>Lickyweeks

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Of course, I had to have my input on this wikileaks.com stuff that is going on. Am I surprised by the info leaked. Not really. Could it threaten US interests and even lives? Possibly. Does it make good fodder for snarky comic strips? Definitely.

>Eleven is Too High

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For those of you that do not know much about the movie Spinal Tap, it is a mockumentary about the struggles of a rock group. Anyway, one of the classic quotes from it refers to the fact that one of their members has an amplifier that goes up to 11 (most only go up to 10).

Of course, the comic strip itself has obvious ties to the fear of radiation from backscatter machines.

>Wild Turkey

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This one started from looking for a comic idea around turkey. Sure, I could have gone the usual “I say turkey but I’m not talking about you” type of theme. However, once I thought of Wild Turkey, I challenged myself to create a cartoon around that confusion. I could not find another way to misspeak or misinterpret alcohol, so I had to misunderstand booze. And the dressing comment was originally “Will there be dressing? No, I’ll probably sit around in my underwear.” I had to look up the type of liquor it was and the alcohol percentage. I did know I wanted to end with the “100%” comment.

>Gowns

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A friend at work suggested that maybe we should just wear hospital gowns to the airport now. Of course, that became an obvious topic for CoV and I knew what the characters needed to say immediately.

>Thanksgiving in January

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All I knew when I came in was that I wanted to do a Thanksgiving-themed comic. So, I Googled “original thanksgiving” to find other dates when it has been held. However, once I started the strip, I decided it should really be held in January if you want to give thanks for presents. Of course, I used Mr. Green to champion for the real meaning of the season.

>Ticket

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A coworker suggested that I comment on the proliferation of work-tracking applications we have. Every team seems to have its own place to open tickets requesting their resources. I am sure you see this, too, at your workplace.

>Badges

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Another in the PM Auditor series, but I forgot to put the banner across the first two panels. As you can tell, I took the inspiration from Blazing Saddles.

>Code in my Doze

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It so happens I do have a cold in my nose. So, I used this as a vehicle to deliver the point of this comic, which was the idea of Faithbook. I toyed with removing the Faithbook reference and playing more with the faith vs face idea. Maybe mentioning wanting a faith healer and Mr. Green saying ‘face healer”? In the end, I stayed with my original panels.

>Vizzini, Project Auditor

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This is another in the Project Auditor series. The problem with some people or movies is that their quotes are too familiar. It can be challenging to fit a quote into a different context. So, I knew I had to use INCONCEIVABLE. A couple of the other quotes were adapted from other characters in The Princess Bride (such as YOU KILLED MY …. PREPARE TO DIEt).

>Diet Lunch

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I really don’t remember where the inspiration for this came from. I do know that I was up letting out the dog at 2:30am Saturday when I thought about it. So, I wrote myself a note so that I would not forget the idea. BTW, can you tell they are in a car?