Life with Death - November 15

A girl in my BFA class is doing paintings of cupcakes for her show and when I needed to write a new comic that week, I knew it had to somehow involve a cupcake. There will be another comic this week and one more for the rest of the semester. As always you can read them in their printed form in The Brooklyn College Kingsman. When I see the next one in print, it will be posted right here.

PLUS - Look for pictures of ceramic sculptures in progress coming soon as well as a group piece that is currently on display in a showcase in the basement of Whitehead Hall.

Word of the Day - November 22

This is what happens when you put the cemetery next to the pet cemetery.

enspirit\ en-SPIR-it \ , verb;
1. To infuse life into; enliven.

Word of the Day - November 21

Crafty mice, you got there, fella.

bamboozle\ bam-BOO-zuhl \ , verb;
1. To deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like. 2. To perplex; mystify.

Word of the Day - November 20

I try to draw a cartoon that can satisfy multiple meanings of the word if possible. Here is one of those examples. The second meaning causes the first to happen. By producing a raised mark on his head, the guy is very happy. Win, win.

weal\ WEEL \ , noun;
1. Well-being, prosperity, or happiness. 2. A raised mark on the surface of the body produced by a blow. 3. (Obsolete:) the state or body politic.

Word of the Day - November 19

RIBS! RIBS! Hail the Ribs!

hallow\ HAL-oh \ , verb;
1. To make holy; sanctify; consecrate. interjection: 1. Hallo. verb: 1. To shout or chase with cries of "hallo!"

Word of the Day - November 18

One of the unfortunate or awesome side effects of kid leashes.

aoristic\ ey-uh-RIS-tik \ , adjective;
1. Indefinite; indeterminate. 2. In grammar: A tense of the verb indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous.

Word of the Day - November 18

One of the unfortunate or awesome side effects of kid leashes.

aoristic\ ey-uh-RIS-tik \ , adjective;
1. Indefinite; indeterminate. 2. In grammar: A tense of the verb indicating past action without reference to whether the action involved was momentary or continuous.

Word of the Day - November 17

Thats why I never leave the window open.

idioglossia\ id-ee-uh-GLOS-ee-uh \ , noun;
1. A private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins. 2. A pathological condition in which a person's speech is so severely distorted that it is unintelligible.

Word of the Day - November 16

Oh man, it chases people! This is revolutionary.

gest\ JEST \ , noun;
1. A notable deed or exploit. 2. Archaic: A metrical romance or history.

Word of the Day - November 15

Technically, he's right.

de rigueur\ duh ri-GUR \ , adjective;
1. Strictly required, as by etiquette, usage, or fashion.

Word of the Day - November 14

This is why every scientist should have someone check their work.

emend\ ih-MEND \ , verb;
1. To free from faults or errors; correct. 2. To edit or change a text.

Word of the Day - November 13

I like this cartoon mainly because the dog is wearing a monical and a top hat.

debonair\ deb-uh-NAIR \ , adjective;
1. Courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm. 2. Jaunty; carefree; sprightly.

Word of the Day - November 12

What little kid doesn't want to turn his parents into candy? Hell, I'm 22 yrs old and I would have to at least think about it.

alchemical\ al-KEM-ik-uhl \ , adjective;
1. Pertaining to the transformation of something common, usually of little value, into a substance of great worth. 2. Relating to a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold.

Word of the Day - November 11

Every generation has it better than the one before most of the time. Thats the positive while the negative is that they have to listen to the older generation complain about how bad they had it.

whilom\ HWAHY-luhm \ , adjective;
1. Former; erstwhile. adverb: 1. At one time.

Word of the Day - November 10

I'm always the one who gets things blamed on him; I'm never the liar. Do you believe me? Or am I lying?

ullage\ UHL-ij \ , noun;
1. The amount by which the contents fall short of filling a container, as a cask or bottle. 2. The quantity of wine, liquor, or the like, remaining in a container that has lost part of its contents by evaporation, leakage, or use. 3. In rocketry, the volume of a loaded tank of liquid propellant in excess of the volume of the propellant; the space provided for thermal expansion of the propellant and the accumulation of gases evolved from it.

