Howdy folks, DVid here to present the last episode of Shoofly. Now this is not a sad thing, as I said before, all of these characters will be back in some form or another. I thought since I was going to end it, I would end it with a big bang, and what is bigger a bang then ending it with Sasha saying she is preggers. So tomorrow I will kind of go into detail, or as much as I can, about what the future holds for this little haven of mine.

-DVid

What's up fans and fanettes!!! It is Saturday, and that means we get a new Not @ All cartoon to go with this wonder day of no work for some of you out there. Today's cartoon is one that I have had for a long time, I even made it as a home made Christmas card from someone one year, and ten bucks says they aint got it no more. Well here it is folks, enjoy.

I hope you all got a kick out of that one. Now lets dip in the mail bag and see what we got for today.

Dear DVid,

I love your art, its cute, like you. If you are every in

 the market for a single woman who loves artists 

let me know as I would most interested in meeting you .... ;-).

-Greta

Well gosh Greta, thank you for the wonder comments and that cute little winky face. I very much appreciate the offer, and if I am ever in the need of a single woman I will let you know. But right now I am committed to two things that take up alot of my time, one being my art, and the other being a certain someone who I hope does not hit me for answering this letter.

All right gang, I said early this week that I was working on setting up a shop for you all to buy merchandise with my art on it. Well the good news is that I got it up, the bad news is that there is not alot of time before Christmas, so hurry up and do some ordering. Right now there are only a few images on there, I will add some new designs in the future, as well as subtract a few here and there if they are not selling that well.

Ok then people, it is time to call it a day, and I thank you all for stopping by. Check back tomorrow for a little pinup and maybe something else kind of special.

-DVid

Chances are you are reading this at three thirty in the morning while you wait in line to get run over by a bunch of shoppers in the pursuit of great deals on this ...... BLACK FRIDAY!! And as you stand in line with some chubby old woman breathing down your neck, you can enjoy this black Friday Shoofly cartoon.

 

See, its funny cuz it's true folks. Well a little thing to add is that this edition does not have the Shoofly logo on it. The reason being that one, I forgot, and two, there was not alot of room to place it. And now here is a fan letter.

Dear DVid

I am loving this new comic strip Shoofly,

but I have to say I do miss Not @ All. Is there

any chance that we will see the return of it in the

near future? In the mean time, I was wondering who

are all the characters in Shoofly.

- Seth

Well Seth, let me start off my saying thank you for the praise, I to am enjoying Shoofly. As far as Not @ All goes, yes there are future plans for it. In fact something tells me you guys may be seeing it again sooner then you all think. But until then here are some sketches of the Shoofly gang.

 

Marty the fly

Manny

 

Sasha

 

Doc Cauldron

 

Well that is going to do it for now folks. Have a wonderful weekend and remember to check back in on Monday for more cartoons and stuff. Also this Monday will be a whole new look for Shoofly, something I hope your all going to enjoy. Until then, have fun, keep laughing, and take care.

-DVid

 The November weather changes like a teenage girl looking for the right outfit. One day it is cold, with dark clouds and the promise of rain or snow. The other day it is warm and sunny, like a final goodbye from our old friend summer. As I write this, it is cool with just a slight breeze, the kind of weather that make me realize I have been writing about the weather way too much.

So has anyone else out there seen the movie Skyfall yet? Yes you back there, the plucky gal with the drooling expression on her face. I really enjoyed it, and I have been that big on James Bond. Really I have only seen a few of the Pierce Brosnon ones until Daniel Craig came along. But after this last one, I may just have to check in to the older ones as well. Syfy channel has been advertising a Thanksgiving day marathon of all the Bond movies they can show. Seems like a good way to spend a day, alot of food, and alot of Bond giving out butt kicking and VD's.

Now tomorrow is the big day. The day where all of the family gathers together to eat turkey, get drunk, and complain about each other. I hope everyone is prepared and has all of the food they need for tomorrow. I also hope everyone remembers to come on by here and check out all the turkey day fun I will have posted up here. Until folks, have fun and take care.

