THE OCTOPUS' SYMPHONY!!!

Well, another month is coming to an end here CRAZIES.  The passing days get a little more meaningful to me as the months go on.  Having just turned 42 a few days ago and coming off losing my grandmother earlier this year, the passage of time REALLY starts to hit home.  But you know what?  There's still a lot to do and a lot to enjoy, so we're gonna keep the good times rolling with some critters and music because that's the right thing to do!  Our next musician is ready and waiting, so scroll down for some symphonic groove!  Enjoy...

Our final participant of the Animal Alphabets Jam Session this month is this Ocarina-playing Octopus!  He took many lessons from the legendary Bulgarian crooner, Yablo, and now, he's putting us all at ease with his gentle brand of Yacht Rock!  Octopi (Octopuses?) are such fun critters to draw.  Wiggly and colorful, they are naturals as far as cartoons go!

And that's a wrap on April 2026!  But don't worry CRAZIES!!!  I got YEARS of backlogged art to show off, so I'll be sorting through it to find four pieces of CRAZY art worthy of the CRAZYVERSE!!!  So be sure to come back and see what we find!  Until next time, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

PARALOONING!!! CATCH THE BREEZE!!!

Back for more are we?  Well then, you've certainly come to the right place as we got MORE of EVERYTHING this month as we continue our Battle Against Inflation, which in and of itself is all about more to begin with!  Well then, now that I've grossly inflated this paragraph, let's say we float down and see what artistic masterpiece (HA!!!) is in store for us today, shall we?  Enjoy...

Bubble and his pals sure know how to have fun.  Why parasail when you can para-loon?!?  Willow may not get it, but Pepper and Charlie sure do!  They stayed puffed for hours, enjoying fun in the sun and even taking a bounce or two among the waves!  I think that shark and octopus might be a little jealous that they didn't get to have a few turns themselves!  Eventually, all that helium came to pass, leading to Pepper and Charlie having the squeakiest farting contest ever!  This piece is from another art collective that Jennifer Cuthbert and I hosted on Twitter last summer called the #CRAZYSummerBlowup!  In it, artists are challenged to draw their characters either inflated into beach/pool toys or just having some summer fun in general!  This piece was a lot of fun to draw and features a very rare shot of Bubble Fox front-facing!  Can't thank Jimmy Gownley enough for showing me how its done!

Well, another week down as we are already at the halfway mark for January, but our fight against inflation is far from over because next week, it's all going to the dogs!  So be sure to come back and check it out!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

OCTOPUS' GARDEN!!!

Time...  It just keeps slipping by don't it?  It's not totally bad though as the Spooky Season is upon us!  I do loves me some Halloween, but for now, I just gotta be a little more patient!  Anyway, let's get to the art, shall we?  Enjoy...

I'd like to be...

Under the sea...

In an Octopus' garden... 

In the shade...

Sorry, had to work a little bit of Ringo in there.  He was my favorite Beatle after all!  Octopi are highly intelligent creatures.  Why, Paul the Octopus at the Munich Aquarium even successfully picked the winners of every game from the 2010 World Cup!  Octopi are also very affectionate, though cuddling with one is not recommended.  Besides being kinda slimy, they're also quite the huggers!  The Daily Doodle's Weird Pets Week theme continues with one of my favorites from the whole thing!  When they said octopus, I knew exactly what I wanted to do and it is a hoot if I do say so myself!  And don't worry.  Ol' Octi let the boy go just after his face turned as purple as Octi is!

 

Another week down as we march towards the finale, which is next week now that I look at the calendar!  So be sure to come back and see September of 2021 off in grand fashion!  You'll be chomping at the bit I'm sure!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

THE OCTOGENARIAN OCTOPUS!!!

WOOOOOOOOO!!!  January's done y'all!  This month just rolled right along, didn't it?  Hopefully all is well and everyone's ready for February.  But since there's still one day left, may as well finish off January right.  Enjoy...

Stay off his lawn, er, sand!  He's got eight arms and ain't afraid to use them!  This mad mollusk is the result of a hilarious Daily Doodle theme of an "Elderly Octopus!  This is another one that I just kinda ran with and had a blast drawing.  Sea critters are always fun to work with.  Their shapes, colors and movements make them an artists' dream!  Octopi in particular are cartoon naturals, much like jellyfish!  Perhaps it's time I work one into Bubble Fox?

And that's all she wrote for January!  One month down, 11 more to go!  Be sure to come back next week for more CRAZY antics in a new CRAZY month!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!

LIFE'S A BEACH!!!

Another month down folks!  We are now a third of the way into 2017, and amazingly enough, the World is still standing!  Hey, I'm as shocked as anyone, but since there's still a planet, I guess we should continue on with the art!  As I mentioned last week, I created two new Mushrooms comics after a long hiatus.  Well, last week saw the first one go up, and now it's time for a second!  So let's jump right in while the water's nice, shall we?  Enjoy...

Wow!  Glad a crab wasn't the nearest sea critter he could find!  Few realize just how useful octopi really are.  They can do a lot more than accurately pick World Cup winners!  They also make great parachutes!  This idea came about when Top Web Comics put out a theme on Twitter asking cartoonists to handle the embarrassing situation of losing one's bathing suit to a monster wave!  Well, I knew I had to take the comedy route with it and ended up with a makeshift octopus speedo!  It was a lot of fun to re-explore Mushrooms again.  I always felt that poor strip got lost in the shuffle during it's run.  Some of the toons I'm most proud of were Mushrooms strips and hopefully these last two will get some laughs from you fine folks!

Well, that's all she wrote for April 2017!  Be sure to come back next week as we kick off May with a trip down the yellow brick road!  Until then, take care and I'll catch y'all later!