tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52574443425581351262012-02-16T06:00:14.982-08:00I draw cartoons.dragonladynoreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257444342558135126.post-35733032958688055052011-07-28T12:55:00.001-07:002011-07-28T13:07:30.972-07:00

In case you were wondering why I have not posted in a while....it's because I found Tumblr. So I'm now basically hosting my blog over there. It's easy to use and great for the time challenged (both in posting and in reading) Check it out:http://mmarxen.tumblr.com/Lately, I've been doing a panel-a-day comic about my mom experience. A "momic". It's sort of like the Family Circus as told by the mom

dragonladynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257444342558135126.post-41117303143912005582011-06-21T17:30:00.000-07:002011-06-21T17:30:00.941-07:00

This was my second #Atwomic . Another 7 panels with guidance via nightly tweets. This one is more complex than my last. And it shows by the meaning I was trying to infuse into the details. Got a little up my own bottom for my comfort, but that won't prevent me from sharing it. (So apparently, I'm still up there...)It started getting a little too detailed on the nightly panel discriptions/

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I love comedy. Like a sickness. I remember back in high school, comedy central was only on for a few hours each day in our cable network; then, at 5pm, it'd turn into some other channel as if it were Cinderella at the ball. I'd rush home from school to try to watch a rerun of Short Attention Span Theatre - a little show featuring a guy named Jon Stewart. It was just clips of comedians, and I

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Panel 1 Stewart K. Moore is a European actor, artist, and cartoonist. He's also known as @opipop, and he's got a web-friendly cartoon idea a-brewin'. #Atwomic is what he's named it. He gives a prompt for a panel every day, and we draw one panel every day. Then, he combines them all and shows us what makes all our different realities so wonderful.I'm not giving it the proper explaination. He does

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He's an inspiring man. What can I say? Thank you, lantern-jawed Charlie Sheen.

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Above is the cake I made for my husband's birthday. He wanted a spiderman cake, but my daughter said an iron man cake. She wins all arguments,....always. Plus, I like Robert Downey, Jr. better than Tobey Maguire. But if you've never visited the Cake Wrecks blog,...I recommend you nominate the above for consideration. It's one of the worst ones I've ever done. But it tasted delicious!

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While in Las Vegas for a business convention. An overnight trip, basically....GLURG. I saw this opportune moment for a photo. I do not know this man. And I'm fairly sure he doesn't want to know me. But he was wracked out!

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Yep. This is what I saw on the way in to work yesterday morning. I am officially a redneck. But I worried about the little guy all day and he was gone that afternoon. *sigh*

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Yes, I finally drew another comic. If I'm going to be a true Tiger Mom, I should be more disciplined. So it is obvious that this would be my first subject, right?I love beanbag chairs. I should actually get one so I can watch MTV's True Life docs.This past weekend, I watched an MTV True Life doc entitled "I Can't Sleep". The kids on there were getting 4-6 hours of sleep a night, and I was just

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I spent a weekend in Miami last weekend. I know, I know. I'm not a Miami person. But I sure enjoyed snoozing on the beach after working 16 hour days for weeks, so maybe I am a Miami person. Just not a "hot, fist-pumping" miami person. Snookie, I ain't.We went out clubbing, and I realized the allure that people could fall for. These were amazingly designed spaces, with more DJs per square inch

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I hate people that speak in "text" but I can't say anything but "OMG". These new Krispy Kreme doughnut holes are divine! They're chocolate glazed chocolate cake and they are amazing. Perfection in a ball, I dub thee! Tummy below should be WAY bigger than it appears. Yes, I ate the whole box myself in 2 sittings. Er uh,..."slouchings" "slumpings" or "wallowing(s?)" is probably more accurate. And

dragonladynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257444342558135126.post-71521821720539843652010-11-24T13:06:00.000-08:002010-12-16T12:14:15.822-08:00

She's a daddy's girl. 100%. So when I get one of these, I milk it for all it's worth. Apparently, I will even draw about it when she's in bed. They are few and far between these days. "No, no, Mommy! Daddy do it." is what I hear most times. But occasionally,....yay!Happy Thanksgiving.

