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Turkey Cartoons
There is nothing I don't like about Thanksgiving turkey. The crispy skin, the big hunks of meat, the cooking the stuffing in it... Just writing this is making me hungry!!
Turkeys are also way too much fun to do cartoons about. They're fun to draw, there's the whole impending doom thing, and they were Ben Franklin's choice for the national bird! Jackpot!!
So, since Thanksgiving is almost here, I thought I'd share some of my favorite turkey cartoons. Gobble gobble!
I do so love drawing animals in ordinary day-to-day situations. Working in offices, sitting on the couch, but one of special favorites is the bar. Animals hunched over drinking their problems away is almost funny enough without a caption. Throw in another holiday related animal and some bitter envy and you've got yourself a pretty good cartoon (if I do say so myself).
Ok, I always like selling a cartoon, but sometimes just drawing the cartoon is enough. Turkey newscaster with a turkey murder chalk outline? Fun!!
This cartoon, on further reflection, probably has a little too much going on to work well. You have to see that the doctor character is a plastic surgeon, you have to see that the picture the turkey is handing over is a duck... There's probably a simpler way to do this with a longer caption, but I couldn't get myself to stretch it out. Sometimes the balancing act gets a little tipsy.
Mostly I draw Thanksgiving turkey cartoons where the bird is dealing with the upcoming unpleasantness, so this one where the turkey is actually dead is a bit of a departure. But once I got "leftovers" in my head I couldn't get it out, so we get the sort of sad cartoon above. Still, leftovers is kinda funny.
This cartoon is your basic reversal. What would turkeys eat for Thanksgiving?
You'd think they shy away from the whole holiday, never mind a turkey-ish main dish, but there it is. Who knew?!
Pop-up thermometers are inherently funny. They just are. I'm not saying they're not useful, and I have to admit they're kind of cool, but the name "pop-up thermometer" is awesomely goofy.
We'll, that does it for our fine feathered fun. Feel free to check out all of my turkey cartoons, and enjoy your feast, everyone!
Thanksgiving Cartoons
I love Thanksgiving! It's the purest of the big three holidays. I mean, unless you're in the turkey, pumpkin, or cranberry sauce business, there's not a lot to commercialize. Just food, family, and fun. Not bad, huh?
This being only a blog, I can't help with the food or the family, but I can definitely help with the fun with this smallish smorgasbord of Thanksgiving cartoons. Dig in!
Sure, we all like a big Thanksgiving feast, but for a certain subset of fine-feathered friends it's not so much fun. And I guess if I were a turkey right about now I'd be wondering what the cards held for me. Luckily for me I get then chance to explore that quite literally in the above cartoon.
Of course most turkeys aren't going to fare well, but thankfully (see what I did there?) this turkey is getting some help with his impending doom.
I had to look up the stages for coping with death to make sure I got them right, and then included my own little addendum. Apologies to Kubler-Ross.
Ok, I admit it, I don't know what an x-ray of a turkey looks like. I tried looking it up, but never could find anything. So I punted and just sort of drew a few ribs. Hopefully I haven't offended any turkeys and/or x- ray technicians.
Tryptophan is one of those things that once a year everyone knows about. (It's the stuff in turkey that apparently makes you sleepy.) But the rest of the year poor old tryptophan just lays there eating cheetos watching reality TV just waiting for Thanksgiving.
Sad really.
I love holidays that aren't on a specific day. New Year's Day is January 1. Boring! Valentines Day is February 14. Yawn!
Gimme those holidays that are like figuring out an equation any day! Fourth Thursday in November! That's what I'm talking about!
This is probably my personal favorite of my own Thanksgiving cartoons. It has all my favorite cartoon elements: animal in an office, a caption that won't work without the art and vice- versa, and impending though relatively unspecific death.
Well that does it. Hope you enjoyed 'em, and feel free to check out all of my Thanksgiving cartoons!
Gobbled
OK, I'm a little late for Thanksgiving, and there's just two left, but thought I'd share a quick pic of some turkey cookies the Mrs. and the kids made:
YUM!
Underdog – Simon Says No Thanksgiving
Here's a little treat for you on Thanksgiving - a great Underdog episode entitled "Simon Says No Thanksgiving."
There's some great promo stuff at the beginning of the video immediately below, but if you just wanna start the episode, it starts at around 1:47:
Here's part two in which Simon Bar Sinister is going to get rid of Thanksgiving so he can cross the street. I kid you not:
OK, here's part three in which Simon Bar Sinister does a funky dance. Enjoy:
Now the big ending! What will happen!?
