KICKING IT WITH A CASSOWARY!!!

We have reached the midway of May CRAZIES!!!  Amazing how quickly we got here, eh?  Summer's getting closer and closer but before that, we need to get through all the art first!  There's three posts left, so let's get to it!  Enjoy...

Lousy peacocks!  They're always stealing the spotlight from those equally deserving cassowaries!  A particularly large, ornamental bird with striking colors, cassowaries are actually quite ornery and have very sharp claws.  If encountered by one, I'd highly recommend looking at it as opposed to touching it!  The Animal Alphabets parade continues this week with another simple entry that denotes I probably didn't have time to do anything more grand.  What can I say?  Sometimes less really is more!

Well, we're halfway there!  Two more posts to go in May and then something REALLY special will come along!  But that's news for another day!  Be sure to come back next week to see what gently floats by.  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

WHY SO BLUE, WHALE?!?

Welcome back CRAZIES!!!  This is DJ Cray-Z playing all your top cartoon hits at blog station CRZY FM!  Okay, enough with the silliness!  Y'all didn't come here to see me live out my fantasies.  Well, actually, you kinda did, but that's neither here nor there!  Y'all want art and I'm gonna deliver!  So let's skip getting our feet wet and dive right in to the new post!  Enjoy...

Blue whales.  THE largest creatures on earth.  Gentle giants who've been wrongly hunted for centuries, they've bounced back somewhat in recent decades.  Hopefully their numbers will continue to grow so future generations can marvel at them.  And at that size, there is a LOT to marvel at!  Another piece for Animal Alphabets, this one was a lot of fun to do.  Blue is one of my my favorite colors, so it was fun to play with the different shades.  And don't worry too much about the water's temperature.  Blue whale blubber is very insulating!

Another week down as our quest for CRAZY Critters continues!  Be sure to come back next week and see who's feathers we'll ruffle next!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later

HEY THERE!!! IT'S AN ASIATIC BEAR!!!

Welcome to the merry month of May CRAZIES!!!  Summer's just around the corner and I'm already getting excited over the coming festivities!  The Fair!  4th of July!  And, of course... COMIC CON!!!  Alright, alright, I gotta calm down and get ahold of myself here.  I'm still recuperating after all!  For those no longer on Twitter, I blew out my (again) at work last month.  Luckily, it won't require surgery but I do need a lot of rest so that my knee will heal properly.  Should be back on both feet by the end of May, just in time for some BBQ!  While I wait to fully recover, may as well share some art with you fine folks!  Enjoy...

It's a bear!  An Asiatic Black Bear to be precise!  And no, that's not honey on his chest and muzzle.  Bears in Asia, like our friend up above and his cousin the sun bear, typically have black or dark brown fur with striking light tan fur patches on their chests and muzzles!  Also contrary to popular belief, when bears are raiding bee nests, they're actually going after the bees themselves!  Bears do in fact have a sweet tooth, but they are also carnivores.  The bees, nest and honey included, are far more filling than just the sweet, viscous liquid we pour on biscuits!  This piece was done for Animal Alphabets awhile back.  Took a pretty simple approach with it which tells me I must've been very busy that week.  The honest truth is if the art ain't elaborate, it's because I was pressed for time!  Still, I'm pretty satisfied with it as bears are fun to draw!

And that's it for this week!  But don't feel blue!  We'll be back next Wednesday with some art that I'm sure you'll have a whale of a time looking at! Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

AUSTIN'S TACO TIME!!!

Well, we've come to the end of another month.  Even crazier?  Yesterday was my birthday y'all!  And what better way to celebrate than with some fan art?  Fan art for somebody else no less?!?  It's better to give than receive, right?  Enjoy...

Well here is a familiar face to the CRAZY faithful.  It's Austin Verburg, the animated likeness of Austin's Inferno creator Austin Verburg!  And he brought tacos!  I've known Austin for many years now, meeting him on Twitter pretty early on.  He's been a longtime pal in this wild world of cartooning that I live in and is also one of the few Twitter pals that I've met in real life!  He's a cartoonist, a farmer, a cosplayer...  A true jack of all trades!  Can't wait to see what the future holds for him!

That's a wrap on April 2023!  May's already heating up as we start to make our final push towards summer time fun, so be sure to come back next week and see what we have in store!  Until then,  take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

ONE ON ONE WITH 1!!!

We are back CRAZIES!!!  And more than halfway through April already!  Time flies, don't it?  Speaking of which, it's time to stop wasting time and get on with today's post!  Got more toned down fan art to share, so let's get to it!  Enjoy...

1 is certainly one with himself...  And the various creatures of fantasy he and his brother always encounter!  The creation of Josh Hughes, Bot Bros was a hilarious comic about two robot brothers that traverse a fantasy landscape encountering numerous surreal creatures and situations along the way!  Josh is another longtime cartooning pal whose art I've long admired.  Things have been a bit quiet in recent years, but I certainly hope he's tinkering away with his beloved bots and his other awesome creation, Atomic Terrier.  I know I'd love to see some new adventures featuring all of them!