Wor dof the Day - November 9

I would grimace at broccoli too if my son was eating a cheeseburger. How dare his wife want him to eat health and live longer.

moue\ MOO \ , noun;
1. A pouting grimace.

Word of the Day - November 8

They seem really excited to see that dude. While he seems really tired and sensitive to light.

demotic\ dih-MOT-ik \ , adjective;
1. Of or pertaining to the common people; popular. 2. Of or pertaining to the ordinary, everyday, current form of a language; vernacular. 3. Of, pertaining to, or noting the simplified form of hieratic writing used in ancient Egypt between 700 b.c. and a.d. 500.

This week's word cartoons

Last week's cartoons are posted but this week's is still just pencilled. When they are inked and scanned. I will blog them your way. Sorry for the delay but work outside and at school is piling up and long days sculpting or working leave little energy to ink the cartoons on time. They will be up soon.

Word of the Day - November 7

6 foot heros are the work of Gods. Keep them coming and men will float behind you in a dazzed state.

palpitate\ PAL-pi-teyt \ , verb;
1. To pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter. 2. To cause to pulsate or tremble.

Word of the Day - November 6

I was talking about proposals in my sculpture class and found out that girls really like shiny things (aka diamonds). My friend Noelle joked that she would like a ring pop. I know her paramore will ask my advice for how she would like to be proposed to and when that day happens, she'll curse the day she said it. AAAHHHHAAHHHAAAHHAA!!!

nacreous\ NEY-kree-uhs \ , adjective;
1. Resembling nacre (mother-of-pearl); lustrous; pearly.

Word of the Day - November 5

Sometimes the word gives you no real interpretation because its so specific. But there is always some gag somewhere if you look hard enough.

saccade\ sa-KAHD \ , noun;
1. The movement of the eye when it makes a sudden change, as in reading. 2. The act of checking a horse quickly with a single strong pull of the reins.

Word of the Day - November 4

This is modeled (or stolen) from Calvin and Hobbes' awesome snowman comics. If you haven't seen them, google them. They are genius!

brumal\ BROO-muhl \ , adjective;
1. Of winter.

Word of the Day - November 3

The little ones are always the ones you have to watch out for.

hyperbolic\ hahy-per-BOL-ik \ , adjective;
1. Using hyperbole; exaggerating. 2. Of or pertaining to a hyperbola.

Word of the Day - November 2

I really took a while to think of a really good one for "thwart". When hook hands came into my head, I had a great cartoon and a lingering question - How do people with hook hands open doors?

thwart\ THWAWRT \ , verb;
1. To oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. adjective: 1. Passing or lying crosswise or across; transverse.

Word of the Day - November 1

Never ask or say that a lady is fat and never assume pregnancy. Silence is always the best option.

enceinte\ en-SEYNT \ , adjective;
1. Pregnant; with child noun: 1. A wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.

Word of the Day - October 31

I know these are late but enjoy them anyway.

Of course, Halloween's word has to do with trickery. These types of words have come up in the past and I've dealed with them everytime differently. I like the twist that they are twins. Mostly because there is always a good twin and an evil one.

chicanery\ shih-KAY-nuh-ree \ , noun;
1. The use of trickery or sophistry to deceive (as in matters of law). 2. A trick; a subterfuge.

Life with Death - November 8

Here is this week's "Life with Death" published in The Brooklyn College Kingsman. I'm usually very good with coming up with ideas for the strip. Last week, I remember having lunch on Wednesday and sitting down to think of a strip and the odd job of "ball boy" came to my head. The kid or adult that catches foul balls down the line at baseball games. I like Death proving Roger wrong and squashing his plans. There will be more of that in the future.

Life with Death - November 1

Here's this week's Life with Death strip published in The Brooklyn College Kingsman. I haven't seen it in print yet but I know it'll be there soon.

Again, Roger has picked the wrong job. Sure things look easy on tv with any job but it really isn't. I watch Deadliest Catch all the time but I know that I can't do that job! It sucks. I think I'm built to be a cartoonist and hopefully it works out.

It's Wednesday and I haven't written or drawn the strip for next week. I guess I should start pretty soon. We'll see what I come up with next week. I actually woke up at 5am and a strip came into my head. It's sort of stupid and non-sequitur to the job storylines. Check back next week to see if I use it or not.