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The Incredible Jurassic World

Two of the summer’s hottest films are Pixar’s The Incredibles 2 and Universal’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. Both serve up thrills, chills, laughs and excitement. They also both serve up amazing soundtracks written by the same composer – Michael Giacchino!

Incredibles 2 has a boffo score that jumps and jives with the best energetically melodic groovy jazz, while Jurassic World 2 soars with classic intrigue and adventure in the vein of the musical path first blazed by the legendary John Williams, while taking us to new places of big teeth and terror.

So, what if for their next sequels, both movies were combined? What would THAT soundtrack sound like?!

 

A little Elastigirl – Jurassic World epic battle mash-up! How would you score THAT, Giacchino?

 

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Gator Waiter

Not sure I’d be able to trust the intentions of a waiter with that many teeth and that eager to serve me.

 

You can draw anything with an oversized Sharpie. Just kidding. I couldn’t do that detail with a pen that large. Actually used a brush pen and a skinny marker.
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Dino Dentist

Perhaps it’s just me, but I thought the two T-Rexes in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom looked super fake. See for yourself…

 

I do dino impressions. This one is of a T-Rex mime trapped in an invisible iceberg.

 

In actuality, the dinosaur behind me made an appearance in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure many years ago. It is one of the Cabazon Dinosaurs out by Palm Springs which is part of a creation museum. If you go there, tell ’em Large Marge sent you.

I got to thinking about how silly that ol’ photo was, that another silly dino joke came to mind, so I sketched it up when there was a little window of free time.

 

Tiny arms make it impossible to floss.
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Happy Birthday America!!

Yep. Today is the good ol’ Fourth of July. I put that in caps because around these parts, that’s not just a date – it’s also the secondary name we Americans call Independence Day. We pinpoint our official beginning as a new nation on July 4, 1776, since that is when our Declaration of Independence from King George of England was signed.

I was sketching the other day, and this bold eagle came forth. It being our national bird, it seemed like the right time of year to put our flag behind him. Not sure how he rolled up his “sleeve” to get busy defendin’ & workin’, but that’s how red-blooded Americans have always been.

To my fellow Americans, enjoy the celebration today. And to my English friends, thanks for sharing the colors red, white, and blue.

 

I wonder if the founding fathers envisioned that we would celebrate by cooking hot dogs and hamburgers on a grill?
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Unexpected Encouragement

Got out the ol’ sketchbook the other day and felt like getting a monster out of my brush pen – a monster who might have had a tough day at the office, and was cheered just a smidge by a bird who lit upon his nose.

Happy Monday.

 

Well, it’s less embarrassing than a zit on your nose, right?

 

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Cactus Cowboy

Yesterday it was Father’s Day here in the States. While my pop doesn’t look like a desert hare, he did grow up in Arizona and always thought of himself as a cowboy.

So, this is dedicated to my dad, Cowboy Dave – the roughest toughest hombre to work in a suit and tie in Jersey City, but always wanted to wear his cowboy hat.

 

Remember kids – it’s always best to look before you lean.

 

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Frogs Frogs Frogs

A couple of weeks ago I posted a sketch of a frog about to dive into some water. I still had froggies on the brain, so a few pages later in my sketchbook, a full fraggle of froggies filled a page. (Don’t ask. I have no idea what “full fraggle” means.)

 

Great. Now my sketchbook is going to get warts.
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Colonial Mouse

Just one week ago I was in Philadelphia for the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Awards convention. I hadn’t spent that much time in that city in years, and I loved it. I love the history in that city, and wish that more of the colonial times had been preserved there.

I was disappointed that each day I tried, I could not get into Independence Hall. I just thought you could show up and go in like Nicolas Cage did in National Treasure. Turns out that you probably need to book your admission months in advance. Thanks for the misinformation Nicolas. Sigh.

Anyway, I got to doodlin’ in my sketchbook the other day, and came up with this man from the colonies with a stowaway on his rad ponytail. After finishing it, I realized it was an idea I had seen before in an old Disney cartoon called Ben and Me – the man & mouse part, not the ponytail set-up. Seek it out if you haven’t seen it – Benjamin Franklin owed all his achievements to a mouse.

 

If you thought the Liberty Bell was cracked, imagine this guy’s psyche after repeatedly trying to get rid of that mouse!
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