-DVid

Outside the weather is starting to give that hint of winter. The clouds are growing dark, and the scent of rain is in the air. It is also growing colder, the kind of cold that sinks deep into your bones. The kind of cold that can only be taken care of by sitting by your window with a cup of hot chocolate. The leave on the trees have almost all covered the ground, creating a carpet of yellow, orange, and brown. It is truly one of my favorite seasons.

Welcome back everyone, and thank you all for stopping by. We are a few days away from Thanksgiving, and a special edition of Shoofly, an edition that I hope you all will like as much I did when I did it. But I will get more into that when it comes.

I keep saying that I have some fun little surprised in store for everyone in the near future. Well one of them is going to happen on Thanksgiving day, but I will not spoil it for you just yet.

Also I mentioned last time that I would be posting fan letters on the site instead of doing comments. When you send me your letters, please include your first name as I will not be posting your email address on the site.

Well fans, that is going to do it for today, hope you all had as much fun as I did. Remember to come back again tomorrow and check out some more artistic fun with Shoofly. Until then, take care.

-DVid

Welcome back gang, and a happy Monday to you all. I hope everyone out there had a good weekend, and I hope you are all ready for Thanksgiving this week, as well as more Shoofly. I have been working away this weekend to get things ready for the future of this little blog. There is some interesting things coming along here in the near future, and I hope you are all as excited as I am by them. One little thing I can reveal now, is that I am turning of the comments on the blog. Instead of doing comments like every other site out there, I thought it would be more fun to go old school, and do fan letters, which I will respond to them if I can. So click on the email address and send me your thoughts, comments, and whatever else is on your mind, just make sure to keep it kind of clean or I will not print them.

And now on to another note, Thanksgiving. Yep, it is almost her folks, that wonderful gathering of family, where we sit around a table loaded with too much food to feed an army. We stuff ourselves with turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, all the while making sure to save room for some pumpkin pie, or my favorite, pecan pie. Hmmm, my mouth is watering just thinking about it all now. Thanksgiving is one of those holidays, to me at least, where it means little or nothing to me until it finally comes. I was never that big on it, mainly because the past few years I always had to work on it, and working on Thanksgiving is an unforgivable sin. Those money grubbing companies out there now want so much money that I will make others take time away from family and food, all in the attempt to go from millionaires to multimillionaires. That last two years I have been out of work, laid off because I liked to speak my mind and because I looked out for friends I worked with. So I have had the past two Thanksgivings off, and was able to enjoy them again the way I liked to. So I feel for those out there that have to work this holiday season, and that is why I do not shop on any holiday. If we stopped shopping, they would have to close the stores, and people could be home for the holidays again.

Well I will get down off my soap box now and bid you all a good day, and remind you to come back again tomorrow for more Shoofly and maybe a little less soap box lectures. Until then take care folks.

-DVid

And now its Friday fans, and that means that it is the end of the week, and the last cartoon of the week. Its a bit sad, but don't shed any tears for its only two days until we get another cartoon. And next week is the week of Thanksgiving, a wonderful holiday filled with food and drinks and nothing good on TV except football and a parade. My mouth is watering just thinking about all that tempting food. But until then we will just have to make it through the weekend, and then the three days before Thanksgiving.

So today's cartoon actually rings true a little bit, as I am a bit of a slob, although not to the point of Manny. I like to think it is because I am so busy working on my many projects, but the truth of the fact is that I am just lazy and there is always something good on TV.

Well folks that is going to do it for today, see you all again on Monday for more Shoofly cartoons. Have a great weekend and take it easy out there folks.

-DVid

Thursday is here fans, and with it comes another Shoofly comic, go ahead and smile, I know you wanna. Today's strip is the introduction of the other new main character for the comic. I'm not sure where the idea for Manny the giant rat came from, it just sorta popped in there. Animals seem to be a bit easier for me to draw some times, and rats and flies are the easiest of them all.

