The Eighth Day

4/13/13

Galactic Kids Next Door: Numbuhs 9, 10, and 11 of Sector Gallifrey

Well, the mystery is now revealed! And that's not all--keep your eyes peeled for a Very Special Followup sometime in the future...

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4mm pilot pen

4/11/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

john kerry finger in ears first id like to thank turkey for their sensitive non triumphalist response to the mavi marmara apology recep tayyip erdogan ha in your face zionist swine turks rule hands over eyes and may i just point out that the iranian nuclear negotations are not an interminable process sitting at table cobwebs so bibi how about restarting those peace talks binyamin netanyahu you just speak no evil instead

Geddit? Hear no evil... see no evil... geddit?
[crickets]
Well I thought it was funny.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

4/9/13

Danny Boyle's "Extraction"

Yeah, after seeing the trailer, I couldn't help but think of that other journey-into-the-mind-heist flick, and... yeah.
(Tangentially, the famous trailer is actually extremely inaccurate/misleading since it describes an extraction ("We create the world of the dream; you bring the subject into that dream, and they fill it with their secrets." "And then you break in and steal it?" "Well, it's not strictly speaking legal...") but then splices in a line from elsewhere to call it an inception. Trance, from first glance, appears to have an "extraction" plot, but who knows how misleading its trailer is?)

Drawn using:
Adobe Photoshop CS3

4/6/13

Choccy

Drawing of a smiling dog's head I did for a logo bid on Freelancer.com; I was awarded the project, but when I asked for further details, no one ever answered. So I guess this can be up for grabs now!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus SE

4/4/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

pmo prime ministers office secretary sitting at behind desk holding phone sir youve got another call asking you not to release marwan barghouti binyamin bibi netanyahu who is it another right wing group worried it would negatively impact our national security actually its mahmoud abbas worrying it would negatively impact his job security

New polls are out indicating that the Palestinians would rather have a convicted terrorist (who is currently in jail) as their leader rather than Abbas or Haniyeh. Time to count down to when a prominent Israeli with more mouth than brains declares we should release Barghouti because he's "moderate" or as a "gesture" or some such rot.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

4/2/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

circus ring netanyahu amazing spineless politician trained seal swallowing large object mavi marmara apology tousle haired boy say mister how dyou get it to swallow its pride like that recep tayyip erdogan dressed as ringmaster top hat tuxedo holding hoop its actually quite simple kid it has no backbone to get in the way two men male spectators talking yknow most animals would want some kind of treat for doing a trick like this treats nah not this one most it expects is for someone to throw a bone

I know that this makes back-to-back cartoons starring Erdogan, but it really just couldn't be helped. For nearly three years, he's been demanding that Israel apologize for the Flotilla Incident--in which IDF soldiers were attacked while boarding a Turkish ship that was trying to breach the Gaza blockade, and had the gall to defend themselves--and two weeks ago (when this was drawn), Netanyahu capitulated, because of "strategic considerations". Okay, so it's not like I ever really believed he had a spine, but at least in this one specific area I was hoping he'd able to stand firm. Bleah.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm roller-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

4/1/13

Sketches of some KND-style characters

See if you can guess who they are before I ink & color them!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)

3/25/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

turkey president receo tayyip erdogan talking with reporter my remarks at the forum were taken out of context so you dont think that zionism is a crime against humanity no i believe it all right then whats the context that id like to keep getting american aid money

After "moderate and progressive" Turkish president Recep Erdogan lumped Zionism together with actual crimes against humanity in a speech last week, he scrambled to clarify himself... and by clarify, I mean "reiterate his opinion while trying to make it not sound as bad as it is".

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

3/22/13

Puffed-up pufferfish

Drawn for bid, not chosen, you know the drill.

Drawn using:
Blue ballpoint pen

3/20/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

american us president barack obama leaning out of limousine window say where are all the cheering crowds man on sidewalk holding son boy on shoulders sorry mr president everybodys inside cleaning for pesach

Okay, so the crowds weren't quite as thin as depicted here--but I couldn't help making a joke about the terrible timing. (Seriously, dropping by for a state visit and snarling all the road traffic outside and within the capital at the height of holiday shopping time? Not cool.)

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition