No Testament God

Some questions don’t have answers.  Or at least they don’t have answers anyone wants to hear.

Or give.

Free To Be Not As Special As He

The word special is inadequate to describe Hammy.  Hammy is beyond special.

Hammy is the furry exclamation point when you cheer…

WO-HOO!

Now that’s special.

 

Hammy Really is Special

For some reason a line in the second panel from Hammy (after God’s line) was left out by T.

 

Hammy: I’m a fig-newton of imagination!

 

Strip works okay without it. But it works better with it. Set’s up God’s line in third panel.

And it certainly makes Hammy much more special.

 

 

 

Listen Carefully

I believe in God. Sort of.

I don’t believe in some omniscient supernatural being who intrudes in the affairs of one teeny-tiny planet among billions of habitable planets among trillions of stars.

What I do believe is that we are all God(s).  Within each of us resides a conscience (or a best version of ourselves).  This “higher us” is a biochemical result of our upbringing, experience and education. We can choose to listen and emulate the “angels of our better selves” or not.

God talks to me all the time. I try to listen carefully but…

…it’s hard to talk and listen at the same time.

Mr. Feeny Is My Copilot

The great character actor William Daniels played Mr. Feeny on “Boy Meets World.”  My favorite role of his was as Dr. Mark Craig on the wonderful show “St. Elsewhere.”

Dr. Wayne Fiscus: I have a hunch.

Dr. Mark Craig: So did Quasimodo.

 

Hose Off the Dogs

In Ray we pray. A-men.

The Lord Plays In Freaky Ways

From the Rick James version of the Bible:

“The blue jay came to him toward evening, and behold, in his beak was a Twizzler. So Verne knew that the water was abated and freakiness would rain again upon Funk Town.”

Can Rick hear an A-men?

A-MEN!

Rick is pleased.

 

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign

 

This is pretty good. But you know what would have made it better?  Cut Hammy and RJ’s lines in the last panel and just have Phil burp.  We saw Phil eat Bob and it’s implied they’re all going to die.  This is what happens when the writer and the illustrator are different people.

Or what happens when you write so close to deadline there’s no time to go over roughs.

Over the Hedge: Cartoons hot off the griddle without all that fancy “cooking” you might expect.

Deus Ex Cartoonist

Yeah, I know…  Deus Ex Cartoonist sort of means God out of the Cartoonist.  Which could be painful depending on what form God takes.

Like, say, a burning bush.

 

Top Five Reasons Tattoos Are a Bad Idea

Top Five Reasons Tattoos Are a Bad Idea

5.  A flaming vampire hamster on your back does not distract from your acne scars.

4.  “Bob Forever” is very difficult to change into “Bogoslav Forever”

3.  That Chinese character on your ankle actually means, “Toenail Merchant”

2.  In 2054 when your butt sags to your knees, those Rolling Stone lips will look like a clown vagina.

1.  They make God sad.