Well I have written a number of these, and as much as I want to say they are getting easier, they really are not. It can be hard to sit here and find something to write about, which is really funny as besides being a cartoonist, I also want to be a writer. I like to mess around with poetry, short stories, and I have note books filled with ideas for comic books and novels. Yet I still have so much trouble putting down words to paper, or a computer screen as it were.

Alright folks, thats going to do it for today, hope you all had as much fun as I did. Now don't you forget to comeback again tomorrow for the last cartoon of the week. See you then fans.

-DVid

Happy Wednesday comic fans, welcome to another Shoofly. I said last time that my plans for this strip are going to get weird, but don't worry, they won't be too weird. See this strip is purely a spur of the moment strip. But it also is going to introduce you characters and ideas that will be major things for me in the future, and things that I hope all of you will be looking forward to these ideas as well.

Now as I write this, I am currently watching an episode of Once Upon A Time, which is a show that I have become very addicted to since last season. I admit was more then skeptical about trying it, as I thought one, the show would end up getting canceled, and two, the show seemed to be a rip off of one of my favorite comics, Fables. But I gave it a chance anyways, and the darn thing got me hooked right off the bat. Still wish it would have been Fables though. I recommend both Once and Fables to those of you out there are are not either reading or watching these two great stories.

Well that is going to do it for today my fine fans, come back again tomorrow for another good comic that you will enjoy the heck outta of. Until then fans.

-DVid

Good Tuesday to you all, and welcome back yet again. As I write this I am looking out the window and hoping that it will snow, or at least rain soon, as I love the cold weather. There is nothing better then sitting by the window with a hot cup of something, or even a glass of a nice adult beverage, as watch the snow flakes fall, or listen to the drops of rain hit the ground. This is why fall and winter are two of my favorite seasons, you add the weather to the colors, the yellow, brown, and red of the leaves on the trees, or white of the freshly fallen snow as it blankets the scenery. Just sitting here and thinking about it makes me happy.

So today's comic strip introduces one of the two new characters that are going to be part of the main cast. Now the strip is starting to take forum, and trust me things are going to get a little weirder, as I am a major fan of those odd cartoons they show on adultswim, Aqua Teen Hunger Force being at the top of the list.

Well fans, that is going to do it for today, come back Wednesday for more Shoofly, and more of my random ramblings. Take care folks.

-DVid

Well now folks, here we are at the second week of our comic strip. It also dawns on me that we are drawing closer to that wonderful family holiday Thanksgiving. And with that fast approaching, that means Christmas is also on the horizon. Before we know it, this year will be done, and 2013 will upon us. Well that is of course if the world does not end in December and all that. Boy that would really suck, the world ending and me not getting my career as a cartoonist off the ground.

Well as I write this I am still working on building that stock pile of cartoons, and like a said before, the art is getting better. I am starting to find my style for this strip, as well as getting faster with the art.

Well fans, that is going to do it for this Monday. Check back tomorrow for more fall fun with a new cartoon. Until then, be good folks.

-DVid

And Friday has come! We made it to the end of the week guys! A full week of comics, man I did not think we were going to do it, but we did. And the even better news is that even though the week is done, that does not mean that Shoofly is done. Nope, next Monday there will be more, so I hope that makes people happy, cause it sure got my engine going. Also, I got something else in the works for this strip, but I can't say too much yet, as I would hate to get your hopes up, only to fail yet again. So stay tuned as more goodies may be on their way.

That's going to do it for this week, come back again on Monday for more Shoofly, and have a safe and wonderful weekend.

-DVid

Thursday is here, and that means it is only one day away from the weekend. I am sure everyone out there is excited to get the weekend up and going. I know I always am. We got another new Shoofly strip here for you to enjoy, and I sure as heck hope you enjoy it. I am sure you noticed the last panel there, and how Marty seems a bit cut off. Yeah I had already started to draw it, and began to notice how I screwed it up, but since I wanted to hurry up and get it done so I could move on to the next one and continue to build my stock pile of comics, I just let it go and left it to be messed up. Hope that does not ruin it for anyone out there, sometimes in the heat of it all, you tend to make mistakes.

