It'd rule !

Okay friends, if I don't make it to SPX what'll be the next big thing you all meet up at ?

Fuck red rooster.

I have things to say but I'm insanely tired :(

For my foreign friends..

THAT is what fairy bread is. It's just bread and butter with hundreds and thousands sprinkled on top. Sometimes it's in a plate shaped like that of a fish.

I'm like Marco fucking Polo and shit.

I am a killer !

The worst part is it was the ONLY thing I shot :(

Cowboys and Cake !

Two comics that made me laugh ALOT today.
This one by my friend Phil McAndrew.
and
This Achewood starring Philippe.

Also
To : whoever is responsible for translating Nintendogs.
Hurry the fuck up please.
Love,
Ive
P.S. What about a version with kitties ?

I like my shoes to be real orange.

Actually the shoes aren't that silly, they just suffer from the too new brightness. Thanks to my brother Paul for the birthday present.

Looong post.

My good friend Mijo emailed me this and I thought I'd answer it here.

1. Your life flashes before your eyes. What do you see ?
I've had alot of good times, but what I'd see are the missed opportunities, the stories I never got to tell and the girls I never got to kiss.

2. What are you wearing right now ?
Boring tan socks, blue cord pants, boxers with a dinosaur playing cards on them and my red Artist Republic t-shirt (one of my favourites).

3. Top five songs that are soundtracks to your life and why.
Aw crap..ummm
Dang by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Getting into the Blues Explosion was like discovering music. Dang was so loud and angry it made me skip my teen angst faze.
Istanbul/Dr. Worm by They Might Be Giants.
Because Mijo rules. If there was ever a guitar at a party back in the day he'd play Istanbul while I sung along. Dr. Worm was the first song ever dedicated to me and sometimes he puts my name in the lyrics :)
The cover of Benny and the Jets that's on the Beastie anthology.
Biz Marke sings but clearly doesn't know the words and it doesn't bother him one bit. Me and Glen screaming along to it in an empty Nash.
Stereo by Pavement.
Because Pavement were the first band I ever saw live and I can't go a week without saying "I know him and he does."
Alot of stuff by Weezer.
Because I am a nerd that loves nerds.

4. Best conversation you had last week
My mum called Friday night to say her and my dad were going away for five days. I asked where they were going and mum said they don't know, they just got in the car the next morning and drove.

5. If you could go back in time where would you go ?
I want to pat a dinosaur, kill a dictator, thank Jack Kirby and fuck Bettie Page.

6. What's something you're ashamed of ?
My rate of productivity, the mess my place is, the dishes in my sinks (kitchen and laundry). The fact that I am nowhere professionally or personally and I don't see that changing soon. I am also ashamed that I threw up on the tram that time.

7. What's your all time favorite possession?
Isosceles Lock ! oh sorry, I thought it said "favorite position"
My Hall of Justice Playset. It's exactly what I wanted for my 7th birthday and I'll never get over the fact that I actually got it.

8. Your idea of bliss.
When a party evolves and becomes breakfast with friends and I have nowhere to be the next day.

9. Your biggest addiction.
hmmm one of the following - comics, video games, the internets, Pepsi or chocolate.

10. What qualities in a human being annoy you most?
Rudeness, machismo, arrogance.

11. Have you ever walked in on anybody in a compromising situation? Please
explain.
No.

12. Who's a big spunk?
I don't like the word 'spunk', it sounds way too rude.

13. What is the dumbest thing you've eaten?
When I was very young, like too young for school I bugged my mum to make me a tomato sauce sandwich. I ate the whole thing and pretended to love it just because my mum told me I'd hate it.

14. First five words that come into your head. Right now.
Too many fucking questions fuckass.

15. Your ideal partner is . . .
nerdy, creative, cute and reading this right now.

16. Famous crushes?
Enid Coleslaw, Nona from Pete and Pete, Harley Quinn, Velma and Lady Miss Kier.

17. What's the longest you've gone without sleep?
Tuesday through to Friday. My eyes gave out before my brain did, it was quite scary.

18. Favourite celebrity couple?
Jon Spencer and Christina Martinez.

19. What gets you through the day?
The fact that people I've never met read and like my stuff.

20. The last dumb decision you made?
Every time I decide not to go to a party in Melbourne, Belinda's awesome place in particular. Again it all comes down to laziness.

21. Top 5 greatest tv shows of all time.
Simpsons, Adventures of Pete and Pete, Sopranos, The Office and I'm gonna count Aqua teen hunger force/Brak Show/Sealab 2021 and cartoon planet as one show.

22. Why am I doing this?
There's only so much info you can learn from my comic. Plus I didn't think it would take this long to do.

23. You get to be reincarnated. Who or what as?
As myself again but with the memories I have now.

24. How many funerals have you been to?
One. My grandmother's when I was very little.

25. Worst injury sustained?
My brothers have both broken one of my arms each (not at the same time).

26. The last time you thought 'I'm happy to be alive!'
Last weekend lying in Mijo's backyard while everyone else still slept. The night before was great and the grass was very soft.

