The hardest thing about drawing this cartoon was the spelling of silhouette.
Author: Mark Heath
I'm a freelance cartoonist. My work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Harvard Business Review, American Scientist, Woman's World, and others. I'm also the creator of Spot the Frog, a comic strip you can find at Gocomics.com.
Futility Closet
I keep waiting for someone to list the Top Five Science Cartoonists That You Don’t Know About But Should. The addendum is that I hope my name appears on the list. Or that I can scrawl it in, if no one’s looking.
Until then, I have my champion in Greg Ross and his Futility Closet (which proves just how eclectic and esoteric his subjects can be, if my work fits comfortably in the company of his compendious amusements.)
The Dark Side of Fashion
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Happy Birthday, Chum!
This is an experiment. I’ll be setting up some cards at Greeting Card Universe. This is the first. It’s not available yet, but I’ll be sure to mention it.
(when I first wrote the above, I mistyped CAD for CARD. Typo, or Freudian insight?)
Bane Upside-Down
I didn’t mean to publish this image upside-down. But there you go. That’s how I found it on my computer, and I don’t see a convenient way to invert it.
It actually lends itself to my point. I haven’t seen the movie, I have seen the trailers, and Bane appears to be a regular guy. Here’s my question: did they do away with the most interesting aspect of Bane’s character, his ability to crank his physique to 11, courtesy of magic hormones? Is he just a strong guy in a gas mask? Did they turn his gimmick upside-down? He’s stronger than Batman, but not in a monstrous way?
This is why I prefer Tim Burton’s Batman. His Bane would have swollen like an evil toad, almost too large for his skin.
I’m sure it’s a fine movie, but if Bane doesn’t expand like a steroid-filled balloon when he fights Batman, I’ll wait for the DVD.
Don’t Blink Or You’ll MIss It
Exciting eye-shifting animation. 3D glasses optional.
This was a storyline with Spot noticing the V-shaped slot in lily pads and being told that each one was a bite mark.
(it looks like my post title might have been more accurate than I supposed. The animation isn’t meant to repeat. I thought reloading the page might replay it — in case you missed the epic shift of Spot’s pupils — but it isn’t working, for me, at least.)
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