Well thanks again for dropping by, I will see you all back here again tomorrow for Friday's comic.

-DVid

A good Wednesday to you all out there, and welcome back, I hope you all are ready for more Shoofly, the number one new hit comic strip ..... in my mind at least. Today I thought I would tell you a little about the strip and it's back ground, but I will be sure to keep it short.

So the idea is kind of an old one, as I used to draw Marty back in grade school before he had a name. Back then he was just a giant unlucky fly, who always happened to get hurt and crushed by something. When you fast forward to today, the character came back, after going through many story changes over the years, and I decided to give him a new strip. Granted this is a practice strip to help build my skill, but still a fun one.

Alright folks, that will do it for today, I expect to see you all back here again tomorrow, and feel free to bring along some of your friends.

-DVid

Holy cow this is strange, doing a comic on a Tuesday. Is it kind of odd for you all as well? It is something that we will all have to get used to together. Well this is the second installment of Shoofly, the one where the main star of our little comic finally shows his face. You know as I write his I have realized that I never quite gave the characters a proper introduction and all. So, the mad scientist there, is named Doc Cauldron, and the giant fly is named Marty, bet you can't guess where I got the inspiration for that name.

Thanks again for stopping by and checking it out, be sure to come back tomorrow for more with our little cast.

-DVid

Welcome one and all to the very first Shoofly strip. I wanted to do a daily strip, but I am not that fast at drawing, so we are doing five days a week. That's right, Monday through Friday. Now to pull this off I have started to build a little stock pile of comics so I don't fall behind and all. Another little note, some of you may not think the art work is all that great, well I certainly don't think that it sucks, but I will admit that it is a bit rushed, and that is because I rushed to get it all ready to go. So if your not that into the art, and think that my other stuff was much better, just hang in there as it will get better. As I was drawing this strip, I noticed that I am not that good at drawing the same characters over and over again, and making them look like they are the same characters, yet. Given time my skill will improve, and I will begin to develop a style of my own. I like to think of this as a journey, my journey to becoming the artist that I know I can be, and I hope that those of you who check this blog out, are willing to stick with it, as I also hope to pick up lots and lots of new fans as well.

Thanks for checking out Shoofly, and remember to come back again tomorrow, so we can have more fun.

-DVid

Happy Friday all! It should be a great weekend coming up as it will be the first weekend of November. The leaves outside are all kinds of different colors to show that fall is here. But as I stare outside my window I still see alot of green as the desert plants tend to stay green all winter. I got a brand new Not @ All cartoon for you, as well as some news as to the future of this fun little blog I have been working on here.

So I hope you all enjoyed that cartoon, as the sad news I am about to deliver to you will be easier to take if you are fan of Not @ All. I have had alot of fun doing this cartoon, and hope I can return to it again as soon as possible. But I am still very new at doing comic strips, and have had alot of trouble coming up with material for this strip. So for the time being, Not @ All will be going on hiatus. But like I said, if I can come up with more stuff I will bring it back.

So with Not @ All ending you may now wonder what does that mean for the future of this blog. That is a very good question, and I hope you will all be satisfied with the answer. I will be doing a brand new strip called Shoofly. This strip will be done in black and white, as color will be more difficult to do with this one, and will be Monday through Friday. So for loosing one strip, you will be gaining a new five days a week strip. Boy I hope you guys like that idea as much I do. Shoofly will be a major challenge for me, keeping a tight deadline and all, but I know it will be alot of fun. So here is a sneak peak at the strip, a quick sketch I did of the main character of Shoofly.

Well that's all folks. I hope you all enjoyed Not @ All as much as I did. I hope to bring it back again in the near future. Remember to check back in on Monday for the start of Shoofly. Until then, have a great weekend, take care, and keep spreading the good word of the cartoons.

