HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

MY CUTTING EDGE ELF

 

My Elf On The Shelf thought he'd cut to the chase with this year's pranks!

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN

Five seconds after this image, I was eating a knuckle sandwich!

Christmas Greetings from Inspector Clouseau and me.

Just a reminder of those long gone days when I used to write and draw comic book stories featuring

  The Inspector for Novaro publishers. Thought it'd be a nice touch to include him in my Xmas card. I think Inspector Clouseau was my favorite comic book character, even on top of The Pink Panther during my time working in the comics business.

MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT : MY NFT TRADING CARD IS HERE!

                                                          MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT!

          My official NFT Limited Edition Trading Card is here! If you were looking for the perfect Christmas gift this is it! Unlike other Trading Card collections, there is only one single card design available so you know exactly what you're getting when you buy it! And the price is unbeatable! Only .99 cents each! At this price, even my late father, who was a real cheapskate, would have jumped into the deal!  Furthermore, you can even buy as many as you like and there's not even a remote chance these will be sold out because I can make as many as I want! Don't miss this excellent opportunity to own a great NFT which will never increase its resale value and will probably never be offered on eBay or any other collectors' page.  

                               Only .99 cents, folks! (Incidentally, NFT means Not For Trading) 

A VERY SENIOR CHRISTMAS

The Celebrity Grim Reaper

Many celebrities have died during the last few months of 2022 which leads me to believe there is a special Grim Reaper whose specialty is doing away with well known names and who works overtime as the year comes to a close. 

CHRISTMAS TIME!

My 2022 Christmas Tree

After a long decorating process, my Christmas Tree is finally ready and set to welcome all sorts of

 Holiday Cheer!

Double Image

Random House Dictionary defines self-image as “the idea, conception, or mental image one has of oneself.”   What you see when you look in the mirror and how you picture yourself in your head is your self-image. Similarly, self-image has a lot to do with self-esteem. After all, how we see ourselves is a big contributing factor to how we feel about ourselves. However, self-esteem goes deeper than self-image. Self-esteem is the overall sense of respect for ourselves and involves how favorably (or unfavorably) we feel about ourselves. On the other hand, there's the way other people perceive you and, not surprisingly,  most of the time it can be quite different!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

I guess this is the one that got away, but hopefully you'll be having a delicious turkey dinner today. Enjoy!

“Freedom From Want” by Norman Rockwell, 1943.

MIDNIGHT MESSAGE!

 It's way past midnight. You are half asleep. Suddenly, you hear a ping from your iPhone as it lights up.

You reach for it in a frenzy. Who's sending you a message at this hour? What's wrong? Is it a car crash? Someone's dead? An earthquake is gonna hit? Martians have landed? NO!   

It's just one of those stupid alerts!

Google Photos Collage

                             

                                 This is a good example about why nobody should take selfies after 60.

                                            (The top left photo was taken in 1969. See my point?)

FIGHTING THE WORLD!

As one gets older, the entire world seems to be heading into a different direction than you. Why is that?

MY WORST TRIP EVER! - (Revisiting an old Nightmare)

I have many wonderful and unforgettable memories from great trips I've made during my lifetime but, unfortunately, I cannot shake from my memory the very worst trip I ever took which happened exactly six years ago, back in November of 2016.

SERENITY NOW!

Seven horrible days in Los Angeles and San Diego with my father. 

The old man hogged the driving wheel during the entire trip even though he could barely drive because of his old age and he flatly refused to go anywhere else but the cheapie 99 cent stores where he would stay hours and hours, going slowly aisle by aisle while I just stood there, like a wax figure, motionless and unable to do anything.

The happiest moment came when I realized the end of the torture was coming near!

I never took a trip with him ever again. Mercifully, he died in 2018.

The Witch Doctor.

I have never been to a psychiatrist or a psychologist and have never attended any kind of therapy or counseling but consulting a Witch Doctor has always intrigued me.

It's Time To Go Out Trick-Or-Treating!

It's Halloween and trick-or-treaters may appear in some very unlikely places!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here are a couple of my favorite Halloween-themed Pink Panther covers I did for Novaro/Western Publishing way back in the 1980s:

LOVE & DEATH

As I was strolling across a field near my home, I suddenly felt a strange chill running through my spine and a weird sense of anxiety overcame me, when suddenly I turned around and saw this tall and mysterious figure standing right beside to me. A cold breeze swiftly encircled my entire body and I knew then and there I was next to Death itself.  Fortunately, the alarm went off and I woke up.  I then remembered I had fallen asleep a few hours before, watching Woody Allen's 1975 film "LOVE AND DEATH". Whew!

Signs of the Halloween Season

Maybe getting your head chopped off by the Headless Horseman is a bit too radical a sign for the oncoming Halloween but the relentless merchandising of Halloween stuff everywhere may well be the next worst thing about the Halloween Season. And wait...Christmas is coming right behind it!