The Sad and Sorry Mister Berry • 29 July 2006

Way the heck back in July Felicity, Mr. Berry, and I tried to have a Star Wars marathon. Our attempt was a bit of a flop and we only made it through Episodes I, II, and half of III over the course of a week. It's these prequels; we just can't get through the blasted things.

Mr. Berry's scheduling difficulties also made the marathon a mite difficult. For this reason Felicity, Katie, and I went to Big Boy to draw pictures of Mr. Berry being stupid.

That said, this was Felcity's anti-Mr. Berry piece:

The Truth About Star Wars • 7 August 2006

Days after the Star Wars marathon was declared a failure, a bunch of us went to Big Boy for dinner. This, of course, resulted in another placemat drawing. That's me as the prominant stick figure to the left while Mr. Berry in the "Old Trilogy Balloon" tries to carry me to salvation. Jar-Jar honks or does whatever the crap he does while George Lucas demands even more CGI. Rick McCallum, that parasitic worm of George's, decries how wonderful Ewan McGregor is. Nothing against Ewan or anything, but Rick has been noted as saying basically that.

This is exactly what is wrong with the Star Wars prequels.

Soviet Spaceship • 31 August 2006

I've long been trying to come up with a good design for a massive Soviet spaceship. This was but another step in the process. I'm looking for some huge, over-engineered hunter-destroyer type ship. I'm fairly happy with this one, though I'm not so sure about the design of the wings. I like the outrigger engine pod, though.

Kill the Sun • 6 September 2006

School kicked back into session and I found myself surrounded with a pretty sizable friend group for lunch. This naturally leads to oddball discussions and ideas. This drawing came about after, I think, talking about the negatives of the sun. UV-radiation poisoning and nasty sunburns being prime examples.

We felt that the best way to deal with this threat was to shoot the sun and then bomb it.

Doctor Science • 22 October 2006

Jakab Norton plum got married! He had a bachelor party on 22 October that included a trip to a bowling alley. Since I generally don't care much for bowling, I tend to sit around and draw pictures. This often results in some good ideas.

This time 'round I only got two pictures done over the course of their two games. In this one Dr. Science lets you know exactly how he feels about you. He also thinks you should take Jurassic Physics. Ian and Carey took it this semester, but more importantly, Foy and I took it back in 2003 and this was the first time I'd seen Foy in nearly that long.

Jakab's Freedom • 22 October 2006

In my opinion marriage seems like sort of a drag. This is why I pittied Jakab with the second bowling alley drawing, as his personal freedom dwindles away. The Internets, being the total jerk that it is, taunts the downtrodden Norton.

Jakab is wearing TopatoCo's 2006 "Rocktober" shirt, which Dan had given him that day.

Stalin Falls Down • 1 December 2006

I confess to being a bit frustrated with the current state of Ian in Communism Land. There hasn't been much action in a while, mostly because there's a bit of chatty exposition going on. I tried to come up with some more dynamic poses for the characters rather than having everybody just standing around talking. This one show Stalin prone on the ground.

Gophers Before Christmas • 16 December 2006

Gophers Before Christmas 2006 was held on 16 December and we actually made it to the zoo this year for the lights! No serious injuries, and I only received a gash across my leg. No biggie. As traditional as going to the zoo is, I decorated my placemat with crayon scribbles. Here I feel that catcopters could be the wave of the future.

Colonel Science • 16 December 2006

In December I made friends with one Miss Mandy Kirkendall. With her affinity towards coloring and organizing coloring events, how could I not drag out my old box of crayons? I whipped up a trio of drawings for the cause.

Colonel Science is a relative of the above Dr. Science. The colonel believes wholeheartedly in the value of a balanced breakfast. I could probably run an entire comic about the illustrious Science family.

Monster Mars • 16 December 2006

Drawing number two! We keep sending all these probes to Mars, but what NASA isn't telling us is that these are all merely snacks to appease the great monster planet. Each probe is a different flavor. Pathfinder, for example, had a creamy nougat center while the Mars Polar Explorer tasted like blueberries.

Bugs on my Big Wheels • 16 December 2006

The third and final! When I was growing up I really wanted a big wheel bike like this, but I never got one. I had one of those red Cozy Coupe cars, but those are a little difficult to jump off a ramp. This would basically be one of my greatest fears about owning a big wheel: waking up and finding it infested with bugs.

Material Reichsfuhrer • 31 December 2006

Ian and I have often discussed that history wouldn't be very popular if it weren't for Hitler (popular, of course, being relative). I don't think it's possible to even be a history major without having to deal with him. Basically, the dude comes up pretty often, so why not use that fact to my advantage?

I tend to depict Hitler as a cross between a prima donna and a teenage girl. He's always fretting over something trivial, trying to make himself look cool, or singing Madonna songs.