Mische Art

I like fall in Colorado. The air is crisp, it’s time to bundle up and the ski season is around the corner. 

The recent news about the travel ban, the apprehending of illegal immigrants, the wall at the Mexican border etc triggered some cartoon ideas. I feel the way America looks at itself and the image it projects to the world is changing. As a permanent resident, I have always felt welcome in this wonderful country. I admire the at its core optimistic attitude of “Yep, we are awesome, and you are welcome.” To be a beacon for democracy is a worthy ideal to strife for, and I always felt that that is what America did. So all these politics which are about huddling behind a wall and kicking people out are deeply unsettling to me.

I felt like releasing my inner dwarf - approach at your own risk.

“One of those Days”

“What now?”

“More Birds”

“Bolo Tie”

“Girl from Corinth”

I did this doodle, and it cracked me up a little. It’s a fine line between happiness and rage.

I really enjoyed doing the strip I posted yesterday, and part of the fun was designing cartoon versions of my daughters. I like the way my youngest is zipping along, so here is her sketch as an encore.

I was looking through the artist biography I had posted on my old website recently. There it states that I live in Longmont with my wife, my daughter and two cats. That’s pretty outdated info by now. So I thought it would be fun to update it as a comic. And then it turned more into a strip about my hometown. Anyway, here it is.

This is my 31st daily post, and I'll bow out with this horrible clash of colors. I had a lot of fun with the challenge to get a picture ready every day. It was also quite time-consuming so I'll reduce my output a bit. I plan to work on the reboot of my website. Also, I'm heading out west for some days of mountain biking. 

The Nature Center here in Colleyville is a major hang out for grey herons. Beautiful birds, elegant lines. I put him together with this other dude.

I really like this one. I call it "Moving on" because she looks to me like  she's coming to terms with getting over some not so easy relationship. But that's just a snippet of the movie in my head about this picture. Feel free to make up your own.

It's snowing today here in Texas.

My computer hard drives are a little like these big grab boxes where I stow away my sketches, photos, paintings etc. After the Russian from my last post I stumbled across this doodle and I thought - wow, he looks somewhat Shakespearean. I also had a sketch of this deranged king and decided to combine them for another literature-inspired post. "When the hurly-burly's done..."