Humor

Girl Scout Cookie Monster was a response to the seasonal visits of Girl Scouts on their Cookie drives. How do you warn the Girl Scouts about these voracious predators?

Human-Animal Hybrids for Peace was inspired by GWB's expressed concerns about the horrors of “Human-Animal Hybrids.” He also isn't too keen on anti-war protestors, and how else do you describe something that looks like a human being with a pair of wings?

Hungry Kitty was inspired by my cats and what they will do to get their breakfast. Sleeping in is often not an option.

Kitty Fish Pilots was inspired by my cats (who like to eat fish) and my dad's kayak. What if you (or they) could ride in a fish like a kayak? Or a kayak that's like a fish? It's really supposed to be more cute than humorous.

Lisa Alien Nightmare was inspired by an actual nightmare that my wife Lisa had. I tried to make the alien menacing but not too horrible, I guess as a form of art therapy for her. She says I was spot on, but that the alien I drew looked “cute.”

Mousie Tea Party was inspired by Stephanie Miller's comments about Donald Rumsfeld's over-optimistic view of the utopia that America is creating in Iraq, a wonderful peaceful fairy-tale world where mice are wearing footie-pajamas and sitting on toadstools and so forth.

D&D Town Sucks was inspired by a D&D game wherein a town we visited offered few opportunities for adventure nor cheap outfitting. The guy holding a funny wand is a sorceror (somewhat resembling his player) who got to have an animal familiar, so the player requested that his animal familiar be the player's now-deceased pet cat; presumably, the player wanted his cat to live on in “literature.” The little guy is me; I'm playing a halfling rogue. Like any office meeting, role-playing games typically involve a lot of sitting around waiting for your turn, so I try to use my time constructively by drawing cartoons, usually inspired by somewhat humorous events that occur during our adventure.

Paladin fights Slithy Tove was inspired by the same D&D game. One of our players is a paladin (a classic example of a holy-quest-driven knight in shining armor). Slithy toves are badger-like creatures from the classic Lewis Carroll poem Jabberwocky. Like any office meeting, role-playing games typically involve a lot of sitting around waiting for your turn, so I try to use my time constructively by drawing cartoons, usually inspired by somewhat humorous events that occur during our adventure.

Innovation bacon motivator was intended for a co-worker who needed motivation. I found the picture on an internet picture board; it's a humorously photoshopped instruction diagram for a bathroom electric hand-dryer. I made the motivator with Motivator, a web application that turns your photo and text into a Successories-style motivational poster.

Alien Cat Infestation was inspired by the movie Aliens and by my 2 black Maine Coon-like longhair Sport Utility Cats. When they want attention, they are all over you and very difficult to refuse.

Cat Punches Me In Eye is autobiographical. I'm in bed, I open my eye, cat socks me with his hairy paw right in the eyeball. I'm lucky he didn't use his claws.

STTammy was inspired by a softball shirt Tammy was wearing which was cadet blue with a dark collar. It reminded me of Mr. Spock's uniform on the original Star Trek TV show, where they had to deal with the occasional near-omnipotent space child, and a lot of rocky planets that looked like the deserts of California. Here I imagined her as some kind of compassionate Starfleet medical officer.