OOOOOOOOOH THAT SMELL!!!

Welcome back CRAZIES!!!  We are just over a week away from All Hallow's Eve!  I know, time's moving fast, that's why we gotta make more time to enjoy the moment!  But that's neither here nor there.  Right now, we need something to keep the spooky vibes alive for the season, and it gets no spookier than a ghost?  Don't believe me?  Scroll down and see for yourselves!  Come on now, don't be chicken!  Enjoy...

Ghosts come in many forms and origins, as do farts.  And as most paranormal experts will tell you, farts are merely the ghosts of the things we eat.  This boy was clearly indulging himself on the delicious joys of Popeye's Chicken before unleashing a terror from the dark crevice beyond his cheeks!  And that terror will soon spread to those nearest to the scare zone as the Ghost Chicken looks to clear the room!  This piece was part of an Animal Alphabets theme, possibly being a chicken or ghost, I honestly don't remember despite it only being from a year ago!  It certainly got a LOT of raised eyebrows on social media, and a lot of laughs too!  The chicken was actually colored in neon colored pencils and has a glowing effect under black light!  Unfortunately, it's not an easy effect to photograph, hence the reason we only get the standard edition here.  Perhaps in the future...

Alright!  Only one post left to go here in October 2025!  But don't worry!  I'll make sure we wrap October up on a high note and get everybody in the mood for Halloween!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

TOM TURKEY RETURNS!!! AND IT'S A "GAS!!!"

Welcome to November CRAZIES!!!  Hard to believe a few hours ago we were all reveling in the Halloween spirit.  But now, the time has come to honor a tried and true main course: TURKEY!!!  That's right CRAZIES, my favorite holiday of the year is back!  THANKSGIVING, or Turkey Day if you're Mystie like me!  Boy oh boy and I can already feel my arteries clogging just thinking about it all!  But, we still got a few weeks to go before the big day comes, so we'll just have to be patient and tie ourselves over with some art!

That wily old trotter, Tom Turkey, is back!  He's been doing a solid job of avoiding the Brat Twins' dinner table for four years now.  Does he have the gumption to make it five?  Scroll down and see how it all starts!  Enjoy...

Billy and Dorothy Brat are back and more full of hot air than usual... Quite literally!  Farting is a funny if not gross habit, but collecting their farts?  That's a whole new level of disgusting!  What on Earth could these vile tykes be planning this time?  You'll have to come back next week and see!

Well, we are now fully into the Holiday Season, which seems to start earlier every year, but it's a good feeling that leads to some good times, so be sure to come back next week and see what those dastardly Brat Twins do next!  Speaking of good things, many food, clothing and toy banks are now opening up as the holidays approach.  As I do every year, I urge you, the CRAZY faithful, to donate this season.  Every little bit helps and it really doesn't take much to make the holidays happen for those in need.  Until next time, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!  

ELEPHANTS ARE A GAS!!!

Welcome to September CRAZIES!!!  The season of pumpkin spice has officially begun!  Though I myself am not a big fan of coffee, I've got nothing but love for delicious hot chocolate and 'tis the season to drink it!  That and Jersey Mike's hot subs, but enough of that silliness, it's time for some art!  We got a swell stable of critters lined up this month, so let's open up the petting zoo and get started!  Enjoy...

Indian elephants...  Large, gentle, graceful...  And full of more gas than a congressman!  This was a part of Animal Alphabets' weekly drawing themes on Twitter (I don't care what the mealy-mouthed crotch pheasant calls it, it's still Twitter to me out of shear spite!), specifically the letter I.  It's low brow for sure, but dammit, elephants are vegetarians!  There's no way a creature that large eating that much raw plant materials WOULDN'T be farting up a storm!  Just feel bad for the fish!

That's all she wrote for this week, but be sure to come back next week as we spice things ups with a beast that's REALLY energized!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

MILLIE IS A GAS!!! AND SO IS TIM BUDGEN!!!

Welcome to April CRAZIES!!!  In better times, I would've been reviewing WonderCon 2021 for you all today, but... Less said the better I suppose.  There is some hope though.  I recently got my first dose of the vaccine and will be getting the second dose towards the end of the month.  California's numbers have dropped considerably in recent weeks and things are slowly opening up.  It's cautious optimism at best, but hopefully things will continue to improve here and elsewhere.  Only time will tell.

This month will be a special month as I celebrate some fellow cartoonists and illustrators that I'm quite fond of!  Last year, in an effort to keep spirits high, I took to drawing fan art for my pals and inspirations in the cartooning world.  It was a campaign I called Spread Some Laughs.  Kept it going for about six months before the daily drawing challenges started up in the fall.  This week's entry was part of a different collective, but still falls within the range of fan art, so I've included it today anyway because I wanted this month start with a bang!  Enjoy...

