Friday, May 18, 2012

Khal Drogo and The 5 Dollar Pizza

The $5 pizza is perhaps the greatest value in America these days.  But do you think this is a recent development?  If you do, then you would be extremely wrong.  The ancient tradition of "The Value Grease Pie" goes all the way back to Game of Throne Times.  Unfortunately, HBO cameras never catch the part where Khal Drogo picks up 42 Pepperoni and Cheeses to feed the clan for the evening.  They do however, catch the part where he rips a man's entire voicebox out of his throat.  Or when he pours freshly melted gold on a dude's head for talking reckless. But I'm not mad at that, that's good TV.  I just want people to know you can be a tribe of aggressive, nomadic warriors AND still recognize the value of a five buck pizza.  I'm sure their currency wasn't dollar bills though...probably animal pelts or something...maybe human eyeballs.  We can't be sure.
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Note: Khal Drogo was the inspiration, as you can clearly see from the picture above, of the franchise's first logo/mascot.  He was never compensated.  It is believed to be the sole reason why he was so angry.

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Buzzed

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Barber commissions account for roughly 76% of my yearly income.  Couldn't tell you why.  Apparently I'm just a hit in shops all around this magnificent planet.  They probably are drawn (get it) to the incredible attention to detail, soothing color palette, and obviously, the little barber pole I draw in invisible ink in the top left corner of all of my illustrations.  I feel at this point if you don't realize I just put random sentences together until eventually there are enough to make a paragraph, then this post should put it over the top for you.
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There. Wasn't that more exciting than "Here is a commission I did.  It is of a barber."?  I'm giving you stories, people!