Raindance Support Group

I honestly don't remember what brought this one about other than the fact that Leah came up with the joke. Sometimes one of us will crack a joke and I'll say, "Ah, that would make a great cartoon", and so an idea is born. This was fun because with the fire, I played with the lighting and contrast some.

Mock Hero: Technopillar

Again, the superhero genre needs some roughing up, and what better to do that with than a cyber-butterfly or something. I don't know... crime fighting butterfly by night, mild mannered worm by day. Hard to say how this will go. But I think it may have potential. Anyway, here's Technopillar ambling around Baltimore's Inner Harbor!

Mock-Hero: Darkbark

When I was a kid, I had all kinds of ideas for stuff. I did read some super-hero comics, but they get pretty lame pretty quick. I mean, who really looks so muscular that you resemble a sack of potatoes? Who does that? Anyway, I decided to do some mock stuff, because that whole genre just begs to be made fun of. I recently remembered this character as well as others and thought of doing something with them. I haven't decided what yet, but I'd like to do something that also teaches a more spiritual lesson, instead of just sheer entertainment. So here's the dog superhero type. Oh, and if I can jab at underdog anytime, I will. I couldn't stand that cartoon! So please please please, don't think this is influenced in any way shape or form by that annoying cartoon... please.

The Ogre Boss

I often get inspiration for a comic idea just before bed, so I am usually scrambling to jot down an idea while my wife tries to figure out why I am running around like a madman. So here's the result of one of those times. What if your boss looked like this? Be thankful for the boss you have!

Pavlov's Cat

My wife and I were talking and she mentioned Pavlov's dog. We were feeding our cats at the time, and I wondered what Pavlov's cat would have been like...

God's Sheep-Shepherds

I have been thinking a lot about ministry while in Thailand. One thing that occurred to me was that God while God has called men to "shepherd" other believers, those shepherds are still sheep! I think sometimes that is a forgotten fact, and those in ministry can look at the others in the church as "those people". Truth is, we're all "those people". And we all do stupid things, and so we all need the Great Shepherd to guide us all! And interesting thought to ponder...

The Painter is the Artist, Not the Brush

I had done some thinking about how God uses people. I was thinking of a number of instances where the Bible speaks of God using people as the means to do things in the world. It's really something to stop and think about. It's sort of like a painter using a brush. This is something that I am pretty familiar with, so I thought it would make a good illustration. One guy has all the fancy equipment, and yet can do little more than a stick figure. The other guy has meager equipment and yet produces a masterpiece. So it is with our lives. It's really not about how good the brush (people) is, it's about how good the artist is. And since in the illustration, the artist is God... well, we don't have to make our lives a masterpiece, God's already at work doing that. And He'll probably do a better job than we could. I chose Psalm 100:3 to sound this out. God made us, not ourselves. And He is so much more capable of painting a masterpiece out of our lives.