My buddy Lodi came down to my office this morning, and since I desperately do not want to be here today, I took a little extended break and accompanied him to our smoke pit for his morning cigarette.
We were chatting about doing laundry, and he mentioned that it would be easier for me to just wash and dry my uniforms rather than taking them to the dry cleaners all the time. I’m of the opinion that if I did this, my pants would melt in the dryer. To which he responded, “Not if you don’t set the dryer to BAKE!”
This was extrememly funny to the both of us, and got me thinking of a guy pulling the charred remains of his clothing from the dryer and turning to his friend in the laudromat and saying, “Now, that’s dry.”
Again, riotous laughter ensues, this time from everyone around us.
Suddenly, it hits me, I think of at least one hilariously funny thing a day… I should be a catoonist! Now, if only I can find someone who would be willing to draw my strips for me, and a publisher, I could very easily spend the rest of my days just thinking of one really funny thing a day. How schway cool would that be!?!
“So, what do you do for a living?”
“I think of something funny everyday.”
I’d have business cards printed up that read, I think of more funny things before 9AM, than you think of all day.
So, any volunteers?
[sub]Keep in mind that this is merely a fanciful jest, and in no way reflects my actual plans for life or for my world domination scheme.[/sub]
Do you want it in AutoCad or freehand? I’m pretty nifty with Photoshop, or Paint . . .
[sub]Keep in mind that this is merely a fanciful jest, and in no way reflects your actual plans for life or for your world domination scheme. I am merely a pawn in the grand scheme. . .[/sub]
Tripler
I took the International Art School test and failed.
I’m with you, Simetra! I wanna be a cartoonist, too! But I can’t friggin’ draw!
My masterpiece (thus far) is a drawing of Jesus coming out of a department store loaded down with shopping bags… in the background we see the dept. store, with many “Big Spring Sale” signs… caption: “Jesus Saves!”
It’s so obvious I can’t believe no cartoonist has done it yet (at least not that I have seen…)!
You have a world domination scheme? Jeez, I’m always the last to know about these things… Anyway, I’m proficient at drawing stick figures and not much else, so I don’t think I’d be terribly helpful in that respect. I do, however, fully expect a dedication in the first publishing of your collected works.
Trip, I think simple pen and ink will do. How are you at drawing big bugged-out eyes? Also, that International Art Instruction School test is a piece of crap. I know three people who’ve taken it and never got any kind of reply back from them.
Astroboy, I swear I’ve seen that cartoon or a permutation of it somewhere. I just can’t remember where. Sorry man. I’m sure it was your idea first tho.
I’ve got so many great little anecdotes and funny thoughts that would make excellent cartoons, but I’m afraid to share them for fear they’d be stolen.
And Jessica dearest, I’m fully expecting you to write the foreword. And you know I’d dedicate anything I got published to you.
As for that whole world domination thing, don’t worry about it just yet… I still have to get that uranium and put those subliminal messages in my comic strips.
Believe it or not, there are people who actually do this for a living - they come up with the punchline for a cartoon and sell it to comic artists. Smithsonian had an article on them a few years back, but I can’t figure out how to search for it in their search engine.
Are you talking about the test where you draw Tippy the Turtle or Cubby the Bear or the pirate? I just recently got my scored test back from them. 98 being the highest possible score and 80 being the lowest possible passing score, I got a 90. I’m still waiting to receive a phone call about the interview, though.
So, anyway, if anyone has any funny ideas, I’d be happy to try to illustrate them.
[sub]Disclaimers: the picture you have in your head may not equal the picture I have in my head and/or what ends up on paper, and, remember, I haven’t taken the course yet, I’ve only passed the test, so if you think my drawerings suck, tuff titty :p[/sub]
the Art Ins. School is where Charles Shultz went, if im not mistaken…
but anyway Ive had a few comics published in an old local comedy newspaper thing, during high school, One was a bilboard outside of a church saying “Let Jesus beat the hell out of you”, another was about Rouldolph the reindeer killing himself cause he was being used, and another with this Johnsonville bratwerst guy shooting the guy who keeps yelling that “Charlie Murphys cookin Johnsonville Brats…” resulting in his bratwerst getting eaten by the neighbors. I guess you had to be there for the brats…
