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Hola Friends & Family I hope everyone is having a great Monday.  It’s my day off and I’ve got a zillion things to do, but the best part of the day is getting to send out my Essential Cartoon.   Yesterday my house mate, Mike, told me about a certain spider that seems to haveContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/19/20 – Narrow Escape”

Hola Friends & Family I hope everyone is down-to-earth and not up-in-the-air. Today’s Essential Cartoon momentarily steps back from our problematic pandemic.  It’s a quiet, reflective piece.  Nothing to get too burned up about. I’ve learned that my cartoon dialogue or captions do best if they sit for a day or two, maybe to gelContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/18/20 – Hot Prospect”

Hola Friends & Family Today’s Essential Cartoon reintroduces the Boogieman (or woman) of folk lore.  Not that we need one, I think our pandemic covers all the bases, but some of us require a little extra push to be safe and cautious.  Not that any of my subscribers need any reminders. I wish everyone aContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/17/20 – The S’kirrl”

Hola Friends & Family I hope everyone is holding up, holding out, and holding on.   Today’s Essential Cartoon reaches down into the very roots of absurdity.  My good friend Pat, Latin teacher extraordinaire, will probably roll his eyes, but I’m a cartoonist with only an AA degree.  But seriously Pat has really been aContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/16/20 – CV 19 1/2 Flora”

Hola Friends & Family Today’s Essential Cartoon came from the comedic mind of Vicki M W.  She supplied the idea and the dialog.  I thought it was hilarious, because the punchline was not at all what I expected. Thanks again, Vicki. I hope everyone has a safe, healthy, and throughly comedic day.  And creative, too.Continue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/15/20 – The Bathroom”

Hola Friends & Family Today’s Essential Cartoon came about as a result of doing eye exercises–cartoon eye exercises.   And then I began to explore what the characters might look like if they discovered they were being watched through a hole in the wall.  Creepy?  I thought it was fun, especially trying to convey theirContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/14/20 – Holes in Walls”

Hola Friends & Family I’m late, I’m late, I’m late for an important… Well I’m late for work. Enjoy today’s Essential Cartoon.  Its all about that daily list that keeps us on track–or at least helps us to improve our penmanship. Ian S Salinas! P.S. “No rulers were harmed during the making of this cartoon.”Continue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/13/20 – The List”

Hola Friends & Family Happy Monday.  Which is technically my Sunday.  But a day is a day is a day.  And this is today.  So we could call it Marmalade if we wanted. But that might cause some general problems.  But change is in the air, so what the heck.  When one shelters in place,Continue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/12/20 – Grave Mistake”

Hola Friends & Family I hope everyone is well and safe and healthy and staying out of trouble.  Whatever that means anymore. As a result of my Gone with the Wind cartoon yesterday I learned some interesting things from my friend Miriam.  Netflix has currently put the film on hold until they produce a pieceContinue reading “Our Absurd Life: 07/11/20 – Bird Calls”

Hola Friends & Family This cartoon was a lot of fun to create and I hope you all enjoy it. I wish everyone a safe, healthy and outrageously creative day.   Ian S Salinas! P.S. “No rulers were harmed during the making of this cartoon.” “Let’s still be careful out there.”