Queer Eye for the Straight Uruk-hai

If you read the first blog I posted here, or if you're just familiar with my nonsense, then you know that my first foray into hardcore fandom began with the culture that sprang up around J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Back in the day, I was rocking the ring of Galadriel, posting to the Tolkien message board, the White Council, and, yes, even writing fan fiction. Nowadays, I spend a lot more time and thought on "The Walking Dead" and "Once Upon a Time," but I'll never forget where I came from. Hence, it's time to give a little pictorial nod to my roots with this latest comic.

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This basically all started when I was contemplating the notion of a "flaming eye" one day at work. And being a wacky punster, my brain came to this. The initial sketch was super cartoony, and I did want to stick to that, but this time I actually googled up a nice picture of both an uruk-hai and the Eye of Sauron to use as models in the creation of this pic. 

So enjoy! Feel free to reproduce it elsewhere, but please include attribution (a link to the blog or a mention of my Twitter handle) and again, do not use it for anything that involves making a profit. 

The Visual Guide to Redneck Burns

Ok, so maybe it's just one redneck burn in particular, but nonetheless, just in case one needs a visual aid...

Burn on who? That's right, burn on you, Jimmy.

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In Reedus We Trust

Now you know what people really mean when they speak of spending a "pretty penny."

Plus, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Nerd:

This is my "yeaaah" face.

Oh, just a general note: feel free to use my drawings elsewhere, but please do link back. It's just proper netiquette, right? And while anyone who so chooses has my permission to display the pics with proper attribution, please don't do anything profit-y with them. That wouldn't be cool. And I am a licensed attorney, after all. ;)



***EDIT: I sent the original of this drawing, plus a t-shirt made based on the "People in Hell want Slurpees" picture to Norman Reedus and he put them on his blog. Click here to see with your own peepers.****

A Prediction for Walking Dead, Season Three

Merle's coming back next season, and of course, the hand-related puns just write themselves. Of course, I'd as soon mock a badass like Merle Dixon as I would try to tickle a polar bear, and I assume in both cases I'd get eviscerated. Nonetheless, I just had to express these notions in a little comic strip. And because Glenn is the perfect candidate for the insert-foot-in-mouth moment, well, this is the result.

UPDATE: I gave this picture to Steven Yeun at Dragon*Con 2012 and he was very sweet. He insisted that he was going to tape it up immediately and kept saying, "that is so good!" *blushing* Was very gratifying. Albeit, I tweeted at him later that I forgot to sign it, and he tweeted a thanks back, and then I looked at this blog and went, "Oh my God. I did sign it. I am SO blonde." So, you know, hopefully he didn't think I was just being a total attention whore. :P

Puff, the Magic Dragon, Lived By the Sea

Somewhere along the line, though, he lost the drive for frolicking in the autumn mist.

Disclaimer: The author of this website thinks the idea of a stoner dragon is funny, but is in no way endorsing the use of illegal drugs.

The White Rabbit: Follow at Your Own Risk

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Ok, for those of you familiar with my "Boondock Squirrels" drawings, you know that I have a thing for vengeful animals. Looking back on "Alice in Wonderland" now, I feel like the White Rabbit maybe got tired of being stalked by a chirpy tart in an apron. Cut to the scene above.



P.S. Incidentally, I did send "The Boondock Squirrels" to Norman Reedus. :) He posted it on his blog with the rest of the fantastic fan art and gifts he receives.

"The Ring," Arcade-style