Marley and Me

A last minute gift caricature. Actually it's not me, but the dog is named Marley. Definite Gross influence on Marley... can't help it... Milt's dogs are the coolest!

Anybody out there need one of these for next Christmas, let me know. They also make nice birthday, retirement, wedding, employee-appreciation, anniversary, and graduation gifts... and not just for dogs... people like 'em, too!

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Molegate

California Raisins rehearsing for their big come-back tour? Nope. A couple of Christmas cookies arguing over who gets to be on Santa's plate this year? No, it's world-renowned movie star, Morty mole, and his stunt double, Melvyn mole, being shown the door on Sarah Jessica's chin. Don't sweat it guys... maybe Rod Stewart is hiring!

Just another Molegate cartoon.

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Whack-A-Mole

Just in time for Christmas it's Celebrity Whack-a-Mole! Learn plastic surgery in the privacy of your own home, start your own private practice to the stars, sell those spare parts for big bucks on ebay, or just keep 'em as souvenirs in a jar on the mantle... hopefully Santa won't mistake them for cookies. Comes with real diploma, scalpel, and spare celebrity moles! From Sara Jessica Parker's Bros. makers of Celebrity Whack-a-Nose!

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Joyeux Ride

'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house...
#$%@! those dreaded beard-lice are back, just in time to louse up Christmas eve! Is there a fumigator stirring in the house?

Merry Christmas, fellow bloggers!

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Guinevere Robot Queen

Like most cartoonists, I've got a growing collection of toys, knick-knacks, and other worthless junk. We cartoonist-types claim it's for the inspiration, but it probably has more to do with our refusal to grow up, and contribute something really worthwhile to society. Well, here's something that's NOT worthless junk, but a hand-made, one-of-a-kind collector's item; encrusted with jewels, crystals, and other rare and valuable stuff. Guinevere is the creation of one of my blogger friends, Emme Toaye. Emme has a great blog mystic2awesomeandback where she posts pics of her little altered goth-dolls, action-figures, robots, jewelry, and other way-out creations. She also has an etsy shop GothB4play where you can adopt one of your very own. So throw away that worthless junk, and add some class to your studio... order one of Emme's oddities today!

The top picture is Queen Guinevere becoming acquainted with her new, humble surroundings

In pic 2 she is shown defending some of her loyal subjects from a vicious attack by the world's smallest Kung Fu fighter – soon to be the world's smallest Kung Fu shish-kabob!

I'm no photographer – here's a link to a much better photo of Guinevere

Thanks Emme!

FWBs

FWBs or if you prefer the scientific term: Symbiosis.

One Muppet's bothersome pest is another Muppet's lunch.

I'm a pretty regular contributor over at MondayArtDay. Last week's MAD theme was "Frog" so I started this piece with that in mind. The MAD themes always overlap by a week, so when this week's theme "Family" was announced, I decided to slack, and combine both themes into one illustration – check out my previous post if you'd like to see the results of my cleverness (sloth)...

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Green Legs and Ham

Hi Ho, Kermit the Frog, and Family Here!

Kermie, Miss Piggy, and their cute little tad-pig (or is he a pig-pole?), enjoying a sunny day, and sweeping the clouds away in Sesame Swamp. They've decided to name the little guy: Bacon N. Legs... think of the culinary possibilities!

This one's my MondayArtDay post for Family, and Frog, and even a late entry for Feast! Hey, tastes like Chicken, too! Wow, at this rate, I might be able to make this one last through 2010!

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Good Mall Santas are Hard to Find

A Hellmark Greeting Card
When you don't really care to send anything!

Jolly Old Nick... checking his list to see who's been naughty, and not nice.

I have a stack of rejected greeting-card sketches that I drew back in the early to mid-nineties. Since I want to be a good citizen and help with the recycling effort (stay on Santa's good side), I've decided that I'd pick out some of my favorites, and work up my own line of cards... my standards are much lower than that other greeting card company. Here's the first one from '96... I'm probably gonna get a lump of coal for doing this, but oh, what the H-E-Double Upside-Down Candy Canes?!

Merry Christmas fellow bloggers... avoid the roast Beast!

© 1996/2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

The Masked Baster

Dispensing truth, justice, and steaming-hot turkey fat!

Master of his domain... Keep away from the white meat, or he'll have a bone to pick with you!

I did a sketch of this foul fowl on Turkey Day, just before slipping into a tryptophan-induced coma. If you want to avoid the wrath of the Masked Baster, at your Christmas feast, you may want to opt for a tofu turkey... I'm gonna take my chances with the real thing.

© 2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Kleeber Cookies

Where do you think those Kleeber cookies come from?

More elfin' magic.

©2009 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory

Elves Wanted

A visit from the Ghost of Christmas Cards Past.

This one goes back almost 20 years – it was my first greeting card sale. The landscape version was a postcard I sent out as a direct-mail promo. I was contacted about a week later by a greeting card company wanting to buy it. I was pretty psyched to make the sale, but then I found out I would have to reformat it to portrait – it drove me crazy trying to recompose all of those elements (Elvises), and took longer than the original drawing. The greeting card company got a cease-and-desist from the Elvis estate, but fought back, reached a compromise, and the card stayed in print for about 10 years. I only have the inks, but the printed greeting-card was in color. I thought about re-colorizing it, but my style's changed a lot over the years... maybe it's time to just redraw this one.

Have a Hunka Burnin' Holiday!

©1992 Barry/Right-Hemisphere Laboratory