27. The last time you cried.
Around easter when I thought of quitting. I was running on no sleep and stunk of Nuts about Chocolate spread. When I got home and read everyone's comments and emails I felt like the most beautiful person alive and I cried.

Me being funny.

Accuse someone of having syphilis today.

Dress sexy at my funeral.

Don't worry, I'm not planning on going anywhere soon.



Here's a new stencil I did.
It's of my favourite cartoonist on the internets Wendy Sugarpusher !
Please check her out.

Sidekick on a string is still going.

Join trouble junkie Crossbones and his cute cute sidekick Skull as they make their thrilling getaway after pulling off the most daring bank robbery in the history of naughtyness.






Sorry for not having this story on one page somewhere.
I'll try and do that before the next bit.

Cleaning day.

It's clean now but it smells like dirt.

Feh

I felt all Legend of Zelda, looking for keys to open doors and shit.

I'm a stupid idiot.

better off drinkin' than smokin' alot

stRawberry.

My friend Mijo.

This was difficult because soo much crap happened in one night.
My beard was full of butterscotch schnapps.

Job Satisfaction.

No, the time isn't wrong.
I am updating at six in the morning after having a 12 hour nap.

Pollution.

Finishing an old thing.

I don't know if I'll be able to update tomorrow, so here's this -

200 blank audio tapes.

This would have been my second ever stripfight contribution if it was done in time. Until now it sat in my sketchbook ininked and unseen. One thing I remembered while inking it is that I used to have my word balloons not stay in the panels. Uninteresting yes ?

Eatin' burgers and chicken and you be picking your nose

I only went there because they had Justice League toys.

Emergency ink brush.

Did anyone notice I was two days behind ?



I was making badges for kids as a school holiday activity thing and this kid would not leave my side for like ten minutes. I couldn't get up and leave because I was the only person that knew how to use the machine. And even when the kid left the smell stayed. It was like someone burnt a turd and held it under my nose. I wanted to throw up on the kid and say "Look what you made me do !"

LOVE and HATE on his knuckles !

I really want to bitch about my day but I should probably wait until I post the strip dealing with today first, then bitch about it.

Realisticalism.

And in real life I'm not drawn so cute.

Everyone should be a regular somewhere.

Man, this strip makes me hungry :(

"You're busy making babies.."

The whole world is gonna want one of these -
Cute soft widdle pillow talk toys !
Jamie made them himself and that impresses me and makes me wonder if I could make soft toys of my own characters.

My late birthday present.

Translation : Op shop = Oppurtunity Shop which is like a thrift store.



Would it be selfish to say that completely cheered me up ?
Was it rude of me to go out and celebrate ?

Something on a string.

Do you like my new trick where I ruin jokes by obscuring sound effects ?
Also I'm thinking of changing the name from Sidekick on a string to Skull on a string. Tell me what you think before I ink the cover.

And if you are not following the wedding extravaganza you are missing out on the most beautiful thing on the internets.

To Daily Grinders and/or friends.

Some business to take care of -

1. AIM.
Lately people are begging me to add them well I go by the name of MrBigPicnic.
I'm pretty sure you could've found that out by checking my profile --->

2. Daily Grind love exchange.
Why don't I have your stuff on my wall ? It's totally grindless except for Ed's picture of me. Send me a drawing that fits unfolded in an envelope and I promise to return the favor. Email me tell me what you want me to draw for you and i'll do the same.

Thank you.

"This is just like a festival !"

Sorry to Jennie for spelling her name wrong in yesterdays comic :(

Congratulations !

Chicken milker Edward Grug III is getting married to chinchilla eating Natasha Allegri.
Read the first part here.

And then the second part here.

Waiting.

In fact I'm not getting any mail at all.
But at least I have an actual letterbox again.

The people they kill get up and kill !

Check out my heavy metal friend P3SS3SSOd's Zombie Project. It's damn impressive.
Be sure to let him know if you want to buy it.

"Elvis was big and fat.."

I can't believe I haven't seen a zombie pope drawing yet. Am I not looking in the right places ?

"We're all here, drinkin' beer.."

April Fool's Switcharoo

My favourite Daily Grinder Wendy Sugarpusher drew this for me ! Thank you so much for making me look sssexy.

I drew a strip for Stephen Burrell.

Occasional geek muse Sara drew me a birthday picture !

Yep it's my birthday and if this seems all over the place it's because I'm a little hungover. I don't care though because girls draw pictres for me.

More of that Sidekick on a string.

With this we reach the halfway point of the most exciting story in supervillain history.

I'm up too damn early.

My latest piece of Ive Sorocuk fanfic.



This is dedicated to alot of you. You'd totally do a shit wouldn't you ?
And no, I don't actually scratch my nuts with such blatant gusto in real life.
It's just the perfect pose to go with such a perfect question.

Tomorrow is my birthday by the way.