Format Issues

…when I started drawing cartoons, I had no guidelines on how to approach the page…

…no internet, no handy how-to book in the local library, no older wiser creators…

…I figured you just ruled it up and went for it….

 

…which led to some fairly interesting sizes of ‘toon…

…thankfully, I scammed a job in the printing industry and was able to get my co-workers to reveal all the mysteries of appropriate size and shape for ease of reproduction…..

…print reproduction.

The Night Of The Day Of The Dawn Of The

…Butt Zombies!!!

 

…”butt-zombies?” you ask “what the fuck is he on about now”…

….let me define….

…as the NZ Gov’ raises the price of tobacco, the occurrence of guys (yes, they are all men) who walk along the edge of the footpath/sidewalk with their heads cocked to one side and their eyes firmly glued to the gutter increases…

…they even have an almost sideways shuffle peculiar to their like…

…voila!…butt-zombies.

Originally Titled

…something like…”The Proletariat Disappears Up The Right-Wing-Banker-Tax-Breaks-For-The-Rich-Interest-Hike-Petrol-Price-Rise Arse Of Our Current Government”

 

..but I changed it to “Give Me A Goddam Cigarette”.

Make A Helicopter Noise

…now sing the next bit in a Jim-Morrison-from-the-Doors voice….

 

…and that, boys and girls, is why you shouldn’t take up smoking in the first place…

…nicotine withdrawal is like tripping in a Saigon Hotel room at the end of the Vietnam conflict.

A Rose By Any Other Name

 

…. yep, cigarettes still smell like roses to me….

…but the urges grow less urgent…

 

…the farts are pretty much unchanged.