This was another one of those ones where I saw the art and said “Dammit, I have to do SOMETHING with this.”
Was this drawn by someone completely unfamiliar with American sporting events and their associated stupid merchandise? Or was the artist trying to make a point about how we, as a society…put…stuff…over thataway, or…I really don’t know.
My attempt to put a story behind this piece isn’t my finest moment, but it at least addresses one possible reason why someone might be wearing a foam finger at a 90 degree angle. And hints at why someone wearing such a finger would also be wearing business casual dress.
It does not address the fact that the protagonist is also making a peace sign, and I assure you I am losing sleep over this.
In other news, we’re into the final five days of the Kickstarter for my band’s new album! I’ve introduced an additional prize: Handmade keychains courtesy of my lovely wife, featuring some of my more abstract song lyrics.
The Kickstarter – including a new video update which takes me all over Rochester with my new keytar and features a guest appearance by Susan B. Anthony – can be found at this here link.
Also, next weekend I’ll be performing at DeepSouthCon in Huntsville, Alabama, along with Dr. Demento! Balder’s gonna be there too! Should be a great time!
See you soon,
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It’s not a peace sign, he’s acting out the ‘neutering’ with a scissors-esque gesture.
When I saw those keyrings, before reading the blurb, I assumed they were for puting on your cat’s collar, first one kind of makes sense, second one more so (though in a disturbing way), third one, not so much.
Buzzholio
JOnn – Thank you, you just made my morning.
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That’s just a baffling picture.. the only other thing I can think of is he’s pitching an idea to whichever arcade game first used the “get moving!” pointer arrow to let you know you’re idling too long and getting too much time out of your 25 cents.
Clearly, he is cosplaying as that greatest of unsung heroes: the menu cursor from Final Fantasy II. There are little buttons inside the finger to make it produce the appropriate beeping noises.
Bah! Any fool can see that he’s celebrating VEOT Day: Victory in Europe, Over Thataway.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Churchill_waves_to_crowds.jpg
What I don’t understand is why he looks just like Bruce Campbell.
Having lived almost my entire life in cities with major sports franchises, I have come to the conclusion that not only are Mascots and Foam “Anythings” creepy, but almost certainly one of the signs of the apocalypse.