Year-End Bonus

What, you thought Santa was going to eat all those cookies by himself?

Here, we have pictured Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Black Pete, the Three Kings, Christkind, Knecht Ruprecht, Jack Frost, Krampus, Olentzero, and La Befana, which all help out with Christmas one way or another.  I was tempted to add in the Yule Lads as well, but given that there are thirteen of them and my hand was cramping up, I decided not to.  Same reason for not putting in any elves or reindeer.  Don't worry, they still get cookies too. 

And it just occurred to me that it is really weird to see Christkind and Krampus in the same room.

Trap the Halls

'Twas the night before Christmas, and nobody slept. 


This is a work of fiction.  Any similarity to actual cats, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
Actual people, however....   *snicker*

Merry Christmas!

Special Privileges

Here comes Santa Claus!  ...and Black Pete, a.k.a. the guy who leaves coal and switches for bad children. 

Before anyone gets on my case, I will say that I am well aware that this is not how Black Pete is traditionally portrayed (he's usually a black guy in a Renaissance-style page costume).  However, this is kind of what I imagined him as looking like before I found out otherwise, so this is what you lucky readers get stuck with.

O Christmas Tree

Some stereotypes are hard to overcome.
What I want to know is, why on Earth did they have a flaming Christmas tree in the first place?

Here we have Hades, Lord of the Underworld, joined by his lovely wife Persephone. 


Don't worry.  They get a happy ending:

Awww..... : )

Sleep Deprivation 101

I, of course, am a mature young adult who has never done anything like this. 

Yep. 

Stop laughing, Mom.

Thicker Than Blood

First of all, I would like to acknowledge that blood sausage is apparently a revered dish in some cultures.  If I have offended someone by using it as the subject of my humor, I apologize. 
But I'm not changing the comic. 

Second of all, I would like to express my deepest sympathy for anyone who happens to have a vampire for a relative. 

That is all. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

One Night in College

There's a saying you often hear at college:  "Good grades, sleep, and a social life.  Pick two." 

I gave up a social life, and I still don't get any sleep.  I have no idea why.

Incisors of Unusual Size

And this is why you don't see any vampire time-travelers. 

Bonfire Mania

My family is probably the only one in the state, if not this side of the country, that celebrates this. 
To those of you that don't know, November 5th is the day when the Brits ritually build a bonfire so they can burn an effigy of the guy who tried to blow up Parliament.  And then they light off the fireworks. 

And why did I draw unicorns?  Because I figured that because unicorns are magical, it's logical that there would be some who could conjure fire, which is handy for lighting fuses, and vampires don't like fire much so I couldn't draw those, and...
Oh, who am I kidding?  I like drawing unicorns, and I needed an excuse to stick them into another comic.  End of story.

Sugar Apocalypse

Zombies are nothing compared to a typical child after Trick-or-Treating. 
Yes that's a sofa cushion fort. 
No, I don't think it's going to be enough. 

Happy Halloween!

New Arrivals, Old Rivals

The problem with a culture having a lot of gods is that you have almost inevitably have some whose duties overlap.  And then this happens.  Ouch. 

For those unfamiliar with Egyptian Mythology, this is Anubis and Osiris, which ironically is their Greek names.  They were originally called Inpu and Asar, or something like that.

Hades' Lament

 

The problem with being a god of death is that you're an easy target for bad guy status. 
The problem with being immortal is that all your friends have heard your complaints already. 

Featured here are Hades/Pluto, Anubis, Freya, Hel, The Grim Reaper, Sedna, La Calavera Catrina, and Thanatos.  I thought about adding a few more, but not today.  I need sleep.

P.S.  Yes, that movie was dreadful.  Spiffy new CGI graphics does not a good movie make. 
Plus they screwed up the Greek myths.  Again.

Death and Hel

It's October, as in the month of Halloween.  Since I already do Halloween-esque cartoons during most of the year (such as ones involving vampires), I thought I'd do something a little different this month.  So for the next few weeks, you get to see what happens when the embodiments of Death from different cultures run into each other.  And if I somehow offend someone by doing this, then I'll apologize in advance. 

Here we have the Grim Reaper, of course,  and Hel (yes, that's her name), the Norse goddess of the underworld, which in this mythology is basically an ice cave.  She enjoys turning her underlings into popsicles.

Giraffe Riders

There's a lesson to be learned from this:  never draw cartoons when sleep-deprived.  Everything will seem funny.

Beware of Unicorn

Some people would call this a Kirin, which in modern usage is depicted as a dragon-like Japanese unicorn.  However, they traditionally were more like dragon-deer, and were considered completely different entities from unicorns.  This beastie actually has more in common with the Chinese Sin-you, which was more lion-like, but had the single unicorn horn.  In both cases, they enjoy showing up at courtrooms, where they free the innocent and slay the guilty. 

They're also pretty effective against schoolyard bullies.

Rough Day

 

I myself would dearly love to hear the story behind this one. 

Geometry Class

I don't think this one is going to pass the final. 

The teacher has my profound sympathy.

High School Lesson #3654

Unless, of course, you don't mind waking up the next morning in serious need of a blood transfusion.  Or unless you're already at least part vampire, in which case I'd say go for it. 

I have many more High School Lesson cartoons on the way, so stay tuned. 

The Grim Baker

 

Yes, this actually happened to a former roommate of mine.  My siblings were very disappointed that I never took a picture of the actual cake, so I drew this instead. 

And no, I never heard how the boy in question reacted to this. 

Pandora's Bet

 Hey, even bringers of doom and destruction to the world and everything in it need a way to entertain themselves. 

Vampire Buttercup

 

I actually feel kind of sorry for it. 

On a related note, it turns out that buttercups are toxic.  Go figure. 

Proper Motivation

 

A parody of my life, for your entertainment.

Welcome!

On this blog, I will be posting my various comics and cartoons.  As you can probably tell from the title of this blog, I am not a particularly focused person.  Expect a lot of randomness.  So if you like that sort of thing, keep reading.  If not, then run while you still can. 

That is all.