Build It and They Will Come

Welcome to the first new cartoon of the year! If you were reading last week you'd know that I'm attempting some new years resolutions this year in regards to this blog, already failed on the mid-week update thing, sorry I'll try again this week. Hey baby steps! The other is to have some cartoons on standby ready to go so I can have a day off every now and again, that one is going well. I have another sketch done and ready to go and once I finish typing this up I'll do some more work on it so all is good!

Last night I had a really good brainstorming session, I came up with the 2 ideas I've drawn today and a few others that need some polishing. Damn it's a good feeling to work out some awesome ideas, in fact last night I had a really good idea about an art project I'm going to try that involves ideas. I'll keep you posted on that one as I nut out the details and do some test runs. As you may or may not know I have a love/hate relationship with Ikea, I like their products, hell I even like going to the stores (those Swedish meatballs and $1 hot-dogs are the bomb) but I goddamn hate putting the stupid shit together with a passion. Last time I wrestled with an Allen key I Tweeted something along the lines of "Now I know how UFC fighters work themselves up before a fight, they attempt to build Ikea furniture". Which was the first part I used for this idea, the second I found as I was going through my notebooks last night and came across the idea "The real reason why the Angry Birds are so angry". So all I did was combine the two ideas to form this cartoon idea! Combining things is fun, like Scotch and Dry...hmmmm i could go a scotch right about now.... So in the past year I've done 2 Ikea cartoons and 2 Angry Birds cartoon....what does that say? I spend too much time playing Angry Birds and attempting to construct Ikea furniture?  Maybe.

Alrighty, I better do some more work, even though it is stupidly hot here today, hopefully my sweaty hand won't stick to the page....wait, that came out wrong....So I'll once again attempt to upload something of interest during the week, possibly on Friday night, who knows, see you then!

Mike

(I need a cool sign off catch phrase)

Kermit's Angry Junk

Hello again my friends, how are we all? So last night, as usual on a Sunday night, I was brainstorming some ideas for today's cartoon when I decided that I really wanted to do an Angry Birds cartoon. If your not familiar with the Angry Birds, which I'd be amazed if your not as those damn birds are freakin' everywhere (like bird shit on a statue, or seagulls on a hot chip, like birds...anyway you get the idea), then this cartoon will make no sense at all really. So please let me explain, Angry Birds (http://www.rovio.com/index.php?page=angry-birds) is a really addictive game that's pretty much available on nearly anything with a screen (odds are whatever you're reading this one, you can get Angry Birds for it), where you sling birds to try and smash all the pigs on a level. You see, get it? I'm a big Angry Birds fan, I play it on my iPod touch every now and again when I'm waiting for something, I'm kind of shit at it, but I still enjoy it....kind of (I'm exactly the same with golf). If you've never played it, the real reason it's called Angry Birds is that it's such an infuriatingly, annoying game that makes you really angry whilst playing it! But it's still stupidly addictive as well! Stupid game! It's one of those annoying "just one more level" type games that keeps you up too late and leaves you tired as shit the next day. Play it at your own peril and don't blame me.


So anyway, back to last night: I had two rough ideas that I was tossing up between. One involved something about the Angry Birds at anger management class and the other was Big Bird (I've really been watching way too much Sesame Street of late) punching a cop. I still actually like these two ideas, but they still need some work and I intend to do something with them but not today. This morning after I dropped my lady at work I was driving back home and thinking about the ideas, in particular the Big Bird one, trying to 'tweak' it. My thoughts went something like this: "Maybe I should make the cop green like the pigs in the game, no wait, what if he was punching another pig character? Like Miss Piggy! Wait, is that violence against women, isn't that bad? Wait, what if Kermit the Frog was punching her? No, what if he was buying Angry Birds condoms so he could 'smash' her? Sweet! I'll do that!" There you go, a small insight into how my brain works.....I think the word 'wait' a lot so it seems.


Have you seen the stupid amount of Angry Birds merchandise available? Holy crap! I'm actually surprised that there isn't Angry Birds Condoms yet! It may only be a matter of time my friends, only a matter of time....Holy shit, look at this: http://angrybirdsaddiction.com/merchandise/new-angry-birds-merchandise-on-amazon/ This shit is out of control! Wow, how rich are these guys now, why can't I make a fortune off some little iPhone app? Would you buy a Brinks App? It still amazes me just how popular the birds are, hence why I wanted to do a cartoon about them...and I've never done a Kermit the Frog cartoon before either, win! win!


I hope you enjoy the 'toon, see you all again next week!




Mike