Mermaids primarily eat seafood, so they are likely to be VERY gassy.  Today's art was part of the popular Twitter trend of #DrawThisInYourStyle, where an artist will post something they've done and ask others to draw it in their own distinct styles.  My good pal Tim Budgen, an amazing illustrator from jolly old England, posted some art from his book, Starwhal, for us to draw.  It's the tale of a little mermaid named Millie and her magical pet narwhal who is actually a sparkly-powered Starwhal!  Tim's original image was of the two of them swimming together, which I technically did replicate, but I had to pump a little bit of CRAZY into the piece too, hence the flatulent nature!  Luckily, Tim loved it and everybody thought it was a fun piece!  Hopefully Tim STILL likes it and hasn't forgotten that he STILL has a #DTIYS featuring Mike & Mindy to draw!  Possibly even two if he chooses to do the next challenge!

So ends Week 1 of April 2021!  It's my birth month and spring is in full swing, so be sure to come back next week and be blown away by some fun fan art!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!  Oh, and Happy Easter!

TOM TURKEY IN HOT AIR TERRORS, PT. 4

WOOHOO!!!  Tomorrow is THE day!  Turkey!  Stuffing!  Potatoes!  Pie!  I know it'll be different from what we are used to, but a good meal is still always a welcome thing regardless of what's going on!  And honestly, how can I be sad when I got +30 hours of MST3K at my disposal?  So yeah, some things may be different this year, but a few things thankfully remain intact.

You know what else remains intact?  The never-ending battle between bird and kids that is Tom Turkey and the Brat Twins!  Last week, Tom pulled the tape from their bulging faces after the Buoyant Bullies finally caught him.  Are Tom's days numbered?  Let's all scroll down and find out together!  What?  You think I actually know happens in advance?  I'm as in the dark as you are!  Enjoy...

And they're off!  Ol' Tom is always a step or two ahead of his enemies, and with the amount of helium he pumped into Billy and Dorothy, he'll likely be MANY steps ahead of those kids, depending on where they land!  But THAT, my friends, is a story for another day!

And that is a wrap on Tom Turkey's latest escape and on NOVEMBER 2020!  Hope y'all enjoyed this year's tale.  It's always fun coming up with gags for a turkey that's actually smart!  What does the future hold for Ol' Tom?  We'll find out next November!  And next week, Christmas comes to the CRAZYVERSE, so stay "Tooned!"  In the meantime, have a fun, happy and SAFE Thanksgiving.  This is a time where we all need to be cautious folks, so please take the necessary steps to ensure that a wonderful and safe experience can happen.  And do donate to a local food bank.  Every little bit helps.  Until next time, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

BUBBLE AND PALS FLOAT FOR A PAL!!!

Welcome to August CRAZIES!!!  Hopefully you are all staying safe and finding ways to be occupied.  Not a whole lot of new things to report on any front, but I do have some new (To this blog!) art to share with you all, so why not slip right in, eh?  Enjoy...

Oh Bubble, Bubble, Bubble...  That's no way to treat your friends!  I know you promised Jenna some balloons for her birthday, but wouldn't it have been easier to just buy some instead of inflating Picpak Dog and Mr. Blob?  Of course the answer is YES, but it's much more fun this way!  This was a birthday greeting on Twitter I did for my dear friend, Jenna Belding.  Jenna is the sister of Picpak Dog creator Kim Belding, who's certainly no stranger to these CRAZY parts having done numerous guest comics and fan art over the years.  When it's somebody's birthday, we always try to do a little something for our pals to give them a good laugh and what's funnier than root beer and cartoon balloons?  Hopefully Jenna still remembers this and still gets a good chuckle out of it!

Well, that's all for now.  We'll back next week with some new art that could definitely use a bit of color.  Until then,  take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

WHAT A GAS!!!

Last post of January for the calendar year of 2020!  Wild times CRAZIES, wild times.  We got something HUGE coming next month, but first, we gotta wrap things this month.  So let's dive in and see what kind of fun is in store, shall we?  Enjoy...

Smell that?  That's the smell of fun!  AND sulfur!  And methane!  And a surprising amount of hydrogen!  Is it any wonder farts are flammable?!?  It's a miracle people don't straight explode with all these combustible gasses building up inside!  Today's art was a gift for my pal Peter Rasmussen, and more specifically, his son Oskar.  Pete created the comic Badly Doodled which sees him put Oskar's rather amusing insights of the world to the page as funny and touching cartoons.  Oskar, like most kids, is of the opinion that flatulence is quite funny and often finds new ways to amuse himself and others with it.  This was back when he was turning seven and now, he's about to be 11!  Kids sure grow fast.  Hopefully he'll always keep his childlike glee.  With a cool dad like Big Pete, I'm sure the two of them will keep fartin' around for a while!

And that's a wrap for January!  I teased this back on New Year's Day, but next week, the CRAZYVERSARY returns for the first time in five years with Mike & Mindy's 10th Anniversary! It's a month-long celebration of Helium, Bloomers and Mayhem as the Terrible Tykes celebrate a milestone, complete with Guest Comics and two BRAND NEW M&M comics!  And if you'd like, we are happily accepting fan art on Twitter with the hashtag #MM10!  Just tweet it to my handle @JonsCrazyTweets!  So be sure to come back MONDAY (Early start!) and kick this off properly!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

A MIGHTY WIND IS BLOWIN'...

