Switcheroo Zoo : Gazellephant

Today's Switcheroo Zoo creature is the very clumsy, yet very sweet Gazellephant.
( As always, click on the critter for a better view).

Switcheroo Zoo : Hippopotamouse

Today's creature from the Switcheroo Zoo is the teeny tiny Hippopotamouse.

Switcheroo Zoo : Babloon

That's right. Another creepy critter in the Switcheroo Zoo. At home in the African veldt, or the lakes of Minnesota...the Babloon.

Switcheroo Zoo : Seel

A new addition to the Switcheroo Zoo, the Seel.
( Click on the image to get a better view).

Switcheroo Zoo: Raccougar

Today's featured creature from the Switcheroo Zoo is the crafty Raccougar.
( click on the image to get a better view of this beast).

Switcheroo Zoo : Rabbat

Today's denizen of the Switcheroo Zoo is the cute, cuddly, yet kinda disgusting
Rabbat.

( As always, click on the image for a better view ).

Switcheroo Zoo: the Great Hornet Owl

Another creature from the Switcheroo Zoo.
The Great Hornet Owl.
( click on the image for a larger view).

Switcheroo Zoo : Rhinostrich

Behold, the newest member of the Switcheroo Zoo... the foul tempered, and quite smelly, Rhinostrich.
(As always, click on the foul beast to get a better view).

DINOSAURS ATTACK!

Hey...it's Friday, and that means DINOSAURS ATTACK!
Looks like the Colonel isn't taking the DINOSAUR INVASION well...
in fact he's "going to pieces" over it. Don't lose your head!
Get a hold of yourself, sir.
Pull yourself together, man! Where's your guts?


( As always, click on the images for a closer look).

Crocto-pus

My old Kubert School buddy, and talented cartoonist, Bill Van Orden,
gave me the suggestion for this creature created in Illustrator,
the friendly yet voracious Crocto-pus!
( click on the image to get a better look).

Happy Fourth of July!

HAPPY FOURTH of JULY !

Try and remember what this holiday is all about. No, it's not the day you run down to the local rent to own place and get a new flat screen tv and couch, or make a trip to the hardware store to get your paint for the living room.
Thanks to all our men and women who serve or have served in our armed services.
And thanks to the brave group of radicals, 234 years ago, who had the nerve to draw a line in the sand and dared King George to cross it.

Octopissed!

Just a quick sketch in Illustrator of a mad octopus, although maybe he should be called a pentapus.

DINOSAURS ATTACK!

What a week! This weekend is the Fourth of July, one of my most favorite holidays.
Hanging out, seeing friends and family, fireworks...OH MY GOD THOSE DINOSAURS ARE EATING THE CHILDREN!!!
That's right, today's gut-busting DINOSAURS ATTACK comes from sunny California.
I guess on the West coast, it's normal for kids to wear swim goggles on a field trip.
At least I think they are swim goggles.
Look at the kid wearing the red jersey with 17 on it.


I mean, what's up with those? The bus is too long to be a "short" one, and besides, none of the other kids are wearing hockey equipment.
Anyhoo, those dinosaurs are really chomping on those kids.
Just imagine the artist. Coming into work at the Topps Company, getting his brushes ready, paints, etc., and then he gets his assignment.
" Ok, today you gotta paint a bus load of kids being eaten by a pair of Parasaurolophus, or Parasaurolphusi...well, whatever they're called, you gotta paint'em. An make it real gross, that's what the kids who aren't being eaten alive like."
Here's the back of this little gem.

(As always...click on the images in order to get a better look).

Banjo Pig

One of my favorite sites is DRAWN !
It's a really great site full of interesting bits of news and stuff dealing with
cartooning and illustration.
Yesterday they had a post about two illustrators, Guy Francis, and Stacy Curtis,
who had been sending doodles of pigs playing banjos back and forth to each other, and then they decided to not only post their drawings on the web, but to also invite other artists to draw pigs for the site.
I had some time to kill yesterday., so I created an animated pig for them.
It took maybe two hours to do, and most of that time was spent finding some banjo notes.
Here's my guy :


The artists on the site are very talented, and I'm happy they let me post.
So, take a moment, click on the button at the bottom of this post, and get a chuckle.