We lost David Bowie yesterday, and that’s no laughing matter. It’s quite sad. But we’re in the business of funny here, and I’ve found myself listening to “Space Oddity” over and over. It’s one of several songs (Elton John’s “Rocket[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I like this one in that it suggests another dynamic to the relationship between Minion No. 1 and Minion Number 2. (By the way, in case you’ve been wondering, it’s not a typo or error that I use “No. 1”[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a very simple setup, but I like it. That’s of course a Star Wars rancor monster. I absolutely love those guys. Probably my favorite Star Wars creature. The “ripple glass” office divider is a total trick. It’s an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The robot here is an electronic toy called a Maxbot Max 1. Basically in design he’s an unlicensed knock-off of Honda’s famous robot demonstrator ASIMO, rendered in slightly larger than 1/6th scale (The real ASIMO was just over four feet[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s there to say about this one? Winter uniforms, big guns, fairly typical lair set, though by this time, the stock set pieces I was using were getting pretty good.
Somehow I made a mental connection between WWII bombing missions and Santa’s late night mission to deliver toys to good girls and boys. It occurred to me that if I had made such a connection, the somewhat disturbed mind of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve never considered gift wrapping to be one of my super-powers. Oh, I’m creative enough, but when it comes to cutting a piece of wrapping paper that is JUST big enough, and making all the precise folds for neat flaps,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m always on the lookout for new 1/6th scale props, and sometimes I find one I just HAVE to have. In this case, it was an animatronic Halloween figure in an electric chair. The figure would scream and thrash around in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I thought I’d get this one out-of-the-way early in our Christmas run, since it really isn’t a Christmas toon. It DOES include Doctor Santa though, so I’m running it. This came after a run of cartoons in which Minion Number[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We rejoin the holiday season, already in progress… And here we have the third of our Santas. While the other Santas have always been portrayed as some version of the “genuine” article, there’s never been any question that this is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…