And we're back!  It's time to jump back into the CRAZY world of art as we continue this look at random sketches I drew a few years ago and have only just now gotten to polishing and posting, hence the reason all of these are signed 2015.  So with that, let's sit back and dive in!  Enjoy...

The Lion.  The King of the Beasts.  The most regal of the big cats.  A lion's roar strikes fear into any and all that hear it.  Their farts have been known to scare away crowds too!  Don't recall what I was thinking when I came up with this idea, but I do believe Pinch Punch Post, who originated the lion theme, had given it such a royal hype job that I knew I had to knock the King of the Jungle down a few pegs!  Regardless, this got some big laughs on Twitter and I'm happy it's finally getting the blog treatment this week!

And that's all she wrote for this week.  We'll be back next time with some chilly art for a chilly month!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

RAMPANT INFLATION AND GROWTH!!!

The time has come to send another February packing.  But don't be sad!  Spring is coming soon along with a new set of festivities!  Not to mention, SHAMROCK SHAKES ARE BACK!!!  Think I'm gonna gulp one down while y'all read the post.  Enjoy...

You really gotta watch out for those Wacky Wolves.  They tend to be VERY unpredictable!  This was another combined Daily Doodle theme that came about after work likely kept me from being able to do one of them separately.  And the themes were literally a turtle drinking tea and a wacky wolf, so I just ran with it!  With wolves' natural huffing and puffing abilities, it just seemed like right that this wacky wolf would puff himself up.  And honestly, what turtle isn't regal?  I get the feeling these two will pop up in Bubble Fox someday.  They have a lot of personality!

 And hey hey!  Kim Belding has gifted us another piece of fan art, featuring the lovely, proper and VERY intense Mindy!

This came about after Kim commented on some Twitter art I did that Mindy's posture was off.  I jokingly gave him a hard time about it and the next day, Kim surprised me with this fan art of Mindy really taking it to Picpak Dog!  Poor Picpak.  He's been inflated more times than the Goodyear Blimp at this point, but darn it!  He makes a really good balloon!  It angered Mindy enough to break her silence even!  Thanks again Kim for the fan art and always being a good sport.  It was great to post some new Mike & Mindy art in their anniversary month again.

And that's all she wrote for February.  Next month starts the countdown to WonderCon 2018, so the art will be going on a break for six weeks as we bring you loads of pics from WonderCon's wonderful past!  So strap on your Jedi costume and come on back for some comic convention fun!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

THE BEAR BLASTS OFF!!!

And we're back!  Got a couple of things to show you today!  So let's skip the banter and move right on to the art, shall we?  Enjoy...

Uh oh!  A creature that big loaded with insanely gassy foods that close to a lit flame can be downright dangerous!  This was another Daily Doodle theme and it simply said draw a bear and a duck.  Once again, I'm not sure what my thought pattern was with this one, but it got some pretty big laughs and led to these two eventually appearing in a Bubble Fox storyline as Dr. Duck Daring and Trouble B. Bruin!  The story was a hit and I owe it all to this insanely wild piece!

And now for the special surprise!  It's been a while since we celebrated it here, but February does mark the anniversary of the launch of the CRAZYVERSE, which began in 2014 with nothing more than a couple of monthly comics and a whim.  Fast forward eight years later, it now spans five comic series, three websites, a Twitter page, four books (With a fifth coming) and a clothing line!  Even I never thought I'd spread my ambitions that far!  It truly has been loads of fun doing this all these years and what a pleasant surprise it was when my dear pal, Kim Belding, sent me this comic to celebrate Mike & Mindy's anniversary!  Nobody gets my characters the way Kim does, so it's always a thrill to get a toon from him!  Enjoy...

Mike and Mindy always had an interesting love/hate relationship with each other, but I'm very curious to see how things work out between the sink and the squirting flowers!  Only a mind as wild as Kim's could've come up with something this hilarious!  Someday I might just sell M&M to him.  Who else could make it work this great?  Thanks again Kim for the comic and for remembering my kids!

That's all for now.  We'll back next time with a very stylish reptile who knows his scarves!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

LOVE'S A GAS!!!

Welcome back CRAZIES!!!  We are approaching Valentine's Day, or as I call it, Tuesday.  It's a pretty pointless holiday when you're single and nine times out of ten, I'm working anyway.  But for those of you in a relationship, it's a day to score major points with your significant other!  Either way, I have some Cupid art that needs a reason to be posted, and this seems like the perfect excuse!  Enjoy...

If love is blind, I'd imagine its scent is very heightened!  This theme came from Sketch Dailies a couple of years ago.  They simply wanted us to draw Cupid on Valentine's Day, so I did!  The wings carry him, but the farts propel!  And I wouldn't say love is totally blind.  Just a little nearsighted!

And that's all for today.  We'll be back next time with the very "Fulfilling" art for those that are hungry!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!