Peanuts and Cracker Jack...

Spring has sprung and a young man's (okay, fine...MIDDLE AGED man's) fancy turns to baseball. For the first time in many years the Paintmonkey is excited about baseball again. Lady Paintmonkey is less than enthused about this turn of events but I have promised her I won't be forcing her to watch all that many games. This is largely because I prefer listening to them on the radio. This is what got started yesterday as I listened to my Braves whoop the tar out of the Nationals.



I was going to wax poetic about America's past-time but many more people with better vocabularies than I have already done so. I'll leave it with a a simple "Let's go get 'em Braves!"

This one's for the Cap'n...

...and the millions of fans who are ready for Wrestlemania tomorrow night being held in Atlanta, Ga! And since I am one of those millions of fans, I felt the need to express this. (And it was a request from my buddy, the Cap'n.) So here you go, a preview of what should be the best match of the night. HHH vs. the Undertaker. Fun night for the Paintmonkey!



Baseball started this week as well but since Wrestlemania is only once a year, I figured I'd wait til next week for my homage to America's past-time.

Nearly Finished

I swore I wouldn't do this again but I am mainly posting this so the client can take a look at the painting before I take it to her. I wanted to just post the finished painting (which this may very well be) but to be sure I need to let her see it, and if there are any changes I am hoping they are minute.



Fingers crossed!

Uncle Sam: World Beat Cop

So this was my reaction when I saw the headlines that we were "engaged in a support effort" with the U.N. to enforce a No-Fly Zone...



Seriously, when do our fighting men and women get a break?

Victory in Defeat

Yet again, I have gone a week without posting a drawing. Again, it had to do with a crazy week at Ye Olde Day Jobbe. However, I have the next week off so I am hoping to make up for lost time once again. I have some new toys to play with and a couple of ideas percolating so here's to a fruitful week.

And just to show you the creative IS still flowing in the household, here is a photo of what Lady Paintmonkey and I spent the evening last night doing...



SUPER MOON!!! Enjoy, everybody!

Dinosaur Slights

I want to prove to people that not all of my cartoons are based on political rage. As any of my regular readers (Hi mom!) know, I am also a big fan of dinosaurs. My most recent submission to the wonderful publication of Prehistoric Times is this little cartoon about the recent discovery of a large sauropod in Utah.



I mean seriously, doesn't it seem a bit mean spirited?

More Behind The Scenes Action

So a high-pressure system moved into the area today leaving the Paintmonkey feeling as if a railroad spike were being driven into his head and sinuses. I can’t get together enough energy to finish up a regular drawing but I can show what happens when I’m sitting on the couch watching wrestling and reading dinosaur books with no sketchbook within reach (EASY reach anyways. I haven’t felt like moving much the last two days.).

But well within reach are old bill envelopes and a pen. So here we have a couple of dinosaurs, the Undertaker, and some sort of long haired person who may or may not be covering up some math I was doing earlier. (I can’t really remember.) Again, this sinus thing is murder right now.



I know it’s not much but I really do doodle stuff all the time but most of it is silly little nonsense that I throw down just to keep the practice up, even when I am REALLY not in the mood for much of anything else. But every now and then good ideas pop up out of these little throwaways.