The bird carcass has been picked clean, leave nothing but a skeleton. Are bellies are full of a whole weekend of turkey and leftovers. The families have all gone their separate ways, at least for a month. And are bodies are slowly recovering from the toll of being shoved and stabbed at the big day after sales. Now we try and get back to the same ol' same ol' of our lives during this holiday season. And with all of that being said, I welcome you all back to my humble little corner of the net. Let us first get the main reason you are here out of the way. Ladies and gentlemen, the Monday edition of Shoofly....

As you may have noticed, things look a bit different this week with Shoofly. Well that is because I have started to find my style a little bit. I like the style of the panels here, they feel more natural to me, and I think that is because of my comic book up bringing. I know it is no secret that I have grown up on a steady diet of comic books, and have studied all of the greats. All I ever wanted growing up was to draw comics books, working at either Marvel or DC. Well things did not work out that way, not to say I am not happy with the work I am doing with my own characters. But doing traditional style comic strips did not seem to work well with me, and seemed kind of pointless on the net. So I am going back to the comic book style. Also I added something else new that seemed to work for me, black and white water color. Since I don't do alot of heavy blacks in my inking, which I can not do in time to put the strip up on a schedule I have for it, I thought adding some B&W water color would be kind of cool. I like it, and am hoping that it works for the rest of you out there.

Alright gang, that is going to do it for this Monday, thanks for stopping by and checking in. Tomorrow I got more Shoofly and a few fan letters to answer as well. So be sure to check it out, and I will see you then. Take care folks.

-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

 

Well it is here everyone, and let me just say, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far. My day has started out pretty good so far. Getting up and start cooking, then watching a bit of the parade, before realizing that I am not that big on parades, and instead watching a bunch of movies and holiday specials. Munching on snacks as the smell of cooking turkey and other goodies fill the air.

Well lets get on with the real reason you all came here, holiday cartoons and fun. First up is the star of this little blog, Shoofly.

 

Next I have a couple fan letter to share and answer.

Dear DVid,

Happy Thanksgiving in advance. I love your drawings and was

wondering if there is any chance I could get some of them on a

T-Shirt or something? It would be really cool if there was.

- Byron

Well Byron, a Happy Thanksgiving back at ya. I am glad that you like my art, it is always nice to have fans. As for T-Shirts and other great merchandise, yes there will be some stuff coming up soon. I am working on building a store for those out there who would like to own things with my art on it.

Dear DVid,

What happened man!?! The art on Not @ All was

sooo much better, why is it not like that with Shoofly?

Is there another artist doing this? Or was there another

one with Not? I am so confused right now!!

- Matt

Wow Matt, you really are confused. Nope, I am still doing all of the art on here, for one it is my site and I have to do all the work, and besides that I am too cheap to outsource my art. But the whole reason the art is so different is because I am still getting used to doing a five day a week cartoon. Plus I am still finding my style. Take for instance today's cartoon, it was the best I was able to do at the time of drawing it, as I seem to be getting better with every cartoon I draw. The things I am doing now for the future stuff is really good, or at least I like to think they are.

Ok, now here is a little Thanksgiving poem I did for you folks, enjoy.

Thanksgiving together

Early to rise,

mom gets outta bed,

heading to the kitchen,

like the walking dead,

She begins to prep,

scanning her book,

and getting ingredients,

so she can cook,

All the while,

she slaves away,

to get things ready,

for Thanksgiving day,

As time goes on,

the others awaken,

to the delicious smell,

of the turkey a baken,

Pop sits in his chair,

with the parade on the tube,

sipping a beer,

like a lazy boob,

The kids huddle around the set,

eyes glued to the show,

looking at all the balloons,

hoping for someone they know,

Sometime after noon,

the door bell will ring,

with the promise of in laws,

who will complain about everything,

They all sit at the table,

with a sigh and a grumble,

awaiting the food,

and a turkey day rumble,

Dinner is served,

but please no touching,

for first we pray,

before we start munching,

We reach for our tools,

and get to cracking,

taking in turkey,

with are lips a smacking,

After stuffing our faces,

and filling our bellies,

with white meat and stuffing,

pies and cranberry jellies,

Now comes the time,

when the adults start to drink,

spouting off at the mouth,

speaking before they think,

Pop begins to yell,

as the in laws criticize,

the kids watch TV,

as mom sniffles and cries,

But its all done in love,

no one really means it,

just venting their feelings,

and working out the bull spit,

The family hugs it out,

and the in laws take their leave,

as the kids hit the hay,

mom and pop sigh with relieve,

They to go off to bed,

their minds swarming,

as the prepare for whats next,

shopping in the morning.

And to finish things off, here is a Thanksgiving pin up drawing.

 

Ok folks that is going to do it for today, hope you all had as much fun as I did. Check in tomorrow for more cartoons and things, until then, take care folks.

-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