Introduction: One finds more creativity in a well crafted conspiracy theory than one finds in a high rent New York gallery. This selection of comics explores the little appreciated boundaryland between creativity and reason. In all my artistic endeavors, it is here where I achieved a small measure of originality in absurdist humor.
Strips in this series are arranged in chronological order as they appeared in the Indiana Daily Student between 2005 and 2010. I have selected my favorites from each academic year. Blender Kitty was the parent comic strip to Profiles in Confusion.
Production: Strathmore’s 500 Series Bristol board was used in the production of Blender Kitty. Profiles also began on this paper, but I switched to the 400 Series since that quality paper was readily available in tablets and did not require trimming broadsheets (as with the 500 Series).
“What happened to the dinosaurs? Why haven’t we built a time machine to solve this riddle yet? Who’s in charge of this dog and pony show, anyway? What bonehead is dropping the ball here? This burns me up! I’m not waving this gun around because it matches the color of the veins in my neck! I want some answers!”
(2005-2006)
Archive 1, Archive 2, Archive 3, Archive 4, Archive 5
“Wha’cha doin’ walkin’ ‘round wid all dem keys for? You ain’t got no job. Why you got all dem keys for if you ain’t got no job? You ain’t up ta nuttin’ but no good wid dem keys! You all actin’ like Mr. Big Shot wid dem keys! Like you a Key Master or som’um!”
(2006-2007)
Archive 6, Archive 7, Archive 8, Archive 9
“Mercy, woman! We’re gonna get your Botox on and shake it on down! Mercy on a world with such funk in it! Mercy!”
(2007-2008)
Archive 10, Archive 11, Archive 12, Archive 13, Archive 14
“Evolution dictates that you should walk upright. Evolution dictates that you should walk straight into my arms, you crazy, beautiful woman. What we have together is not an aberration of Natural Selection. It’s golden, Samantha. We’re golden.”
(2008-2009)
Archive 15, Archive 16, Archive 17, Archive 18
“I want to learn to fly an airplane, but not how to land. No landing—just taking off. Is there some school where I can do that? Someplace where I don’t have to pay out-of-state tuition? I can drive there, but I only know how to drive a car and not stop it. I went to school for that last year.”
(2010-Miscellaneous)
Archive 19, Archive 20, Archive 21, Archive 22, Archive 23
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