CAD # 11: The Fat Chance Fairy

I don't care much for holidays, religious or otherwise but tonight is New Years Eve Eve! That is right, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight, the Fat Chance Fairy flies all over New York City. She has a flimsy, black, plastic bodega bag full of Good Luck and she decides who will win the lottery in the coming year. It doesn't matter if you're naughty or nice. It doesn't matter if you believe in her or not. Nothing matters. But, just in case it is possible to get on her good side, like most people, I leave a large pepperoni pie from Original Rays Pizza and a 2 liter of Dr. Pepper next to the bathroom window. It's believed that this is where she enters the apartments of those lucky enough to be getting lucky next year.

CAD #10: La Cougar Acha

Okay, my first slip in doing a Character-A-Day on my blog. You may even notice it's been three days and I'll tell you why. I had gone out to get flowers for my wife, just because, when I was accosted by some Hassidic Ruffians. They pulled me into a dark alley and forced me to play dreidle. As luck would have it, I started out doing great. I had them by the gelt. Then, things started spinning out of control. Before I knew it I'd run out of cash and was throwing everything but the baby into the pot. Everything including my laptop with all my characters.
So, the blog was out of commission but, I'm back with a character who needs no explanation, which is good, because she has nothing to do with the above story.

CAD #9: Shorty Cash

Just over 5' tall
Tell him a short joke
(he's heard them all)
and if you make him laugh
he won't kick your ass.

CAD #8: Floyd Foy

Awwwwwright! One full week of "Character A Day" is done. Let's start week two - It's Floyd Foy who has fantastically flat feet!

CAD #7: Green Foot

You've heard of the mysterious, hairy giant that lives in the woods, or his shaggy white cousin in the Himalayas but few know about Green Foot. This pygmy offshoot of the Big Foot ( Pedes Giganticus) family is the tiniest and most powerful of all the Big Feet. Unlike their antisocial cousins, they move freely through the human world. They, in fact, have come to depend on us to transport them and cary them too and fro. The Green Foot uses his long, green tale to mesmerize people. We don't even know we're holding them. That coffee you drank and tossed away on the way to work this morning? Probably a Green Foot. That magazine you picked up to read on the subway and then lost it? Probably a Green Foot. The hooker you got a room with last weekend? Probably a hooker.

CAD #6: Burt Halliburton

You know that guy who's always out on the street or the subway, headphones blasting, talking loudly to himself? That guy who seems to have no where to go and nothing to do? Burt Halliburton is that guy. Well, he's one of those guys. No. He looks like one of those guys but Burt believes he does have somewhere to go. He does have something to do. He dreams of someday working for Halliburton, the company that shares his name. Like one of the guys who drive the lions that make up Voltron, he wants to be part of something bigger than himself. He wants to be a cog in the mighty corporate backbone of America. What's that blasting from Burt's headphones? Is that the inspiring voice of Zig Ziglar? What's Burt saying to himself? Are those mantras of personal well being and self enhancement? Yes, yes and yes. Has Halliburton, the company, responded to any of the eighty-three resumes Burt has sent them? Not yet.

CAD #5: Lady Canister

Ready to fight crime at a moment's notice, Lady Canister can be found power walking in any of the malls in the Tri-state Area. At the time of this writing, her super power is still unknown but we suspect it is contained within her green canister. Unless that's just a thermos full of coffee.

CAD #4: Cold Shoulders Santos

After a freak accident with an ice cream truck in 1975, Charles Santos has no circulation in his shoulders. They're always cold. Mr. Santos has been to many doctors but no one can cure him. The insurance companies call his condition pseudo - psychosomatic and they don't cover that.

CAD #3: Trumpette

Trumpette is one of the five Jazz Muses who whisper sweet sounds into the ears of Jazz musicians and inspire great music. The other four are Piana, Saxparilla, Guitarina, and Max Roach.

CAD #2: Elbows Schopenhauer

Warren, who's a friend of a friend of mine, tells me "there's this guy, up in Westchester, who has four arms. Four. No, not arms instead of legs. He's got legs too. He has four human arms on one torso. The guy calls himself Elbows Schopenhauer. He owns an antique store called Smoke & Mirrors."

"Oh," I say, " so the guys a prankster or magician or something."

"Beats me " says Warren. "All I know is the dude has four arms!"

CAD #1: American Jedi

I'm going to try and post a Character A Day. Every day. Don't know how long I'll keep it up. The way I've been going with projects, I hope this makes it to #2.



I was hanging out at a dive bar in Manhattan late last night (you know, a wretched hive of scum and villainy) when a girl came up to me. She said her name was Lucia Skytalker and asked if I knew a smuggler named Don Solo. I noticed the light saber on her belt and thought she was kidding. I laughed and said, "Your Jedi mind tricks won't work on me."
Next thing I knew it was 4:30 in the afternoon and I was on a bus in The Bronx.

Happy Holidays!

No apologies from Tiger!

Peeps On a Bun

Call for Tony! There a Tony here?

Low Tide on the Sidewalk

Low Tide on the Sidewalk

"Hello, it's me."

"Don't stare at the locals, dear."

uptown A train

Greentooth

2 Sketchbook characters

Agent Beach Bunny

Casual Cyborg

The Thirsty Shaman

Ezekiel!

Ezekiel "E-Z" Forsch, born 09.09.09! He had some issues at the start and is still in the hospital but is doing FANTASTICALLY well.

waiting

what does a cartoonist do while he's sitting in the hospital waiting room?

Sketches for Baba Looma

Here are some character design sketches I did creating the characters in my 2 page story: "You help us, Baba?"

Hugo WInners 2009

sketches of 4 of the 2009 Hugo Winners

Neil Gaimen


Elizabeth Bear


Ted Chiang


Nancy Kress

Jack Huston & Mila Kunis

Random celeb caricatures!

Nose Problem

Quick sketch of an old guy who was on the uptown N train. He had a nose picking problem. Couldn't seem to find his nose.

DVduds

Despite their 'Star Power' these three flicks went straignt to DVD.

Critter Comforts

Here are some critters from my sketch book. I was in the mood to doodle dragons.

Annual Co-op meeting

There can't be no discussion about the fuel surcharge!









You probably can't tell, but there are a lot of orthodox Jews in my neighborhood. I tried to be orthodox but I couldn't give up pork fried rice or McRibb Sandwiches.

Sketchbook

This girl was sketching on the subway, in the exact same kinda sketchbook I use to sketch people on the subway. So, I sketched her.


This Mack Daddy just strolled up to a lady in Bryant park, sat next to and started talking to her. She was nice enough to him, but she had a fiance and after a few minutes excused herself to go and catch a train.


Random Subway sketches: