#72: Weird Week #1

Hello talent scouts,

When you draw a lot of cartoons, you tend to also draw a few weird ones. A few cartoons that seem like great gags at the time, but when you look back you think: “Does that actually work?”. And then you put your head in your hands.

Those are the cartoons in this week’s newsletter.

This week, we find a cracked safe happy for the attention, some disappointed fine dining birds, and some baseball signals that just can’t get through.

Stay weird,
Chris

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Caption: “You know, it was just so nice to be heard.”

Sometimes we all want someone to listen to us.

This week, I’m just posting weird cartoons and what better way to start than with a sentient safe. You know how it is, you’re a master thief trying to steal the loot and you just need to crack open the safe. But how does the safe feel about it?

Pretty happy, I would say.

A little artist’s note: No artist notes this week… I’m not sure these cartoons are worthy of them.

Caption: “I guess I just expected a better class of vomit.”

Nothing beats home cooking.

Another weird one. You ever go out to a nice restaurant, maybe somewhere expensive, and think that you could make the same or better at home? And then what if you’re a bird?

Chew on that for a bit.

Caption: “No signal up here, either.”

What happens when baseball players get lost?

This one is weird AND obscure. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been fascinated by the secret language of signals between baseball players. The obscure hand gestures, and weird stances. Everything. To me, it’s like a whole different way to communicate which is entirely owned by these sportspeople. And I assume they would use it everywhere.

Like, say, if they were lost in the woods.

Thanks for reading MiddleSquiggle!

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