Oooo! Topical!

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Rake That Forest, Smokey! | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #015

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Doodle response while watching the California wildfires over the weekend - and then the Washington State and Oregon blazes.

Pencilled it Sunday, had second thoughts publishing it (might be seen as cruel), so I put it in a drawer.

Monday, took a second look, scanned it, second thoughts again, right back in the drawer.

Today, colored it, second thoughts crept in, almost "drawered it"... then saw an actual political cartoonist efforts on the same theme - featuring Smokey and the callback "RAKE".

So, to hell with it, here it is (late as usual).

BONUS BLURB CRAP: This toon features the over-memed parody version on that complacent dog from the webcomic Gunshow. I had originally penned a variant without the dog - instead, I had a callout balloon from someone off-panel.

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Winners... And The Orange Loser | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #014

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Reactionary doodle to the why-am-I-not-surprised news Trump denigrated those who served and died in the military as "losers", "suckers", and... god-knows what else.

Honor, Courage, Valor "trumps" Selfishness, Ignorance, Cowardice.

James LaPorta, investigative reporter for the Associated Press, talks with Rachel Maddow about his own reporting that confirms some of the episodes described...
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MAGA-A-A-A-A-A-A(A) | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #013

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Question: how many times must the Trump administration make the country great again?

Well, according to Pence's RNC speech, more than once!

A sliiiightly exaggerating quote, total credit/inspiration for this gag courtesy of Rachel Maddow - envisioning a new line of "MAGA-A-A-A-A!" embroidered Republican swag.

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Sung To The Theme Of Batman™ | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #012

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Dateline: The Final Night Of The RNC Convention, The Lawn Of The White House, Washington D. C., August 27, 2020

The first thing that sprung to mind when seeing Trump in front of his followers was Homer's "Leader" chant (to the rhythm of Batman's Theme Song) from "The Joy of Sect" (S9-E13):

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Wisconsin Cheese: The Muffled Rebuttal | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #011

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Here, we pick up Anderson Cooper's interview with former Republican Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker after he (Walker) allegedly turned off his camera while in the middle of tough questions (re: why Republicans were blaming Joe Biden for the civil unrest in his state for Pete's sake?!)...

Update: Walker’s spokesman wrote in an email: “What really happened was the Governor lost audio during the interview and it didn’t come back. He thought the interview was over. A technical snafu that often happens on live TV.”
That's all fine and dandy, but, c’mon, it’s not as funny as having Walker switch off the cam on purpose… so… let’s ignore that last bit.

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It's A Miracle (Cure)! | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #010

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Praise be to Jebus! A Miracle Cure! Hallelujah!

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The Upcoming RNC Lineup Committee | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #009

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DNC's virtual convention is done - by most accounts, a critical success - now, we take you into Trump's "Executive Time" room where a dialog as to RNC's lineup is underway:

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Scribble Me Sideways! | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #008

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Yes... more scribbles. Sorry.

Clockwise, from top-left: a cheap political shot at Trump, and a very topical message on the blatant gutting of the USPS; USPS trucks will most likely be the next casualty in the Postmaster general's "budget cuts"; our tethered space cadets abandon ship after discovering a stowaway space spider; and, to fill out the page, more and more communities take notice their beloved USPS drop boxes are missing.

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More Mindless Mess | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #007

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Yet another Scribble-dee-doo-dah Day.

Clockwise, from top-left: space cadets foot patrolling it on an untamed alien surface; drew this while watching Trump at his N.J. Bedminster golf course as he declared - yet again - "the virus will disappear" in front of a supportive covid-19-ignorant rich bastard audience (golf clubs/bags represents said audience); Don Vader "enlightens" Capt. Needa the need to be less incompetent; and our space cadets run into some trouble with marauding space mollusks.

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Have Page Will Fill | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #006

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Another Scribble-dee-doo-dah Day.

Clockwise, from top-left: space cadets scale alien planet cliff face; Trump visits Florida in the middle of a raging pandemic... and a friggin' hurricane; nobody likes Trump because, apparently, people keep dying; and we go back almost 20 years to figure out how we got into this whole mess in the first place (the answer will shock you!).

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Sunday Boredom | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #004

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Oh dear! Another scribble-dee-doo-dah to fill the emptiness of my Sunday afternoon.

Clockwise, from top-left: space cadets on mission; crazy hairdo lady (page filler); nobody tells horse head mask wearin' guy to wear a mask; horse head mask extra; Beardo and the Beard Bear.

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More Couch Potato Doodling | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #003

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Time for another scribble-dee-doo-dah session in front of the TV on another frosty Friday morn' (with pancakes!!!).

Clockwise, from left: Brick Tamland cheats on lamp; Governor Kemp knowing what's best for his state; random space cadets and 1-spatula general; aaand, as always, one clueless Trump.

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Couch Potato Doodling | Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dahs #002

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The below was purely an exercise of “well, I have nothing to do, and the cable news is bumming me out… maybe I’ll pick up a pen & legal pad and see what happens…”

Clockwise, from left: cowboy; some glamorous babe; I don’t know what this is all about; that asshole Trump; this maybe a badly drawn Roger Stone-esque character flanked by mindless cronies/supporters (as he was on the TV at the time when scribbling away).

When a Scribble-Dee-Doo-Dah event starts, just like in the example above, I have no agenda in mind when the pen begins to make random lines on the page - those lines sometimes will cross the path of other lines, and so on and on… until I eventually see crude forms, then build up from there. I had no idea I’d summon a cowboy from a rudimentary cube; how was I supposed to know a girl would appear from two curvy pen strokes (both accidental)?; as for the, err, grandma(?) and the one-eyed teddy bear on a leash… THAT JUST HAPPENED! No idea where my head was at for that one.

De-Funning The Carny Cops

“There’s a lot of talk about defunding the police these days…” (as quoted by an Andy Rooney impersonator).

Well, at least one governor has made the first steps to cull the more extremist divisions in his-or-her police department:

“Reavers” - the now put-down balloon canine - is, of course, a callout to “Firefly” show.

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Good Ol' Boys & Daisy#1 & Daisy#2 & Daisy#3

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First, HBO announced “Gone With The Wind” would be shelved in response to current “public outrage” over confederacy and slavery aspects of the film. And as race relations upheaval and debate transpire all over the US, it won’t be long before other films and syndicated TV titles get mothballed as a result.

Well, looks like them Duke boys have found a way ‘round broadcast censorship vis-á-vis the confederate flag atop of the Charger.

Flagrantly False Fun fact: The folks of Hazzard County were ignorantly unaware Uncle Jesse was a pioneer in genetic engineering; yet, mentioned in hushed tones around town were rumors of his early experimentations with inbreeding, but let’s table that abhorrent chatter for another time (or never).

And, for those degenerate “fancies cartoon cloned women” freaks out there, I present to you the Daisies:

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Muffled Mayhem

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A timely toon based on current anarchic events... regrettably, the cast and cartoonist were wearing face masks, thus the text came out muffled. My bad.

Whatever it was, I'm sure it was both funny and thought-provoking.

Tried fixing both word balloon script and gag line in post, but to no avail.