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Sunday, March 28, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
On the Spectrum #71: EXCELSIOR! ...For Science!
The third panel was actually drawn by Michael, last year, at his great-grandmother's house in Boston, after our visit to (you guess it) the Museum of Science. And yes, yes some of the exhibits are depicted in his picture: The pneumatic tubes; some air-blowing, floaty-ball thing; a periscope and a couple others. (It was a year ago, what can I say? I don't remember everything either!) But the one thing that's in EVERY picture he drew? ELEVATORS and ESCALATORS! And it was the same last Thanksgiving in the Air and Space Museum in Washington: Whatever else we did, he had to ride the escalator about a hundred times. LOL.
He was even starting to draw the elevators in perspective. That was pretty cool, odd though it may be!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
On the Spectrum #70: The Pepsi Challenge
Wise guy.
It's OT, but I wanted to let everyone know about a wonderful movie we saw over the weekend called Music Within. It's about the life's story of Richard Pimentell, a Vietnam Vet who lost his hearing and became an advocate for the disabled. He wrote Tilting at Windmills, which became one of the earliest blueprints for diversity and jobs training for companies to hire, train and work with disabled people. Really interesting story, and a really moving and FUNNY movie. I highly recommend everyone see it.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
On the Spectrum #69: LOOK AT ME!
Any guess which one of the two brothers is the bigger mischief-maker? LOLMonday, February 8, 2010
On the Spectrum #68: God Bless the Pronouns
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Before anyone says anything, YES, I do cover my nose & mouth! I'll let you in on a little secret: I was running behind (again) and feeling lazy to boot and found some artwork from about a year ago that was about 90% exactly what I wanted. So I recycled. (Hey, YOU recycle too, don't you? LOL) Just had to update to Michael's new clothing style (which I didn't do when I did the same thign last week! Whoops!) and the background to match the new room layout and Viola! New strip! Only problem was, in THAT strip the joke was a little different, so I wasn't covering up. And since I want to try to get back to weekly updates, I took a little shortcut with this one. (Cheap, cheap. I know. LOL)
Anyway... With regards to pronoun reversal, I'm sure you've all heard stuff along these lines. Michael didn't do this TO often, except when he got scared or nervous. (These days, you can tell he's getting upset when he refers to himself in the third person, "Michael," instead of "I.") But this was his pat response to a loud sneeze, every bit as reliable as someone else saying, "Bless you." I thought it was cute. LOL.
Before anyone says anything, YES, I do cover my nose & mouth! I'll let you in on a little secret: I was running behind (again) and feeling lazy to boot and found some artwork from about a year ago that was about 90% exactly what I wanted. So I recycled. (Hey, YOU recycle too, don't you? LOL) Just had to update to Michael's new clothing style (which I didn't do when I did the same thign last week! Whoops!) and the background to match the new room layout and Viola! New strip! Only problem was, in THAT strip the joke was a little different, so I wasn't covering up. And since I want to try to get back to weekly updates, I took a little shortcut with this one. (Cheap, cheap. I know. LOL)
Anyway... With regards to pronoun reversal, I'm sure you've all heard stuff along these lines. Michael didn't do this TO often, except when he got scared or nervous. (These days, you can tell he's getting upset when he refers to himself in the third person, "Michael," instead of "I.") But this was his pat response to a loud sneeze, every bit as reliable as someone else saying, "Bless you." I thought it was cute. LOL.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
On the Spectrum #67: Positive Reinforcement!
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It's ALWAYS important to give positive reinforcement, right?
It's ALWAYS important to give positive reinforcement, right?
Sunday, January 17, 2010
On the Spectrum #66: Kiss my..., Part Two
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*phew*
FINALLY, we're back! Sorry for the delay. My first post of 2010 came a week later than I'd planned, but we're still here with lots of good stuff to share.
OK, I'll admit that I was not really feeling the art on this one AT ALL. Drawing two people wrestling is VERY, VERY HARD. Everything's overlapping, arms get too long, legs get too short... what a mess. I'll have to work on that before getting into my Super-Hero / Action Comic! LOL. And it's a shame too, because I was REALLY happy with how the the background turned out. Oh well. Hope you enjoy it anyway.
Oh yeah... And, NO, I don't know if Michael was being a smart-alec or just unintentioanlly funny there, but given my exagerated reaction, now he ALWAYS asks me to kiss a stubbed toe or a bumped foot or whatever.
And I STILL don't KISS FEET! XP
LOL
*phew*
FINALLY, we're back! Sorry for the delay. My first post of 2010 came a week later than I'd planned, but we're still here with lots of good stuff to share.
OK, I'll admit that I was not really feeling the art on this one AT ALL. Drawing two people wrestling is VERY, VERY HARD. Everything's overlapping, arms get too long, legs get too short... what a mess. I'll have to work on that before getting into my Super-Hero / Action Comic! LOL. And it's a shame too, because I was REALLY happy with how the the background turned out. Oh well. Hope you enjoy it anyway.
Oh yeah... And, NO, I don't know if Michael was being a smart-alec or just unintentioanlly funny there, but given my exagerated reaction, now he ALWAYS asks me to kiss a stubbed toe or a bumped foot or whatever.
And I STILL don't KISS FEET! XP
LOL
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