I’ve told you I don’t sketch much, and that’s true. That doesn’t mean I never sketch. These are some selected doodles of late, as I kick around yet again an ancient concept from the recesses of my brain. Speaking of recess, I can say I am exploring ideas, but I think in reality these sketches depict what I’d rather be doing than what I am actually doing at the moment. Note the mermaid: I have always thought real mermaids probably more closely resemble manatees than fish. I mean, that makes sense, doesn’t it? And they probably aren’t quite as pretty and don’t sing quite as well as we give them credit. Anyway, don’t ask me what this is all really about, because I can’t say.
A sketch in time
By Jimmy Johnson
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115 responses to “A sketch in time”
Wow! Nice to see behind the curtain where the magic begins.
I am glad to see the theme of the strips the last couple of days. I am seeing too many people not staying hydrated in the heat. Working on the set of ‘Salem’ this year we had somebody go through what Janice is going through nearly every day. REMINDER…..drink plenty of water!!!!
A manatee like Mermaid? Never thought of that quite like that. Like the little sketches, proves ya gots talents ta burn, of course we knew that. Over in the comments on go comics there seems to be lots of controversy over what to call a slightly older woman. Here in my area they solve that by servers calling both men and women honey and sweety when they a person gets older. It amuses my wife and I no end.
During Desert Shield / Desert Storm everyone drank their Swartzkopf letters of water on a set schedule.
Maybe I have a cruel streak but when we went to Disney World years ago, we went to Ariel’s Undersea Adventure and I remember whispering to my son “I wonder what would happen if I yelled “Fire””. As he started laughing uncontrollably, I told him that I would probably end up in jail!
Were these from the strip with Skeeter and Nat you talked about? I seem to remember a similar mermaid, but with a slightly sleeker look.
I like the sketches and the concept they present (kids, ocean, sailing, freedom, and a tinge of fantasy). I see a Sunday only serial, along the lines Prince Valiant. Yes, I read PV as a kid. I even had an aunt named Aleta (again yes, after the Princess of the same name). Would probably still read it today if I had access to it.
…or even a web-only thing, like Pibgorn(sp?) as the counterpart of Chickweed Lane that gets away with more. I would subscribe to anything you did!
As for the mermaids, I have thought that a marne mammal made more sense as well. I seem to remember one of those mass-produced sculptures in the ’80s that had done one with a dolphin tail.
At any rate, can’t wait, and glad to see Janis is going to be ok!
Steve from Royal Oak, MI: remember, even the walls have ears (mouse ears) and eyes. I had the experience of having the Pirates of the Caribbean ride being stopped in between the drops. Somebody in the boat (not me) stood up and changed seats. The ride stopped and a voice came over the speakers telling them to move back, or their ride was over. They returned to their original seat and the ride started again.
Bryan: I still read Prince Valiant on Comics Kingdom, similar to Go Comics. Several other favorites there also. I love the elaborate art on PV.
Bryan: http://comicskingdom.com/prince-valiant
Anon at 12:31 was me. I was posting from the cellphone in a doctor’s office, and the phone evidently doesn’t have my name on it.
Mark: You are truly the Linkmeister!!!
It’s about time to check on the kids. Hmmm?
I totally agree. As usual your comment is intelligent, insightful and amusing.
Apparently, Victoria’s Secret has underwater locations.
https://pmcvariety.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/littlemermaid.jpg?w=1000&h=750&crop=1
Hum. I just noticed that The Little Mermaid has a belly button. That brings to mind several questions about how merpeople reproduce, none of which I should probably pursue here.
Due to a family connection with Disney I am unable to comment also.
We really, really need that edit button.
JJ has told us. In the last [I think] segment of the Janis/mermaid series, her note to Arlo said she was going down to the Antarctic to spawn. So mermaids nurse their young but reproduce like fishes. Sing., fish [e.g., 1 eel]; pl., fish [2 eels]; multi-spp. pl., fishes [an eel and a walleye, or eels and walleyes].
Reminds me of a perhaps apocryphal story:
Prof: “… And that, students, is how fishes reproduce.”
Sweet young thing: “You mean they don’t . . ., they never . . . uh . . .?”
Prof: “Right! And that is the origin of the expression, ‘Poor fish.’ “
My college roommate [later PhD, MD], told that one to wife and me ages ago. Peace, emb
Jimmy:
Can’t say, won’t say, not allowed to say, or the better of valor?
Debbe 😉 – Walking Playlist #13 – As I’ve said before, this makes me smile, and it never gets old for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DB-iWtRv1E
And heeeeeere’s Lorraine…mostly wearing a skirt. Come for the headlights, stay for the wheels.
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4089/5122968907_292488c186_b.jpg
Two Indians had the good fortune to actually see a mermaid on a rock. They had a good look, and after she had dived under water, one Indian turned to the other and said, “How?”
Debbe 😉 In answer to your questions about where I found all the pictures of Lorraine, the InterWebNet is full of them. Apparently she is a big deal on the telly in the UK, having hosted morning shows for about 30 years, and she must be heavily covered in their press.
I even found a putatively untouched photo of her wearing a bikini to celebrate a weight loss, a la Valerie Bertinelli and Melissa Joan Hart. And she didn’t look bad for a lady of 55 years.