Cartoonist in Exile
By Arnie on April 3rd, 2009Posted In: Thoughts
OK, I'm going skiing tomorrow. If you don't hear from me by Monday, don't hesitate to call in the search helicopters.
Haven't been able to get much work done while visiting the old country. I know I'm on vacation, but I need to do something. So this evening I drew a Cock and Bull strip. In bed. Can't say I highly recommend it. Non-sturdy surfaces such as mattresses don't make for good drafting tables. At least I had the good sense not to use bottled ink, which is probably the most positive thing that can be said about the experience.
Anyway, very few people or animals were hurt in the process.
So, now I have my very first original Cock and Bull comic strip, at least! I suppose that's something. If I don't have my Cintiq, I don't care much for drawing on the computer, so there you go. When the strip is published sometime in May, I might put it up on eBay or whatever. I'm just scared to put it up there - what if nobody bids on it...? I think the embarrassment would be too much to handle. Or what if it sold, but for something like 19 cents! That'd be even worse.
Now, I'm scared.
So, I'm enjoying my vacation and am even reasonably optimistic about surviving the trek into the snowy wild. Just remember, if I need saving and you send out one of those St. Bernard dogs with the barrel around its neck - make sure to fill the barrel with 12 year-old Dewars Scotch Whiskey. If the good Lord intends for me to expire, I'd like to go out on a high note.
Thank you very much.
Have fun skiing! And I’ll bid on your drawing. No worries.
I gotta a quarter. . .
I got 3 hens and a duck egg! Hate you. I want to go skiing! Have fun and just remember, ” Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.”
-Alex
Actually,..Pigs are much cleaner than most animals. They actually have a designated area to lay waste and it’s not where they hang out. They usually crap in an area closer to the hen house or near the cattle pens. Hey,….wait a minute,…come to think of it,..they are actually SNOBS and they discriminate against the other farm animals! Filthy Pigs!!! I hate em!!!!
Seriously,..I like your work man! Very organic line quality and I actually think the one you did laying in bed is as equally as good as the ones on the Cintiq! You make me sick!
hey you!
Break a leg…oh wait…..that’s for theater…ummm DONT break a leg…
dosen’t it feel GOOD to use good ol fashioned paper and pen..cmon you KNOW you loved it….
bwahhhaaa
The ski trip went surprisingly well. I haven’t forgotten all my mad skillz!
We had so much fun! My five year-old got to ski for the first time ever, and sled for the first time ever and ride a snow mobile for the first time ever and get pulled on a sled by a snow mobile about 200 yards up a hill before racing back down, for the first time ever. Very cool!
Hey, Todd, thanks for stopping by! I’ll have to do better research in the future…
Not hitting Wikipedia often enough these days, I suppose. Glad you like the strip!
Patty (you crazy person!), I discovered today why I left paper behind! I hate how the pencil smudges! Ugh! Still, it’s sort of fun…
First off, you should be choosing a nice Speyside single malt…like MacAllen or Cragganmore. Neat…with a splash. Secondly, why would you ruin a perfectly good mountain view by strapping slabs of wood to your feet and hurtling down it’s side?