw the commercials produced by Goodby, Silverstein, and Co. Honestly though. Watch some of those WhiteGold commercials online and tell me that's not some funny shit.

[ http://www.goodbysilverstein.com/main_site/main.html ]

You bug me!

I hate drawing bugs. They're waaaaay too detailed for me to pay attention to - and how often do you get down on you hands and knees with a magnifying glass to really understand those little buggers.

Well, until an old friend of mine who runs a magazine called Living In Style here in Sandy Eggo asked me to draw her some bugs for a Children's Care program her mum is starting up, I never thought I'd see the day either. Thanks to the magic of the internet, I didn't have to hit up any ref books! But it was fun.

Glad life throws you challenges!