#24: Vacations
Hello escapees,
I’m on holiday/vacation this week, so this week’s cartoons are all about taking some time off.
This week you’ll find an airport check, a home escape, and a security system gone wrong.
On the trip of a lifetime,
Chris
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Who knows someone with a really big head?
Maybe it’s a friend. A family member. Maybe it’s you. Whoever it is, perhaps this airport check is on the near horizon.
Watch out, my big-headed friends.
A little artist’s note: The question we all need to ask ourselves with this cartoon is a simple: how big does a head have to be to be funny? I wrestled with this for a while. Is it too big? Is it too small? Is it so monstrously big that the person wouldn’t make it into the airport, let alone the airplane? The result: big enough to be silly, not big enough to be a planet.
I’ve always been fascinated by the idea of a staycation.
And I’ve also really liked how a parasol can turn a regular old drink into something from a lush tropical location. Thus, these three things are all anyone really needs to have a successful staycation.
Parasols for the win.
A little artist’s note: Nice. Simple. Largely effective. That’s the aim with this cartoon. I experimented with adding people, but I found that the objects on their own made the joke hit in just the right way. Hopefully.
Caption: “For security, I've scheduled the lights to come on, the stereo to play and, to be extra cautious, I've cancelled our trip.”
I think this could be me.
I’m the overcautious type. I double-check everything. Triple-check sometimes. And I’m always security conscious. And while this has never led me to the conclusion that a trip should be cancelled entirely, the prospect has definitely occurred to me when the logistics get a little too difficult.
Maybe this is you too?
A little artist’s note: There are a few fairly annoyed people in this scene, and one rather sheepish but animated father. The visual challenge here is to show the emotion of both sides. The father has done something he’s not entirely sure about and the rest of the family are definitely not sure about it, so getting those emotions across in their stances was fairly important. But, also, the details in the background work to make this real, as you will notice from the fine lines on the couch behind them.
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