A Gentle Trip

Greetings again my dear friends! Not much back story on the cartoon idea this week, as it was one of those "I see a word, think of a rough idea and I write it down" ideas. Wether or not the word I saw was "Strip" of "Trip" I don't remember, but I saw the word and though about how easy it could be to mix them up if only one letter was missing and that was pretty much it. More thought went into the exact wording of the caption honestly....

I am a big fan of jokes that use word play and more specifically when words are confused with a simple letter missing. If you need proof I've actually done several gags with this similar formula. Now, I'm not just being lazy here and reusing a formula or anything, I just find these jokes particularly funny for some reason and if I think of another one I probably still do it in the future. Pretty sure it's several....although only one comes to mind, which was the "Heroes/Herpes" one here: http://brinkscartoons.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/super-defacement.html. I'm sure there's more though....

Anyway, that's all I've got this week, enjoy! See you next time!

Mike

Take Two Hours

Ahhh, it's good to be back and healthy again and drawing cartoons! So during my recent illness, let's just say my mood wasn't always the greatest which led to the idea for this cartoon. You see the other week my eldest son Dash discovered the joy that is, funny cat videos on YouTube. So for a brief period he was slightly obsessed with them, the plus side of that is that I think about 50% of YouTube is just cat videos so it wasn't hard to find some. 

So I was feeling crappy one day and Dash wanted to watch cat videos with me and you know what? As much as I make fun of these videos, they damn well do cheer you up that's for sure. So as I found my mood lifting I had the thought of "Man YouTube cat videos must be the worlds most powerful antidepressant". I wrote that down in my notebook and the rest was history.

Oh and just for the record easily my favourite video is this one: http://youtu.be/00KM53yZi2A I've seen that cat attack that printer so many times, yet it still makes me laugh or a least smile, pure gold. And here's another favourite of mine: http://youtu.be/6wA319ZtkTQ The cats in this one remind me of my youngest son Kylar, such a trouble maker!

Anyway, enjoy and I'll see you next time!

Mike

Designer Plugs

Nothing like a bit of desperation to kick-start the old creative juices in the brain....that's this week's lesson kiddies! What the hell am I talking about? Well, as you may know I tend to work on these cartoons on a Friday. Last Friday I had absolutely no idea what cartoon I was going to draw this week, none. I just happen to be riding on the bus with Penelope and she asked me if I had an idea for this week and I told her I hadn't (well I kind of did, but I was going to cheap and do something quick with real pictures, but Pen didn't like the idea much. Maybe another week when I'm really desperate), so I sat there thinking for a bit and guess what I saw at the front of the bus, where I was vacantly staring? Yep, I saw the very distinct red cable dangling from some idiots pair of Beats by Dr Dre headphones and I kid you not, this very idea just kind of popped into my head. I dismissed it at first, but the more I thought about it the more I liked it! So by the time I got home, I was really keen to get started on it and there you go. If only they all came that easy....

So, I don't know if you can tell but the guy in this cartoon is one of those 'I'm cool, just ask me' douchebags, who I have a particular hate of. Look, seriously, if your T-shirt has a picture of a topless chick on it covering her nipples....you're a massive douchebag, I'm sorry, but it's true. Usually these, douches pay way to much for all their 'cool' gear, like Beats Headphones..... So I've been looking for a good excuse to make fun of these guys as I see them all the time in my local shopping centre, another reason I liked this idea.

Anyway, hope you like it, see you next time!

Mike