Author Archives: OurAbsurdLife

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet I hope everyone’s having an enjoyable, creative weekend. An’ speakin’ of weekends — today is Spaghetti Sunday again. To view the newest Spaghetti cartoon, tap the website address link below.  Once directed to the website — tap Spaghetti.  It’s as easy as boiling water.   AndContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/22/22 – Housing Shortage”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet Grab up your fishing gear — the weekend’s here! Have a great Saturday everyone. Until mañana . . . Bring on the Spiders! Ian S Florida! http://www.OurAbsurdLife.com P.S. “No rulers were harmed during the making of this cartoon.” “Let’s still be careful out there.”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet My mom wanted me to say something about my time in Florida so far. Well, it’s hot and humid and it rains and then there’s tons of pollen flying all around and it settles on the end of my nose.  There are leapin’ lizards and aContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/20/22 – Job Related Amnesia”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet Visited Barnes & Noble with my sister yesterday. Years ago I worked at one of their stores, actually helped to open up one of the first superstores in New York City.  I remember — and this was back in the early 90’s — we had toContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/19/22 – Catching Up”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet Here’s a silly joke for you: What did Tuesday say to Wednesday? “See you next week!” And with that comedic gem —  Bring on the Spiders! (And, of course, until mañana . . .) *And if you haven’t yet, please check out the new Spaghetti cartoonContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/18/22 – Super Powered Vocabulary”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet These next couple of cartoons center around one of my favorite subjects: Comic books!  I still have some that have moved with me 5 times. Have a great Tuesday everyone.  And don’t forget to look up in the sky — it might not be a birdContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/17/22 – Super Powered Literature”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet! The weekend is over and the week is here again, starting with: “Hey, Monday, how’s it going?”      “Pretty good, Ian.  Ready for another week?” “Sure thing.  I’ve got lots of cool cartoons I want to draw.”      “That’s great, but don’t forget toContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/16/22 – Armchair Athlete”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet . . . While writing the dialogue for today’s cartoon, I spent the most time figuring out how best to write the set-up of the joke.  Because the punchline required specific words from the cartoon’s set-up to have it make sense (since the overall joke isContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/15/22 – Whoopsie-Daisy”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet . . . Thank you to everyone’s continued support and interest in my cartoons. The weekend’s here — Let’s have some fun! Until mañana . . . Bring on the Spiders! Ian S Florida! http://www.OurAbsurdLife.com P.S. “No rulers were harmed during the making of this cartoon.”Continue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/14/22 – The Sweet N’ Sour Spot”

Hola Family, Friends and those I haven’t met yet . . . Today’s cartoon took a while for me to figure out how to best draw Melvin walking.   I did over 12 sketches and full drawings trying all different ways to make him appear to walk across the page.  It’s a challenge dealing with 8-leggedContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 05/13/22 – Goin’ Fishin’”