Howler Monkey Reading Nikolai Dante: Too Cool To Kill

What's that you say Bubbles? That this is the very finest piece of graphic literature that you have ever seen? Wow, that's saying something, because you've read them ALL Bubbles haven't you! Oh really? It's 208 pages and available from Simon & Schuster this July? What did you say the ISBN number was ? 9781907519895  and it's available from Amazon for a measly $16.31 , why that seems like an absolute STEAL!  And what else? Oh the creators are particularly handsome and charismatic people, especially the artist? What's his name again? John M. Bur....!!!!!


   .....very funny! 
That's the last time I'm helping you with your Tax return buster!


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She Sells Seashells (monkey)

I do monkeys, it's my default position.

Another one of them Tarsier Monkeys in Space!

Scientists can be so cruel...

Monkey

SNOW MONKEY These guys crack me up

Monkey: Damn Dirty Ape or Why I Hate Chimps

Deep 6's very own west coast expatriate Leland Purvis chose today's theme, "monkey".

I have a complicated relationship with monkeys, or more specifically, apes. I like bonobos, I'm all about gorillas, and who doesn't love a good orangutan? But chimpanzees? Ick.

Any other large wild animal that you have the misfortune of having a run-in with, you can reasonably expect it to simply kill you. Tiger, bear, alligator-- they have the decency to kill and eat you. A chimp, on the other hand... if it's not eating your face and hands, it's pulling off your genitals and then leaving you alive. They suck.

btw, this is my second "chimp with a skull " piece I've drawn for Drawbridge. Here's the other.

Monkey - SamSam

Back when I was at Art College in the late 80s, I used to visit Edinburgh Zoo a lot to draw the animals. Specifically I wanted to draw the apes and the ape I ended up drawing the most was the alpha male Lowland Gorilla called SamSam. He was pretty laid back, sedentary, a bit overweight, so he would sit for hours while I drew his portrait. Though I was careful to avoid eye contact with him as that constitutes aggressive behavior for a Gorilla. I knew my place, he was the boss.

From those drawings I did a number of etchings and finally a 4'x6' painting of SamSam, which is still hanging in my parents house. I think it's my most successful painting.

While doing this drawing ( steel pen only , no pencil ) I Googled SamSam to find out what had happened to him. There's a thing called the Gorilla Studbook, which gives details of each of these animals lives.

This is SamSam's entry

I wasn't expecting to be quite so sad out this.

Leland chose "Monkey" as the theme today...

Flying Monkey

'Cause there's nothing more terrifying than a monkey that can fly. Also, it seems I've been drawing a lot of skulls lately.

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