Christmas Cheer

'Tis the season to be a hurdy gurdy of emotions and tingles.

Will you miss out on a toy this year?

Never fear - here's one just for you to help celebrate the birth of tiny baby capitalism all those years ago. Big thanks to CustomPaperToys for the template. Clickety Click to make it bigger.

Have a merry Christmas and a safe new year.

Lliam

West World

I saw this film when I was kid snuggled between Mum and Dad on the old couch with the tatty orange spread. The 70's tv advertising gave way to the feature film and it then preceded to scare 5 kinds of crap out of me. Was it the unrelenting cold stare of Yul? The mindless violence and sex the guests participated in? The nihilistic way the tables were turned? The blood's highly unusual shade of bright red? Whatever it was, I didn't own a computer until I was 21.

Webcomic - Bubblewrap

When Dan Beeston from Brisbane's Impro Mafia troupe first asked me if I was interested in being part of a webcomic engine he was creating I laughed, patted his fuzzy head and said "sure...sure Dan...I'll write for your crazy machine" and went back to drinking my cocktail (it was a Smirnoff Smug with a Twist of Disbelief)

Well a year went by I'd only heard whispers and wild rumours. Nobody had seen Dan in some time and we'd all but given up hope - and our lemon supplies were running low as well.... When suddenly he appeared - ragged and smelling of basement and eardust but triumphant none the less.

I guess I had to start knuckling down and churning out some ideas........

Ladies and Gentlemen - the online sensation that is "Bubblewrap"


My characters start about a week in.

He's so Continental (not the soup)

Question: Why do so many men in the 1930s-40s have those little trimmed moustaches? Clark Gable, Errol Flynn, Walt Disney?

Answer: Called The Continental or the After-8, the fashion was first set by early movie star Douglas Fairbanks, and further propagated by top nightclub Latin bandleaders like Xavier Cugat. Other cinema stars like John Gilbert, Gilbert Roland and Ronald Colman followed, and soon every leading man needed a pencil thin moustache to look cool. Clark Gable’s moustache even had it’s own name- Sir Sharpness.

(from Tom Sito's excellent Blog)

I call mine "The Toff Tache" or "The Mod Wolf"

Bonds, James Bonds

I love the little "uhhhhh" on Craig....

Getting there (hair)

'Tache For Cash

Hello fellow hedonists.

"Movember" is here and I have been poked and taunted into joining in on the follicle fund-raising festivities. So be it!

In November I will be grooming and coercing the Flynn 'Tache in order to help raise money for some very worthy causes - the fight against prostate cancer and men's depression. I would be as proud as punch if you would help me by making a donation. No matter what amount - you'll be a "Viscount of the Heart" in my book.


Here's all the guff:

Go here: https://www.movember.com/au/donate/donate-details.php?rego=1411896&country=au
and donate online using your credit card or PayPal ccount,

or

Write a cheque payable to ‘Movember Foundation', referencing my Registration Number 1411896 and mailing it to:

Movember Foundation
PO Box 292
Prahran VIC 3181

Remember, all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Thank you all and here's to a fine specimen come December 1st :)