Uncle Ernie's Creature Ink
One consistent element in the art I have done since I was a boy is monsters.
Friday, December 11, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
A CookieDoodle
I drew another CookieDoodle art parody. One of the iconic comic book covers from the 1970's was by Bernie Wrightson for DC's House of Secrets #92. Len Wein and Wrightson created the character for a one off story in that DC anthology comic, but the character is still going strong today.
There is nothing too ominous about my parody of that cover, unless you wish not to share your baked goods.
I can not find that I posted my first try at a CookieDoodle. Here is that splash page parody of the story by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby from Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four # 51.
Sesame Street characters @ Sesame Workshop
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman
It is the beginning of Autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. I was thinking about Johnny Appleseed.
From what I have recently read, Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, actually planted cider apple seeds. In colonial times cider was the most common beverage. Water was often not safe to drink and most homesteads had an apple orchard.
Friday, April 03, 2020
Amabie, a Japanese yokai for luck, but still wash your hands.
"A long-haired merperson with three scaly tails and a beak might not
seem like someone you’d want in your corner, but there’s a good reason
this mythological creature is gaining traction online.
The character, known as Amabie, is one of the yōkai—a class of spirits first popularized in Japanese folklore during the Edo period.
According to legend, seeing and distributing Amabie’s image can keep
infectious disease away. It stands to reason, then, that artists around
the world are now sharing their interpretations of the classic creature
on social media."
From Smart News, Smithsonian Magazine. Read the article here.
From Smart News, Smithsonian Magazine. Read the article here.
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Friday, October 25, 2019
Halloween 2019 Cute and Scary!
Lately, I do not seem to draw cute well. I sent my "Tanuki's Dream" to a young friend. She informed me that it was scary.
Here is my attempt to draw a cuter tanuki for Halloween. The more I worked on it, the weirder it became. Maybe something cute and scary is more disturbing than either just scary or cute!
Well, in Japanese the words for cute, kawaii, and scary, kowai, sound very similar to my American ears.
Here is my attempt to draw a cuter tanuki for Halloween. The more I worked on it, the weirder it became. Maybe something cute and scary is more disturbing than either just scary or cute!
Well, in Japanese the words for cute, kawaii, and scary, kowai, sound very similar to my American ears.
Saturday, October 05, 2019
Happy October 2019
I wanted to have some fun with a Happy Halloween drawing for this year before I became busy with other projects. The Japanese at the bottom of the pumpkin art reads, "Kabocha Goblins" and "Happy Halloween."

I was told "kabocha goblins" is the closest translation into English for how I wrote "kabocha no obake." Other friends have told me "obake" is like a ghost or spirit of an object.
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Tanuki's Dream |
Have a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Tuesday, June 04, 2019
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