The Chef

The chef was by far the easiest new introduction. The Armadillo though isn't a new introduction for me at all, he's much more than a gag - he showed up in my published works back in Lubbock. Only problem with him is I forgot how to draw him a bit. After I drew him a few times in dismay of trying to recapture him, I dug up some of my old stuff to try and rejog the memory.
Well, who's next....time will tell. I still got a few more characters for this unnamed strip to figure out before I start drawing them for real print publication. Anyway, see him here.

More Jasmine

Well, someone went swimming today in the back pond and wasn't allowed to come back in the office. So, she went to the nearest available cart, and decided to dry off the natural way. What was funny was about a dozen of the employees just stopped to grin at her. Hard to believe that some ass dumped her in our parking lot, they had a fine dog.
There's a full size picture and one where she woke up getting her picture taken here.

Now, the Bartender

So I stayed up late again, this time on Monday night, trying to discover just who is going to serve the Cow beer the still unnamed bar in the unnamed Cartoon. Check him out, here.

My first Strip in over 5 Years

Well, every large journey starts with a single step. Any hope I have of getting published again starts with stripping...and I'm not talking about taking off my clothes - I'm talking cartoon stripping.
If you haven't seen the Thread yet - I started drawing a Bovine - and ended up throwing him into a cartoon in the end. Enjoy.

The Pencil is Mightier than the Anti Depressents

I used to have a side cartooning job back in High School, and halfway through college. Didn't know that did you? No, you didn't...all you people know is I played Ultima Online, probably that I'm an accountant, I have this fascination with Cows, and I am sorta detached from reality as the majority relates from it. More in my forums, as well as more drawings.

Two Trees down...

Two weeks down, and nobody from the Government has taken my request to completely eradicate ragweed seriously. Laughs on them - I cheated on my taxes 8 years ago and it's too late for them to get their money.
It's a good thing our business grows trees for landscapers to plant all over town, I think I went through enough Kleenex boxes now to safely say I killed two good size trees. Bah.

My daughter has my Curse

I have a curse, I'm prone to some sort of bad luck. It's not bad luck as in Anvils fall on me, or I get in car wrecks. It's odd bad luck - things that normally won't happen to anyone will happen to me. When I met my wife, I told her this and she didn't believe it. After several years, she believes it fully, and I often here "This only happens because it's YOU, Joe"
So how do I know my daughter has it? She has been in perfect health for weeks. Even when me and my son had bad allergies, she was fine. Today she woke up at 2am with a 104.6 fever....and today she turned 5.
What a rotten way to spend your birthday if you ask me...I mean, after you're..what...16, who cares if you're sick on your birthday? Well...I guess 21. But cmon, you only turn 5 once, and she's sick.
So I snuck out of work and took her presents home during lunch (big ol' box of Legos) so she could do something till we get home and stare at the cupcakes that were supposed to go with her to school today - where she would have worn a crown and everyone sing to her.

What a stink.

And knowing the Curse - she will be fine tomorow. Read more about it if you like.

The Stuff that Memories are Made Of

Did you ever have one night when you broke all the rules when you were a kid? If not, you were deprived. If you have kids now, make sure to give them that experience - it only is good when you're young. I know we enjoyed it.
One a side note, I see no reason why any organization should protect Ragweed. It's a hideous plant that serves no purpose but to cause me and countless others to suffer for weeks while it flowers. Write your duely elected representative to form a Ragweed Eradication Task Force. Hurry, before I run out of Kleenex.

I know what I want for my Birthday

So I was up late working on the new issue of Cowsmopolitan.com, and learned there is a breed of Bovine called the Dutch Belted Cow.

How cool is that, it has a 'belt' around it's waist! As the name implies, they are Dutch (There's two things in life I can't stand, people intolerant of other people, and..THE DUTCH).
So, if anyone wants to hook me up with a Dutch Belted Cow, contact me and I'll give you my FED Ex Shipping Information. Be sure to poke holes in the box so she can breath!

Go Nuts!

One of my other odd hobbies & interest is writing. I love "The Onion", and I'm a pretty avid reader of it. Sometimes every now and then I get a hair up my nose and an idea, and do some writing of my own. Well, here's one I did around 3 a.m. this week. It's rough - but hey, it was 3 A.M. Snapping is the best thing that ever happened to me. . Hopefully, I'll get some more hairs up my nose and write some more.