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Category Archives: Infotoons
Happy Groundhog Day 2012
Here’s a little sketch of Punxsutawney Phil, direct from my desk calendar. Happy Day!
To air is human
Here’s another visual pun. I love listening to people talk, then misinterpreting what they just said. And of course, there’s always a visual. Let me know if there’s a phrase you’d like to see. Enjoy!
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Tagged doodle, farting, freelance illustration, games for kids, pun, puns
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How High? Clouds and their relative heights
Here’s an infotoon on the heights of clouds. When you see a cloud in the sky, how high is it? Here’s a relative chart that can help approximate what kinds of clouds those are and roughly how high in the … Continue reading
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Tagged altocumulus, altostratus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus, cirrus, clouds, cumulonimbus, cumulus, fog, nimbostratus, rain, snow, stratocumulus, stratus, weather, weather forecasting
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Snow Gods
When the illustrator is bored, and there are several inches of snow on the ground, what better time to break out the sculptor chops? And what could be farther from the snowy plains of Kansas than something befitting Easter Island? … Continue reading
The Winter Solstice
Today (December 21st, 2011) is the Winter Solstice, or shortest day of the year. Because of the axial tilt of our planet as it spins around the sun, this day marks the 24-hour period in which the Northern Hemisphere receives … Continue reading
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Tagged autumnal equinox, axial tilt, December 21, Infotoon, seasons, summer solstice, Sun, vernal equinox, whimsical illustration, winter solstice
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Christmas in the Midwest
Happy holidays to all of my fans, from this illustrator in Kansas. Never one to throw away a piece of perfectly good paper, I enlist my colored pencils, markers, Sharpies, and copious amounts of Pentel correction fluid, and find the … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas card, Christmas greeting, friendship, Santa Claus
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Happy Birthday Mark Twain
Today (November 30, 2011) would have been Mark Twain’s 176th birthday, had he discovered the fountain of youth that is. Born Samuel Clemens, the author and humorist lived long enough to see the face of the United States change considerably, … Continue reading
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Tagged Huck Finn, Mark Twain, Mississippi River, Samuel Clemens, Tom Sawyer
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Life In a First-Aid Kit
Your typical first-aid kit. Lots of gags in here, but I think the best one is the box of adhesive strips that’s hitting on the moist towelettes. Enjoy!
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Tagged cartoon, dogfoose, first aid, freelance illustration, Infotoon, kit, michael kline, whimsical illustration
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Power Lines… Shocking!
Teach your children to give a very wide berth to power lines that have fallen during a storm. Without professional equipment it’s nearly impossible to tell if a line is “live” or not, and contact with a downed electrical wire … Continue reading
When Pigs Fly
The pig, ready to go, whenever the folks in Washington agree on anything remotely benefiting the majority of the American people.
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Tagged democrat, Occupy, pig, politics, republican, Wall Street, Washington
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