I am so damn tired

Okay…new blogs every Wednesday…so…uhm…here we go. I just did two mid-sized comic-cons in two weeks so I am tired.  So damn tired.  I’ll give the winners and losers of 2015 next week, I have to get a little info from a friend of mine on a couple of things so… Continue reading

False bravado vs unfounded terror

I read a blog recently ( that I should have copied the link too, but forgot) about how creative types end up, through manipulation or self loathing, doing more work than they are actually being paid to do.  Among other points made was this ” all artists secretly feel like… Continue reading

9-11…what a joke.

Not long after 9-11 I came up with a gag.  It starts with King Kong getting loose, climbing to the top of the Empire State Building and swatting at airplanes. He’s knocked down and captured and chained ( you probably see where this is going because I started off talking… Continue reading

TWD and Dr.Seuss

Chasing Dr.Seuss I am notorious for doing things over and wringing my hands over details.  At the level I take it , it is probably not good. HOWEVER…all you illustrators, or illustrators in the making, who have heard this while worrying about some detail -“no one is going to notice… Continue reading

The big 150, sexy costumes, and being sick of somethings’ effects on market value

It’s the 150th anniversary of Alice In Wonderland.  Quite a milestone for a book.  Sort of.  Just being 150 years old is more or less inevitable, barring any unforeseen apocalyptic obliteration of time itself.  Alice in Wonderland is 150 years old, Arsenic Lullaby will one day be 150 years old…hell,… Continue reading

This weeks Podcast- Earn money at home by learning from Orwell

May 10 2015 – Earn money at home by learning from Orwell  Douglas devises uses for drones including killing old people, going on blind dates, and confusing rioters listen by clicking below ( podcasts usually appear on Itunes within 6 hours of being published here) http://www.arseniclullabies.com/Podcasts/ASV201505010c.mp3 for more podcasts www.astrangersvoice.com… Continue reading

This weeks Podcast- the Pragmatism of the Gay community vs rioting

the Pragmatism of the Gay community vs rioting “funny how the Gay community managed to bring the entire State of Indiana to it’s knees and get them to change their own law within two weeks without one act of violence” Doug compares the uselessness of protesting and rioting and the… Continue reading

This weeks podcast – a Dastardly Duo

Because Douglas was out of town for a convention Sunday, this week’s blog is a rerun- featuring a rare guest,  Christopher Herndon and fellow Illustrator and fellow …uhm… eccentric .  New Podcast next week that will perhaps be full of tales of his 9 hour car ride.  For now though…listen… Continue reading

This weeks podcast- the frightening world of adult dating

Doug reaps what he sows on an online dating site, briefly reads a story about a man who injected silicone into his penis, and THEN…believe it or not finally address the Bill Cosby accusations in an insightful and mature way, and swerves into a theory that the sheer numbers point… Continue reading

This week Podcast- romance of the damned

  This weeks Podcast- After describing an unorthodox plan for making sure next winter is not so depressing, Doug wanders into the horrific land of online dating and describes what is available to him in his area. “This is like the online dating site of Dr. Moreau”.  We also learn… Continue reading

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