Snork Week presents... Daffney Gillfin

     Ahh! Daffney Gillfin. What can you say about Daffney Gillfin?

     Seriously! What can you say about Daffney Gillfin? I've got nothing.

Snork Week presents... Dimmy Finster

     It's official! Snork Week has begun! So make yourself comfy and get ready for more snork goodness than you can shake an elongated head appendage at!

     First up is Dimmy Finster. According to the Snork Wiki (That's right... there's a Snork Wiki), "not much is known about Dimmy's past." Pretty intriguing, huh? Even more mysterious is why Dimmy unexplainably disappeared after the show's second season. PLUS, he has a crooked snorkel. What's that all about?

     I, personally, like to think that Dimmy was involved in some sort of "21 Jump Street" situation... posing undercover to get to the bottom of some mass-snork conspiracy. Once he was successful with his mission, the Snorkland government had him relocated and wiped the memories of everyone he came into contact with.

     None of this explains the crooked snorkel, but hey, a good backstory requires a little bit of mystery! Amiright?

Fall Back MY SNORK!

     I've never really been a fan of the fall season. This year, however, I came up with something to help ease my woes as we transition into the dreaded monotony of short days and long-sleeved shirts.

     You're all like, "Whaaa? The Snorks?!? How oh how shall those mere underwater Smurfs from yore possibly provide solace in this bleak time of windbreakers and... brown things?" Well, I'll tell you, friends! 

     Every day for the first week of fall, you'll get to meet a different member of the Snork family... each with the refreshing new look that you can only get here at the ol' blogspot! You'll be so wrapped up in the vibrant wonder and splendor that is Snork Week, that you'll be completely oblivious to all of that flannel shirt and dormant grass crap. By the time you've awoken from this Snork-filled euphoria, voila!  It's Christmas Time! And who doesn't love Christmas time?

     That's just one scenario, however. The more likely option is that you'll go, "Hmm. That's nice," and then get smacked upside the face by a chilly autumn "breeze."

See you in the fall, kiddos!

More like 'meeska POOska!' Amiright?!?

     I guess this, along with my drawing of Jar Jar Binks, can officially kick off my series of famous characters with fecal matter. I know what you're thinking. "Weirdo artists."

     Actually, some friends of mine are taking a vacation to Walt Disney World soon and thought the trip might be a nice incentive for the potty training of their daughter. I made this for them to use as a form of visual aid. 

     Hopefully it works, because if you think Mickey Mouse hates dirty diapers, JUST WAIT until you meet Clarabelle Cow!

Dinosaucers

     If you visit this blog often enough, you'll learn that I was AND AM a huge fan of 1980's cartoon shows. However, I had never even heard of the show Dinosaucers until just recently when I received a request on my deviantArt to draw some of the show's characters. Since it was a relief to receive a deviantArt request that didn't involve the words 'pokemon' or 'erotic,' I decided to google the show and give it a shot. Here's what I turned out.

     I still haven't actually watched an entire episode of the show, but from what I can gather, it's about dinosaurs with spaceships. What's not to love about that?

Wreck 'Em!

     As opposed to most people in West Texas, I am NOT a sports fan. However, I do love cartoons. Growing up, I enjoyed the work of local cartoonist Dirk West.

     Due to my lack of sports knowledge, I didn't really get the jokes when I was a kid, but now... they fly COMPLETELY over my head!

I think the joke here is that all sports are nonsense.

     However, I still really love Mr. West's style and the personality he gave to each of the team mascots. I had a collection of his newspaper cartoons that I would constantly analyze. Again, I didn't get any of the jokes, but I absolutely adored the art. Just for fun, here's my take on the star of Dirk West's cartoons, Texas Tech mascot, Raider Red.

 
Here's to you, Mr. West! Guns up!*

*That's what they say. I still don't know what it means.

"Your Eyes Can Deceive You. Don't Trust Them."

     Star Wars Month just keeps on a truckin' here at the ol' blogspot!

     Since Star Trek director, J.J. Abrams will be directing the new Star Wars film, the lines between "star" fandoms is becoming a little more blurry. Therefore, I've decided to draw a Star Trek character as a Star Wars character.

Here's Geordi La Forge as a Jedi Knight!

I know. I know. It's silly, but hey, that's the name of the blog!

"Always In Motion, The Future Is."

     "Star Wars: Episode VII" doesn't come out for another two years, and my fanboy brain is already in speculation overload!

     My goal, in the meantime, is to devise enough scenarios for the film's plot, so that when it's finally released, it will HAVE to be based, even if only loosely based, on at least one of my many fan stories. The only opponent of this plan, so far, is my wife, in that the time and intensity required for this type of undertaking doesn't allow me to focus as much on my personal hygiene.

Clearly, the consequences of both sides need to be weighed.

     In the meantime though, here's a glimpse at New Star Wars Scenario #38. About a year ago, I had this dream where actor extraordinaire Idris Elba was a Jedi Knight, and I was his apprentice! It was an awesome dream of epic magnitude, and now that we have more Star Wars in the future, it's possible that Idris Elba could star as a Jedi, thus making my nerd dream a reality! It's like that kid from "Angels in the Outfield" said time and time again: "Hey! It could happen!"

     Although not as likely, there is also the possibility now that I could play Mr. Elba's Jedi Apprentice. Pending negotiations, of course.

"You Must Unlearn What You Have Learned."

     Sometimes, I like to go to this little place in the back of my mind where the Star Wars prequels don't exist. In this little place, I can let my imagination go wild contemplating what it was like for a young Obi-Wan and Anakin having adventures in a universe completely free of midichlorians and roger-rogers.

Here's my take on Obi-Wan from this alternate reality.

     When we first meet Obi-Wan in "A New Hope," he's supposed to be "laying low." He's a fugitive on the Empire's most-wanted list, so I like to think that his attire isn't a Jedi uniform, but just something an old man on Tatooine might wear. After all, it wouldn't make much sense for a wanted war criminal to be walking around in full uniform. I imagined that the Jedi attire would be something similar to what Luke wears in "Return of the Jedi." I drew this version with that in mind, and I also threw in some elements from Ralph McQuarrie's earlier concept drawing of Obi-Wan.

     It's fun to think this way, but unfortunately, I eventually have to return to reality, or as I call it... the "Jar Jar-verse." 

*sigh*