Chowderhead Bazoo

Large Scale Thievery Uncovered

Illustrator Luc Latulippe tips us off to some shady shinola going down - namely the wholesale rip-offery of artist's work by some overseas thieves. You know, if you're going to rip anyone off - try to make it an artist, because we just have it way too fucking easy. It's a life of luxury and riches, so feel free to shaft us. We like it.

Click the above link for the lowdown. (And read the comments section if you dare. It seems there's always someone ready to perch cluelessly on the wrong side of the issue with a brainless "it's all good!" or in this case, "theft is the highest form of flattery." What? Why? I can only conclude that there's an entire generation that cannot grasp the concept of theft, plagiarism, or unauthorized usage. Not getting paid? It's all good, dude.)

Quote of the Day

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

-Hunter S. Thompson

Quote of the Day

"Everybody's got a cell phone that makes pancakes, so they don't want to rock the boat, they don't want to make trouble. People have been bought off with gizmos and toys. Nobody questions anything anymore."

- George Carlin

New Orleans: When Everything Broke

(Photo: Voodoo Shop - French Quarter, 1998.)

Words continue to fail me... My freak-out overload seems only sporadically dormant. And all the motherfuckers got away with it. This particular motherfucker still has a job, which simply defies belief.

More here. And did I really read this? ---

"There are a lot of lessons we want to learn out of this process in terms of what works.  I think we are in fact on our way to getting on top of the whole Katrina exercise." –Vice President Dick Cheney, Sept. 10, 2005.

Exercise? Jesus H... Make of that what you will.

T-Shirt Idea #349-A

If you're like me, you'll find this image quite haunting. It may seem a simple (yet bold) cartoon image at first, but then slowly and efficiently it will surely creep into your cranium and swoop about its confines like a hectoring spectre until some form of release is anticipated. Trust me - it will happen. The release we seek just may be in the form of a t-shirt.

Feedback? (Not the kind from amplifiers and screeching electrical guitars, thank you.)

Who Gives A @#$!%?

Ernest is drownin' his everlovin' sorrows after hearin' that Le Boutique Chowderhead at CafePress has been shut down. Or maybe he's celebratin'. Or maybe he's got the gas. Anyways, besides the stuff sellin' like stone-cold-cakes I wasn't too happy with the product. Too bad I can't torch the joint. Luc Latulippe seems to be on to something with some newfangled outfit. And maybe I gotta' freshen up the designs with something a little more - what's the word here? - desirable? Palatable? Marketable? Yeah, that's it. Or maybe I should do up some deer heads and birds and branches and shit. With scrolly junk all over it. Is that more your speed? How about some Japanese-style crap? Yeah, I could see you lappin' that up. With a freakin' ladle... Hey, Borgnine - nice head!

Fishy Screensaver

More YouTube shenanigans with a loopy cellphone loop done for some outfit I can't even recall, animated once again by the redoubtable Jethro Presley. God, I love "boing" sound effects.

YouShave

There's this thing on the internet now called "YouTube" and its bold claim is that you can broadcast yourself. Wow. I think it's a series of tubes and pipes or something. I really didn't want to broadcast myself, so instead my friend Jethro and I decided to show some cartoons. Sometimes the YouTube sync is off a bit, so you can also click here to try a direct tube. And while the YouTube quality is often dodgy, so are my pants. And hey - make sure to also check out Jethro's zany page of fun cartoons - and there's more to come. Stay tuned. Or should I say: stay tubed? Ha-ha. Indeed.

Fatal Feloniousness

Spankin' new colour design on the  spankin' old Sinners devil. Just for fun. Just for kicks. Say, do you like the internet? The internet is full of interesting stuff. Get on the internet and go to the Seven Deadly Sinners site if you haven't dropped by lately. It's like a party in your hair.

Pimpin' It Old School

Ha-ha - yes, Pete may be a filthy scum-sucking pimp, but he does have a point. Have you ever considered buying some original artwork from an actual artist? I didn't think so. I mean, who the Hell can afford those crazy fancy-pants prices? And who do these poncy ascot-jockeys think they are, anyway? Believe me, the whole thing is just one big scam.

Cartoonists, on the other hand, are interested only in pleasing you the consumer, whether it be with a cheeky chuckle or with a playful pulverizing of your funny bone. Quite simply, we aim to please. Therefore, rather than spending your hard-earned shekels on the perverse paint-dribblings of some drug-addled mental case who is "expressing himself" or "making a statement" - why not drop the baloney which is phony and go for the deal that is real? Snort, snert - yes, something tells me that Pete the Pimp would approve. But unlike Pete, I won't cut you.

(Inquire within.)