One more post to go in this short month of April!  How will it all end?  Come back next week and all will be revealed!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

THE BUG GOES BLACK AND WHITE!!!

Welcome back CRAZIES!!!  I know, it's a bit quiet now that WonderCon is over, but like I said last week, it won't be long before the CRAZY Comic Con Countdown returns, so it'll all work out!  In the meantime, I got some old new art to show off, so let's dive right in and take a look!  Enjoy...

 

Well here's a happy-looking bug!  And why shouldn't he be happy?  He and the ants have made it through another cold winter in one piece!  This agreeable insect is Agile, one of the stars of the webcomic Bug Pudding, the creation of J.P. Keslensky.  J.P.'s one of my oldest pals in the cartooning world and when I did my first run of Inktober sketches back in 2016, I decided to pay tribute to him with a CRAZY version of Agile!  I haven't heard from J.P. in awhile, so if you're reading this bud, I hope all is well and that new toons are on the horizon!

That's all for this week, but we'll be back again soon with even more scaled back fan art for the masses to consume!  Until then, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!

WONDERCON 2023!!! IN LIKE A LAMB, OUT LIKE A LION!!!

 

Welcome to April CRAZIES!!!  It's a new month, but we're kicking it off with an old theme: The CRAZY WonderCon Countdown!  It's the finale of the countdown, which is a bit of a bummer I will admit, but this post is still worthwhile as we FINALLY get to what it is we'd been counting down to for so long... WONDERCON 2023!!!  So let's get our comfy shoes on one last time as we make one final trip around the Anaheim Convention Center and take in this year's show!  Enjoy...

Your happily ever after is just a tear drop away...

Loved this Cinderella cosplay!  Nobody ever does the King's assistant!  Turns out these two were big theme park junkies like me!  Spent a good 30 minutes talking about Boysenberry Fest at Knott's!

A lot of old school Trekkies got it, but according to this guy, I was the only "Regular Dude" at the con to get the reference of his hat!  Being a toy nerd kinda helped!  And for those still scratching their heads, just watch the Star Trek episode of the Toys That Made Us and all will make sense!

Tinkerbell is a pixie, so technically she could be among the inhabitants of the Labyrinth.  Especially since Disney does own at least a chunk of that movie by virtue of owning Lucasfilm, the co-producers.

Funko was back and much like last year, took up half of one exhibit hall!  This time around they went with a carnival theme!  Getting inside was no easy task and many items sold out fast.  Still, it's cool to see WonderCon finally get some immersive booths for a change.

Beware of Hitchhiking Ghosts!  They may follow you home!

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!

Hello neighbor!

It's Bender in his wrestling persona the Gender Bender and his evil twin Flexo, who ironically enough is actually LESS evil than Bender is!

Some pretty slick Doc Oc cosplay here!  Never ceases to amaze me how regular folks with no knowledge at all on how to build these things are making these incredible costumes using nothing more than Home Depot scraps while the actual movies with billions of dollars at their disposal are crapping out effects that wouldn't even pass on a Sega Genesis!  My point here?  People are amazing and Hollywood, give your animators proper time to work dammit!

Finish him?  Elsa's taken fatalities to an unheard of level!

Sorry Walter, SDCC's already sold out!

The Easter Bunny was getting a little bit of practice in before the big weekend!

I'm a sucker for obscure cosplay, and Loonette did not disappoint!  There was no carpeting in the exhibit hall, save for the actual booths, so we really could've used some big comfy couches during the show!

OH BEHAVE!!!

Your nightmare fuel for the week.

Well gooooooolly!  It's your friend when things get rough, H.R. Pufnstuf!

Sweet!  Nobody ever ever does Back To The Future III cosplay!

All wonderful things must come to an end.  Thankfully, our god pal "Ed" was there to get the Cosplay Dance Party going so that the con could go out on a high note!

And that was WonderCon 2023!  The first day was a little slow, frighteningly slow even.  Given that it was a school/work day for many, it's not too surprising in hindsight.  But then Saturday came and the floodgates opened!  People and cosplay everywhere!  It was a fun time and I got a LOT of great pics!  Made some new friends while catching up with some old ones.  Had a wonderful time with my good pal and father-to-be, Matt Eargle, who introduced me to Anaheim's premier food hall just a couple of miles away from the con!  Also had the absolute joy of meeting the creative team behind Animaniacs and Freakazoid!  Those folks helped make a rough childhood more tolerable and meeting them made my year!  Also scored a BUNCH of old school comics!  Even my trips to Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm worked out well!  The only real downer was I got a sinus infection from all the air conditioning and wacky weather.  Can't win them all I suppose.  Overall though, it was a great show and I'm eagerly counting down the days until WonderCon 2024!

And so ends the CRAZY WonderCon Countdown, but fear not faithful CRAZIES, for ANOTHER big countdown is on the horizon!  What countdown is that?  Well, come back in June and you'll see!  Until then, some old art will just have to suffice for the next eight weeks.  Until next time, take care, stay safe and I'll catch y'all later!