Tag: Parody

Trump Pence – Make America Crap Again

Donald J Trump has decided that Indiana Governor Mike Pence should be his Vice Presidential candidate. Much like no one checking Melina’s speech before it was delivered at the convention for potential issues regarding plagiarism of Michelle Obama, did no one think that Trump Pence could be shortened to TP which is itself a acronym for Toilet Paper.

Well I did and to parody Trump’s famous, Make America Great Again, I now give you “Make America Crap Again” And even better it is now available on tshirts, bumper stickers, drinkware and more at Cafepress. Whether you are a #nevertrump personon the left or the right, you can express your thoughts on this duo. Just head over to

http://cafepress.com/donaldjtrump

And if you feel the need to laugh at Hillary Clinton too then head over to this cartoon.

July 20, 2016
The Anatomy of Ted Cruz

Ted Cruz, the only presidential candidate that I haven’t poked fun at directly gets his treatment today. Let’s take a look at the Anatomy of Ted Cruz together. As the Republican Party is now looking for any alternative than Donald Trump, Ted Cruz is preening and Jeb Bush is kicking himself for not staying in the race.

April 12, 2016
The GOP Hatches a Plan

The GOP hatches a plan. Yet it seems to continually backfire. (With apologies to Dr Suess and Horton Hatches an Egg). Last summer when Donald Trump was first running, the GOP figured he was a flash in the pan candidate who would fizzle out. But they figured they could use his celebrity to their advantage and made him pledge that he would support whomever became the Republican nominee and wouldn’t seek a third party run. Six months later, Trump is commanding the lead in the run to the nomination and Republicans are backtracking in droves.

One time candidate Marco Rubio stated “I still at this moment continue to intend to support the Republican nominee, but it’s getting harder every day.”

So will we end up with a brokered convention that could spell the end of the Republican Party as one entity? Will two sub parties emerge? So as the cartoon says, the GOP is holding to the pledge

“I meant what I said,
I said what I meant.
I’ll support Trump’s nomination
one hundred percent….
unless I destroy both of us in the process.”

March 22, 2016
Trump the Grinch

Is Donald Trump the Grinch? His continual fear mongering to win support for his Presidential run garners a lot of press and quite a few supporters. However, his current rants against Muslims, including barring any Muslims from entering the country and starting a database on those who are already here, reminds me of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950’s. McCarthyism created unsubstantiated claims that certain people were Communists causing the accused to lose their jobs or careers.

So what better time of year than to mashup Trump with the Grinch. How the Grinch Stole Christmas has a great song called “You’re a mean one Mr Grinch” which you can listen the first verse here.

I came up with the first verse. Anyone want to take a chance at a second?

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99Blast Update.

While the Kickstarter Campaign wasn’t successful, you can still order the cards now. There is a discount code on the 99Blast.com website. Buy them today to get in time for the holidays

December 9, 2015
Ohio Tourism Board’s Campaign to Attract California Visitors

The Ohio Tourism Board has a new campaign to attract visitors from California. RAIN and WATER. Ok not really but they probably should.

How many of you plan a vacation and say “Hey let’s go to OHIO!!” Probably not many unless you are coming for a specific event or maybe a regional trip to Kings Island or Cedar Point. Other than that, Ohio just doesn’t get the respect that other states do when attracting conventions and visitors.

This can all change with the recent news from California, that due to the extended drought conditions, Governor Jerry Brown introduced mandatory water use restrictions. Ohioans complain about the long gray winters and rain filled springs. But I think we need to make that our advantage. Sure there is flooding today but that means more fresh water for all you Californians to consume.

So come to Ohio!

April 3, 2015
Game of Thrones Poster – The Fox and the Hound

This Game of Thrones Poster that parodies the HBO series. came about last week based on a five minute quick caricature of The Hound from the series.

I liked it so much that I thought I should color it. So 5 minutes turned into a five hour project to give you “The Fox and The Hound” Imagine if Disney bought HBO. This is what you might see in the promotional poster.

