2010 Wrapup!

The holidays have come and gone, 2011's already started up, I have new jobs, additional new roommates... Times are changing, and much too fast! But it's all going great right now. So the following post is a "cheater post", because I want to show off how my holidays were and what kind of goodies I got. Enjoy!

BOXING DAY is the most anticipated day of the year! This British-themed party that Molly and Carl threw was so much fun! Here's Kali as Vyvyan from The Young Ones. I accidentally missed the "british" memo.

Molly ROCKS IT. Hahaha!

Carl wants to sweep your chimneys. Kali wants you to STICK IT.


Oh yeah, and that Christmas thing happened too. I got lots of great gifts! Here's a DEVO wallet from Molly and Carl!


Swanky new headphones from Kali! Thanks so much budzone!!!


More from Molly and Carl! A Mad Hatter pin and a little finger friend. I got the Donald pin for myself, haha.


Brianne sent me this super cute holiday card! Thank you soo much, pal!


I also got tons of other gifts, mostly for me! Look at all the awesome I gave to myself... like Sugar Pops Pete!!


Disney Gremlins and Alice toys!



A lovable, hugable Neil Hamburger plush doll. Purchased at a live show of his I attended at Club Congress, whoa!!


My new favorite coffee mug.


These AMAZING tiki masks were found at the greatest store on earth, Bookman's. Gonna put these babies right up on our living room wall!


And last but certainly not least, my big present to myself: these gorgeous Dia de los Muertos statues!!!!


Don't let these photos fool you- these two are HUGE. Like a foot and a half tall. Hand-sculpted and extremely fragile.


Finally, right up until the 31st it was nonstop fun. Here's our New Years karaoke night!


A Ms. Pac-Man arcade game is the best kind of table for relaxing with your drinks.


"Do I creep you out?"


Well, a new year brings new possibilities, new memories, and new fun. The next couple weeks especially, we will be bringing webcomics, brand new short videos and other great surprises to you. Until then!

It's Chrimbus!

Have a happy one, everybody. :)

HAPPY HALLOWEENIE!

Beware of

HITCHHIKING GHOSTS!!!!!!!!!!!

XMAS GIFTS!!! pt. 2

Xmas Gifts Week continues! This below is for my dear pals Ricky and Sibylle Garduno, the masterminds behind 1930 Nightmare Theatre!

(the ink)

XMAS GIFTS!!! pt. 1

for Ben! Scribble and Skarfy fawn over the cuteness of Jo Minkus.

(the ink)

for Scott! His lovely character Matildha.

(the ink)

HOORAY! FOR CARTOON BALLOONS!!!

Hey so I realize the last few posts haven't included any cartoons from yours truly, Nico. Well, I've been drawing like CRAZY!! But it's all top secret for Dumm Comics and can't be unveiled until the time is right. So stay patient, buddies!

In the meantime tho-
CARTOON BALLOONS!

So around Thanksgiving I saw some of these on Cartoon Brew and it GOT ME THINKING about cartoon balloons! So I thought I'd do a bit more research and look through all the fun Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade floats throughout the years! Here's Mickey from 1934... wild!!

What I really love about how old cartoons used to be commercialized was how strange and off-model they made everyone. Look how FUN this big-nosed gnome is!!! You would never see anything this bizarre in the parades today.

HAHAHAHA! Behold, it's Superguy and his amazing barrel chest of hot air. They just didn't care how strange these looked as long as it was fun or funny. This one's hilarious!

Here we see Popeye taking over the world and nobody seems to mind. GREAT FLOAT!!

WHOA, this Mickey and Donald are crazy awesome. How can characters be so off-model yet you can still completely tell who they are? I guess that's the power of classic appealing characters.

Smokey the Man-Bear enforces the rules and keeps everyone in line. Don't have too much fun!

More funs:


So then I looked up photos from this and last year's parades and was utterly SHOCKED. Look at the characters they've chosen to portray holiday balloon fun!! Why is the ugly grumpy farting Shrek man so adored by today's world? I'll never understand it.

Look! They've brought San Diego Comic-Con to the Macy's parade!

By far the creepiest float ever created is the looming kid-luring cheeseburger man.

Man-eating Dora descends upon her victims.

Props to the Spongebob for at least being in the spirit of the old cartoon floats.

Here is a float that makes no sense to me. What is this thing, a TRON rabbit? What beloved character is this? Pointy futuristic ears and computer mascots with no faces are appealing to someone I suppose. I'm sure kids were jumping with joy when this timeless thing floated by.

Don't worry, because this story has a happy ending. The farting ogre beast was finally captured around 6:30pm on Thanksgiving Day and promptly bound and netted. It will be subjected to a slow death by self-deflating. Thanksgiving is saved!!!!!

HOLIDAY HANGOVER

HEYYYYYYY 2009!

Look at some cool arty stuff I got during the holidays!

WOW! These are the movies that made these guys famous. Kali got me this awesome DVD collection. She later found out that one of John's presents for her was the exact same set, haha.

I got this in the mail from Jess and Casey, and it's homemade!! Thanks buddies! You made my heart grow 3 sizes.

Molly and Carl got me some great books, and one of them is called Happy Kitty Bunny Pony! THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!! It's a pop art collection of bizarre and sickenly cute animal illustrations from old ads and greeting cards. Hilarious stuff!!


OMG
Some great paints too!!

Very cool!!

Then they even sent me and Kali a card in the mail! Aww, it's us!! THANKS MARL.

PLUS: David WHIPPED this out for me. haha!


Thanks everybody!! This is going to be the greatest year ever.


On a side note,
I think I'm about ready to share my NEW blog with the world... Yeah yeah, I know, how many friggen websites do I need anyway? Well apparently I need one more.
It has nothing to do with cartoons though! It's about one of my other passions... photography! It's called double takes and it's a photo blog of all my favorite girl, fashion, old movie, and random (okay, mostly girls) images I've collected from books and internet over the years. I update Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays, so if you're into this kind of thing be sure to check it very often!!

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