The Home of the Creative Mind

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, June 23, 2011

The Return of Stickman #1297



Did you read about the sinkhole swallowing up an oil rig worker? My wife pointed out that the street name where it occurred could be considered slightly ironic. While I was trying to figure out how to make a strip from the article my mind wandered and I came up with a couple of strip ideas. This is the first.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Return of Stickman #1295



It think the details of this news item kept changing every time I looked it up. And, yes, I know that a mink is also part of the weasel family.

This weekend I'm going to be participating in two events. I'm doing a fundraiser on Saturday for the CLAW and on Sunday I will be at the Urban Art Festival in Tacoma selling my book and merchandise.

Monday, June 20, 2011

The Comic Critic Reviews Bitten


The next time I get a movie recommendation from Netflix, I’m going to make sure that it’s not a straight-to-video production before I commit to watching it. I’m not saying that I dislike straight-to-video movies (most are crap); several of my friends have made straight-to-video movies (most are crap). I’m just saying that I need to do my due diligence so I know what I’m getting into. I had to stop watching Bitten five minutes in because my wife, a lover of vampire movies, couldn’t take watching another minute of it with me. I rescheduled it for a time when I could enjoy its, um, unique qualities all by myself. The part I liked most was the end of the movie. It had a lot of unmet potential. And I’m not talking about the script.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

The Return of Stickman #1294



Sometimes I wonder how many references would pop-up if I did a keyword search in this comic strip for the word 'rabies', or for 'Georgia' for that matter.

Ha! Made you look.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Return of Stickman #1293



Is it sad or nice that I didn't know what the phrase 'teabagging' meant until just a few years ago.