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Welcome to PooBahSpiel, the online voice and home of the creative mind of Mark Monlux, Illustrator Extraordinaire. Prepare yourself for an endless regaling of art directly from the hand of this stellar artist. And brace yourself against his mighty wind of pontification. Updates are kinda weekly and show daily sketches, current projects, and other really nifty stuff.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Cartoons and Poetry Together



In Tacoma was a poetry reading to celebrate the city's new poet laureate. Poets were encouraged to pull in other types of artists into their readings. There were musicians, dancers, and, yes, cartoonists. Elliot and I went old school with transparencies and an overhead projector.

The Return of Stickman #1152


I had a lot of questions about this guy who walks into a police station with two buckets, each with a human head in it. My questions concern the buckets. Was the guy just walking along with two buckets at the ready? Did he go home for them? Or were the heads...um...prepackaged? As you can imagine, the fellow who brought in the heads is a suspect.