Obviously the Fox is Daenerys Targaryen portrayed by Emilia Clarke and the Hound is Sandor Clegane who is better known as the Hound (duh!). He is masterfully played by Rory McCann. I have mentioned before that typically I am not into fantasy realm movies/shows like the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings but this one has me hooked. Now if they could get other good shows to make it worth paying the rest of the year like Showtime.

June 2, 2014
Game of Clones – Parody Mashup of Star Wars and Game of Thrones

Next week is the start of the 4th season of HBO’s Game of Thrones. I am typically not a fan of this type of genre. Thought the Hobbit was OK and didn’t like any of the Lord of the Rings. Just not my style. Yet something attracted me to Game of Thrones that made me a fan. And of course I always loved Star Wars so “Game of Clones” was a perfect parody mash-up of Yoda sitting on a throne of Clonetroopers (as opposed to Stormtrooper) helmets and Light Sabers. True fan boys will probably tell me I was off on one or the other but I claim artistic license.

From start to finish this took approximately 6-7 hours over two nights. One of my most ambitious art projects to date. An hour was just sketching different ideas of what Yoda would be sitting on. Had I known what I was getting into when I started I wouldn’t have. But lucky for you I finished. 🙂

March 30, 2014
The Most Interesting Smurf in the World

If you asked me if I was starting out doing a parody mash up of Dos Equis Beer’s “Most Interesting Man in the World” and Papa Smurf, the answer is no. Just as I started drawing the famous ad man’s face I noticed his resemblance to the old blue guy.

By the way if you notice some strange things with my site the next week, I am trying to update a few things. Hopefully all will be complete by next week.

July 7, 2013
Grumpy Cat vs Grumpy Cat

I’d be surprised if this cartoon hasn’t been done by someone but I purposefully didn’t look so it wouldn’t impact my vision. For the unaware, the “grumpy cat” on the left is the original grumpy one – Garfield the Cat. The unsuspecting feline is the internet meme sensation Grumpy Cat.

I would think I might have issues with someone else taking my gig too. Now I need to figure out what that gig is.

March 18, 2013
Australian Taxi Cab Drivers
Today’s cartoon is an ode to the wonderful men and women who drive the taxis all around Australia. I am sure most of them are very competent. So why the heck did you send the others to us? It was if someone had installed Apple Maps (notorious for getting people lost) in their brains. We walked most of the time but in our trip we probably took 6 cab rides. Here were the facts:
- 4 out of 6 drivers had no idea where we were asking them to go (even with cross streets mentioned)
- 3 of those 4 even had GPS
- Only one tried to use it unsuccessfully
- 3 of the 4 lost drivers were in Sydney
And it wasn’t as if we were going to some obscure place. But in Sydney, where we had most of the issues, it wasn’t limited to cab drivers. Walking one day without my map, I got a little disoriented on Sydneys spoke and wheel system of streets. I asked a cop how to get back to my hotel. He pointed in a direction that I knew was wrong even when I told him what street it was on.

Actual Cab Conversation:

Us: We would like to go to Nick’s Seafood

Driver: (blank stare)

Us: In Cockle Bay Wharf?

Driver: (bigger blank stare)

Us: Darling Harbour??

Driver: (puzzled look)

Us: Here on the map!

Driver: OK

Us (after many minutes of driving): I think you are on the wrong side of the Bay. The restaurant is on the other side

Driver finally uses GPS. Puts in a restaurant none of us ever mentioned and started off.

Us: That isn’t the restaurant. And I think we are driving in a big circle.

Finally the driver stopped about 1/4 mile from where we were going and pretty much gave up. Thankfully we were only charged half the meter rate.

Now to be fare, all of our tour bus drivers and the drivers as part of our transfer shuttles never got lost for a minute. This actually was the opposite of our experience in London several years ago. The cab drivers knew every little pub and alley everywhere. The guy who brought us from the airport got lost.
December 23, 2012