-DVid

You find yourself in a sleepy little town, the perfect place to raise a family. The town seems nice and quiet, the neighbors all seem friendly and fine. Yet for some odd reason, there is a strange feeling that keeps creeping in on you. Halloween had fast approached, and it is a dark and cold night, with the trees bare and the streets filled with the color of dead leaves. You sit down to watch your favorite horror movies and await the door bell to ring with the promise of children dressed as ghouls and goblins asking for candy. Yet when the door bell does indeed ring, you answer it, a chill running up your spine, and find yourself face to face with a shocking sight.... the final Halloween themed Not @ All cartoon.

Happy Halloween all! May your day be filled with lots of fun frights and sweet delights! I am a bit sad as I write this, as I have had a blast doing a month filled with fun filled Halloween themed cartoons to entertain you. It was a challenge to come up with new cartoons, and I even came close to the dead line on more then one occasion. But in the end it was a blast, and hope I can do it again next year. Now today's cartoon has a bit of a more sexual theme to it, I have no idea why I did that, it just sort of happened, but if it offends you then let me just say this, the original drawing was a lot worse :-) The other thing about this about today's cartoon is that the main star is my second favorite character from the horror genre, Michael Myers. The Halloween franchise is one that had brought me alot of great pleasure through out the years. I discovered them late, watching my first full movie during AMC's marathon. I was lucky enough to watch them all in order, with the minor exception of number 6, which I finally found and watched a few weeks ago. The first one is obviously the best in the whole series, a movie that also became one of my favorite John Carpenter films.

And now for a little treat. This is a little drawing I was messing around with for awhile. I had drawn it with the intention of posting it on DeviantArt, but instead decided it would make a nice fit for our horrorfest.

Well folks, that is it for our Halloween month. Thanks for sticking with it here and checking out all the cool little cartoons I have been putting up. Hope you all had even more then I did, and hope you will come back again on Friday for the end of the week cartoon, as well as a very special announcement. Until then, take care and keep spreading the good word.

-DVid

As you sit on your butt watching your favorite scary movie you begin to feel something odd. The strange sensation that something is crawling on your arm. You look down and see that there is a brand new Not @ All cartoon slowly moving it's way up your arm. You fight the urge to panic and slap at your arm as you dance around like a sissy. Instead you just sit back and enjoy the cartoon.

Well my friends and fans, we find ourselves here once again on Monday for another new Halloween themed Not @ All cartoon. This one holds a special place in my heart, as it sort of rings true to my feeling towards those creepy crawlies. I hate spiders. I am deathly afraid of spiders. If a spider crawls on my wall in my room, and I don't kill it, or at the very least catch and release it, then I can not sleep in the room until the spider has been caught or killed. I'm not sure where this fear came from, I don't remember being that scared of them when I was child, but now I dare not even go near a place where a spider might be found. It is something that actually bothers me, being controlled by the fear of those little buggers. So I often try to confront my fear, face it head on, or even just make fun of it. I chose to do the latter here, showing some of how I feel, never feeling like I have enough bug spray to kill them tiny bastards.

Well thats going to do it for today my friends and fans. Thanks again for stopping by and checking in with us. Hope you found as much enjoyment reading this cartoon as I had making it. Don't forget to check in on Wednesday for the final Halloween themed Not @ All cartoon, as well as another special little treat for you peeps. Until then, take care and keep spreading the good word of the cartoon.

-DVid

In the midst of a really good dream, you awake and find yourself in a state of panic. Your heart is racing like a horse at the track. Your body shakes, your in a cold sweat, and then you realize that it is Friday, and you did not infact, miss the newest cartoon from Not @ All.

Happy Friday to you all, and thanks for stopping buy and checking in. Today's cartoon is a silly little idea that popped in my head when I was trying to work out ideas for Halloween themed toons. Something just said, what if the candy finally had enough and said it was their turn to start coming after us. A good horror movie, this would not make, but a good little joke, yeah it kind of works here. Obviously there was some inspiration from the massive amount of zombie movies out there, as the thought of candy eating human beings is alot like zombie eating human flesh.

Well we are going to cut this one a little short today, as I have much more cartoons to work on and many more ideas to explore. So have a wonderful weekend all, and don't forget to stop back our way on Monday and see the newest cartoon. Take care folks and keeping spreading the good word.

-DVid