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Okay, so I'm one of those moms who think everything my daughter does is funny. I can't help it. But more importantly, everything that my husband does is funny in relation to her.She's funny with the Kiss. Sometimes I'll catch her playing with her toys by herself singing it so sweetly. She also likes "Bizarre Love Triangle" by New Order, and the entire first Joy Division album,...now, how on earth

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These are actually 2 different sketches I did on one page,...but I like how they work together: Giant cat sleeping below a tiny delicate girl. I was watching one on the video monitor and the other was right beside me. One of these days I'll have to give up that video monitor,....and it will be a very hard day for me, indeed. But then, when she's around 14 years old, I can install it again, right?

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These sketches are for a graphic novel I've had swirling around in my head for some time. Years now. One of these days I'll actually start drawing it. I'm not set on her name yet,...so for now I call her "Violet". I'm thinking I need to do some more study of her hair. It needs to be wavy and wild. John K. had a good hair exercise that I need to try. She's a tough little kid, that doesn't have a

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Finally created a new one. It's actually been in my sketchbook a few weeks. But I was using it as a teaching tool for my nephew,...contrast, composition, etc. Yeah, I know,...me teaching about comics, when I have so much to learn myself! But it's always fun to draw me and my husband. I'm always so much thinner....

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So I did that thing where you have to name 15 albums in 15 minutes that made some sort of impression on you. You can't think, just write and do it as fast as you can. Once it's written, no editing. I did it in 3-1/2 minutes. However, since then, I've been kicking myself over all the important ones that I missed. (hello, not a single Pixies?...Liz Phair?...Pavement?) But anyway, here they are:Pop

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You may be saying right about now, "Mandy, you may say you draw comics,...but we've yet to see one in a long while. Why? Did you lose all your pencils in the great lead famine of 2010?"Quit yer belly-aching. Here's your bleedin' comic.I actually saw this guy on my way into work one morning. Very weird.

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Isn't this the hap-hap-happiest Jedi you've ever seen? I mean, the Republic is going to hell in a handbasket, but he seems downright giddy. Oh well, I guess the StormTrooper is stress-eating at least. I'm with ya buddy.....This was from May,...Free Comic Book Day at SSaleFish Comics in Winston-Salem. (yeah, I know,...I'm a wee bit behind.) I was able to stop by on my way back from a business trip

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This is how we separate those of us who like to look at the pictures, vs. those of us who read for comprehension. Do we run or do we walk? Which one is for our health?A bit of proof that just because you can do desktop publishing, doesn't mean you can do desktop publishing. (sigh)

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Ed and I made this video for a recent vacation with all his cousins from up north. They were having "Italian Night" and it featured a talent show for all the kids,...ranging in age from 15 down to 3 months. We were afraid we'd have to leave early, but we wanted to share our daughter's brilliance. So we decided to make this video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6NJgFrKbd0I hope you enjoy it! If

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While you breathlessly wait for the pizzaman video, here is a short video of a family trip we took to the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville, NC. Please avert your eyes during the turtle scene if you're of delicate disposition.So pop some popcorn, carve out 2 minutes of time, and enjoy it as much as she did!

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This is one of those things you just come across. I came across this beer (malt liquor to be precise) for my husband,...who is honestly, the most giving dad ever,...and then I realized why I was drawn to this beer. It's Ian McShane! Yes, apparently the guys at Rogue Brewery in Oregon, love Deadwood as much as me. The ledgendary Al Swearengen in bottle form. Drink the whole 40oz. and you'll be

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A still from a video project Ed and I are working on. Is it right? No. But it sure is making me laugh. She's at that age when she'll say anything you tell her to. Any-thing.Really, it just writes itself, doesn't it?

