Draw Every Day 3/5/12: When the Bad Economy Hits Superheroes: The Incredible Temp

We know what happens when the bad economy hits regular folks (we get protesting) and when it hits the rich guys (they get pepper-spraying) but what do super-heroes do?

Draw Every Day 2/24/12: ThePeteMan in: "Going Home Sucks! Pt 1"

This is the second page of a literal mini-comic (it's just 4x6!) I'm drawing.  After American Super-Hero ThePeteMan is released from prison, he returns to find his replacement!

Stop back in tomorrow at noon NYC-time for the third page in the series!!

Draw Every Day 2/23/12: ThePeteMan in: "Going Home Sucks! Pt 0"

This is the first page of a literal mini-comic (it's just 4x6!) I'm drawing.  It follows the release of American Super-Hero ThePeteMan from Abu Ghraib State Penitentiary, where he was wrongfully imprisoned.  He returns to the country he once championed only to discover how much things have changed in the seven years he was gone...

Stop back at thepete.com tomorrow at noon NYC-time for the second page!

Draw Every Day February 18, 2012: Mistress Lucille and a Client

This is the first (or second, really) in a series of drawings featuring what America's favorite comic strip characters would be like after the fall of human civilization.  Thank goodness for fair use, right? :P

Draw Every Day 2/13/12: $2012 An Economic Odyssey

Feeling a little preachy today, I am. :)

See a progress shot of this illustration.

Draw Every Day January 18, 2012: Charlie Mad II

This is a sequel to my "Charlie Mad" custom toy piece.  Charlie Mad II may be just a drawing, but he's got TWO CYBORG ARMS!!  KICK ASS!!

Joker and Lex

I’ve seen one Calvin & Hobbes parody that was better. But this one’s pretty awesome.



Found via piratekitten:

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(I do wish the original artist did the lettering a bit better—my eyes were crossing trying to read such narrow letters.)

GREAT DICTATOR (1940)

Click to buy the 2-disk set!

Positive Experience/Entertaining? This is a truly impressive film. I had always heard good things about this movie, but the film largely does live up to the hype.


Technically any good? While I've never been a fan of comedians speaking gibberish in a way that it both sounds fun and sounds like another language, the film makes up for this in spades. To be honest, I did find myself laughing at the gibber-speak, but still felt like it wouldn't be done in a comedy, today.

The acting was a solid as you'd expect--that is to say, not great, but perfectly reasonable, for sure. The story is very solid, following a sort of "prince and pauper" vibe as silent movie comic actor/director/auteur Charlie Chaplin plays both the prince (a very Hitler-esque dictator) and the pauper (a Jewish barber). The setup is clearly absurd, but entirely brilliant. This is seriously amazing film making.


How did it leave me feeling? Seriously moved--there's a wonderful speech at the end that nearly brought tears to my eyes--it was disturbingly resonant in today's war-filled culture. I could not believe that something from sixty-eight years ago could still be true--and since it's about war and profit, how depressing is that? VERY.

Good on you, Mr. Chaplin! It's a shame you're dead. You'd be wishing you were, anyway. :(


Final Rating? GSN - Go See Now--this is a cinema classic for a reason. It's also a perfect double feature with To Be Or Not To Be. TheWife and I both agreed that George W. Bush should be forced to listen to Chaplin's big speech every morning before breakfast.

Your Womb. Property of the State for Over 2000 Years: McCain '08

Your Womb. Property of the State for Over 2000 Years: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

Sorry, starting to feel a little tired--good thing the election is the
day after tomorrow!

Still, deep down, anti-women's-choice people really do feel they have
the right to force women to stay pregnant no matter what. It's as
though these people think if women stop having babies humanity will
die off or something. Full grown people die every day--some in
unjustified wars based on lies, but these people will be damned before
they let a woman decide what she lets live inside of her.

Women are but holy vessels for God's life-giving power!

OR they are living, breathing, thinking people with the same rights as
men.

I'm anti-abortion myself, but you'll note that I am pro-choice.
Patrick Henry said "Give me liberty or give me death."

That was Henry saying "I will kill and/or die for my freedom."

But I think it is safe to say that Henry wasn't flippant about killing
a person.

If it's OK to go over to Iraq to kill for Iraqi freedom, I'd say it's
just as right to allow a woman to have an abortion if she wants to be
free of health issues, complications and sometimes even death. In
fact, I'd say an abortion is easier to tie to freedom-fighting than an
invasion of Iraq.

Because I Was Only *Accused* of Corruption in 1989: McCain '08

Because I Was Only *Accused* of Corruption in 1989: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

The Keating Five, kids. Look it up.

Part of the problem for over 20 years: McCain '08

Part of the problem for over 20 years: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

Isn't it neat how he's going on and on about all this cool stuff he's
going to do once he gets into the White House?

Kinda makes you wonder just what he's been doing all this time he's
been in government, doesn't it?

White Men. Telling people what to do for over 2000 years. McCain '08

White Men. Telling people what to do for over 2000 years. McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

Am I going too hard on the race thing? Hey, after Obama gets into
office the bad stuff won't be my people's fault any more! SWEET!

:P

Killing the unborn is wrong. Waiting 18 years and sending them to Iraq is Right: McCain '08

Killing the unborn is wrong. Waiting 18 years and sending them to Iraq is Right: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

That's what I call a late-term abortion!

I just love the Republican "culture of life" that sends American young
men and women into harms way to kill and be killed. How can you be pro-
life and pro-war at the same time?

If you are only interested in protecting American lives then I think
you're being pretty lame. That said, why aren't you pro-Cancer-
research? Cancer is a MUCH bigger threat to American life than
terrorism.

Because White Men Really Are Better Leaders: McCain '08

Because White Men Really Are Better Leaders: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

It's true, isn't it?

Come on, name one good black President of the United States!

Betcha can't!

George W. Promise I'd Win in 2008 if I Only Played Along: McCain '08

George W. Promise I'd Win in 2008 if I Only Played Along: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

Are you like me? Would you have actually voted for McCain in 2000 had
he won the Repub primary if Bush hadn't? Do you wonder what happened
to that John McCain who ran 8 years ago? I do. I miss that man--he was
a leader with integrity and honor. So what happened?

It seems to me that he made a deal with Bush. "Support me in
everything, vote with me 90% of the time, support the war, vote
against the toture ban, support me in the 2004 debates, as a huge
storm hits New Orleans you are to put celebrating my birthday with me
above any concerns for Katrina victims (McCain brought a cake). Do all
of this and I'll give you all of my psycho amoral campaign guys so you
can definitely get elected in 2008."

To which McCain responded, "Yes, Godfather...and may your first child
be a masculine child..."

"Thank you. Now kiss the ring... And pull my finger! Heh-heh-heh!"

All right, so that may not be exactly how the exchange went, but you
have to admit the change from 1999 McCain (honor, real patriotism) to
2008 McCain (says whatever is required to get elected) is pretty
extreme.

Because White Male Presidents Represent 232 Years of Tradition: McCain '08

Because White Male Presidents Represent 232 Years of Tradition: McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com

Don't you think it's time to give the white man four years off? I
mean, we've survived George W. Bush, haven't we? How much worse could
the black guy be?

Nothing Says Change Like a 72 Year-Old White Guy McCain '08

Nothing Says Change Like a 72 Year-Old White Guy McCain '08, originally uploaded by thepetecom.

Compliments of ThePete and http://johnmccainisyournewlogo.com.

No offense to my dad, but Caucasian men in their 70s are not exactly
known for bring change to entire countries. Especially rich ones with
7 homes.