That’s Right, I’m Still Posting Sketches
Shaenon: Still busy with Kickstarter sketches. I’ve been doing Pam Grier movie posters for Tigerlily. Coffy!
Here’s Tip in a daring Vivienne Westwood.
And, of course, I’m still drawing Dr. Lee.
Channing: So many sketches! All adorable! I’m sorry, I don’t have much more to say than that, other than that the cobras seem to be very enduring in people’s esteem despite the fact that it has been a long time since they’ve been seen or mentioned.
HUGS!
Jeff, it’s been a long time since Disney released Bambi, but Thumper seems to have endured in people’s esteem, too
Every time I see the Huggy Cobras I’m reminded of a story.
There was an “exotic dancer” (No! Not a stripper! She started w/o clothes;) and her “partner” was an eight foot long boa constrictor. On night, or early morning as the case may be, she was taken into an ally at knifepoint. Her assailant ordered her to strip. As she was undoing her coat the snake poked it’s head out, curious as to what was going on. The police were called and in addition to the charge of assault with a deadly weapon they added disturbing the peace because he wouldn’t stop screaming.
I have a similar story! A friend of mine from high school in Phoenix drove her car in to a dealership service bay. Got out and announced that her pet was lost in the car and $50 to the guy who gets it out. Several guys pile in to the car. Then one gets the bright idea of asking what they were looking for. She replies that it’s a 6′ boa constrictor. Several guys pile out of the car.
The solution was easy: start the car and crank up the air conditioning. It was hiding in a vent and came right out.
(TUNE: “Yer So Bad”, Tom Petty)
Though cobras are growing,
Blood flow is slowing …
Feels like we’re catching a cold!
We don’t want no germ, ick!
We’re ectothermic!
Pardon if we’re a bit bold …
Oh, may …we … hug … you?
We don’t want … to … bug … you,
But you’re so warm!
Wrapped in a cobra swarm!
We will hug your form!
You’re so warm!
Here’s Miss Tigerlily!
Builds stuff that’s kill-y!
Dressed like a babe from downtown!
She’s got self-reliance,
Pants made of science!
Won’t let the Man keep her down!
She has … no … co-bra,
Though she’s wear-ing … no … bra!
But she’s so hot!
Look at the tools she’s got!
She gets drawn a lot!
She’s so hot!
So last night my wife and I are driving back from the observatory, she had to install and test a software patch for her laser system where she bounces it off the moon, and as we are frequently wont to do I queued up a podcast of Stuff You Missed In History Class. As it happens, the latest ep is “The True Story of the Chevalier d’Eon: Part 1”, who apparently is considered the patron saint of transvestites and cross-dressers and also had an illustrious military career. The description was “Recently, London’s National Portrait Gallery acquired a portrait of the Chevalier d’Eon, the first oil painting in its collection to feature a man in women’s clothing. Learn how Louis XV’s underground foreign policy led d’Eon to acquire a female identity.”
Coincidence? I think not.
Thats an awesome podcast – most of the Howstuffworks.com family of podcasts is pretty good. Downside is i have to cherrypick what to listen to because i can never keep up w/ all of it.
I would also recommend you try History According to Bob, and Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History.
Professor Bob (Really!) usually has about 3-4 lines of podcasts going at once on different themes, 15 min max each episode.
Carlin is irregular, approx monthly, and depending on the topic, runs 40 min to 4 hours – last release was part 3 of 4 on the Mongols, and that segment ran about 90 min.
I love the Cobras. I think they should be made into a plush toy (marketing is everything, I also want to order the first set of skin horse action figures) But, does it look like the one cobra is eating biting him on the shoulder, or is it just me?
Yes, absolutely there should be Cobra Plushies. They should be designed to coil securely for Hugs1
It does look that way at first glance, but I think if it were biting him the mouth would look a bit more stretched. Good thing they’re not genetically altered boa constrictors that give hugs.
So is that a picture of just Dr Lee, or a picture of Dr Lee and Nick?
If it’s Nick, he’s naked.
Most women like feather boas. Tip prefers hugging cobras. (“Hold me!”)
Dr Lee’s brain sure looks big. No, her other brain. Perhaps it can stretch out a bit once free of the cranial vault.
shh, don’t say it like that. She can’t help it, it’s just water retention