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I needed to get back on that horse, and dust off some more of the "16 topics". If I remember correctly, this was one of my space-filling, less inspired ones. How is THAT for a teaser? Please waste your time reading this. Let's start again. This is BRILLIANT. If you don't "get" it and roll on your plush carpeting (or fine hardwoods) with laughter, there is something medically wrong with you

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As I was driving home tonight, I saw a person in a convertible with a scowl and Prince Valiant hair. Whether she/he was mad about the haircut or not wasn't clear,...but that would be my guess.This leads to important questions,....like WHY does this haircut persist? So I dug around and decided to do a venn diagram on its origins. Very important work.This leads to the obvious question. Why did this

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I'm a "root where you're planted" kind of gal. Like I told my husband this weekend, I can make the best of any situation, I just have to know my parameters. The problem is, we don't always realize for ourselves the box we're trapped in.

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I did this comic this weekend after getting my first EW in several months. I was DT-ing pretty bad and I missed all the "year end" issues to help me build my Netflix queue. BLAST! Anyway, they got me and I found I can't live without them. Plus, Veda loves the bullseye....

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Merry Christmas! My gift to you is a glimpse on the inner workings of my mind....

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Frogger At HomeAh, the domestic life of 80's video games. Surely someone has explored this premise before, but it made me happy to draw a frog with his version of Homer Simpson's "D'oh!" Notice how he borrows some of his buddy Qbert's foul language.

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Whoops! Almost missed the weekly installment I promised. Here it goes! Granted, "Click" is now not the most timely of movies to choose, but 2-1/2 years ago, it was spot on! To update it, maybe I could say, "Old Dogs" or "Did You Hear About The Morgans"....

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This is from an experience while waiting in line for Santa this past weekend. The word "hatch" made me laugh in this context. Why a deaf Mrs. Santa you ask?,...I think she was just the one with the outfit.

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She's a daddy's girl,...what can I say? I failed to give a shout out to Momma B. who is doing a great job keeping up with the child. And she's recently become a huge fan of ribbons,...which is really cute to watch. Oh, my little fiber artist!

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It's like having a small bag of rocks grinding around by your ear all the time. So when I hear the word "crunchy" I immediately think of that. Good times.

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Their benefits are terrible and don't even think about a bonus, being in manufacturing in THIS economy,...but I hear most get into it for the summers off.

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Okay, so I've since learned that the term "midgets" is highly offensive to little people. My apologies if you are a vertically-challenged citizen. However, I love your pickles. Thank you.

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Okay, so I missed the actual deadline for this one, but I had this idea right away and wanted to see it through. Didn't get to it til this weekend. I'm not sure I can convey how I feel when I listen to the right song,...but I honestly feel like I can dance like the kids on So You Think You Can Dance. I see it all in my head, the choreography is nuts.

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This is my interpretation of "entangled". Reason #863 why I don't skinny dip.....

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This is a comic that is a couple of years old, back when my hair was long, before I was a Mom, and when Ed and I actually went out to eat ALL THE TIME. We would go to this funny silver diner every weekend and have very deep meaningful conversations. So I did this comic (all 24 pages) during a 24-hour comic challenge. It was the last time I stayed up 24 hours until I was in labor. And I'm still

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OMG,...I attempted Bakerella's cake pops for two-year old, Kaitlyn's birthday. Her father, Mark, took one look at them and marveled how you could possibly get a decent return at selling something so labor intensive. I then kindly asked him for $20.What I failed to picture are all the impaled cat heads where the candy coating became so heavy, that the sticks ran through. My husband still thought

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So basically, what I'm saying is:Don't talk to me. I've got a lot going on right now.Living for Friday at 5pm....at least it will be over - right or wrong.

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Super Veda! Fly baby girl,...fly!

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Living where I do, I see a LOT of chickens. I really should be better at drawing them.

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The response to the Illustration Friday topic, "Skinny"

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First post for "Illustration Friday"The word for the week is: FAST

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