Clamato both Frightens and Disturbs Me
Mucho thanks must go out to a couple of guys who made this animation happen.
As mentioned in the cartoon, the story originated from a crazy-brained email written by my good friend Jim (who, understandably, has asked to remain semi-anonymous). Jim is a great humorist and his longer essays often remind me of David Sedaris, an author I hope you're familiar with.
The other thank you must go out to Chris Harding, web comic author and Flash animator with talent oozing out of random appendages at a rate he can not hope to contain. After mentioning him in the Link Karma for December article I was happily busying myself (read: procrastinating) reminiscing with the strips he had posted of his Feet of Clay comic.
If you'll permit some fanboy ramblings, Feet of Clay was the first time I had ever seen such cynical humor grace the pages of a newspaper (a college newspaper, but still). Gary Larson was out there for a mainstream comic artist, but this was truly something I could sink my 19 year old (at the time) teeth into.
Inspired by my trip down memory lane, I wrote to Chris asking for permission to use his Dr. Peterson character in a cameo for today's animation. I'm happy with the way it turned out, even if my voicing of him doesn't hit quite the right tone I was targeting. I never claimed to be a professional voice actor though.
Chris is currently hard at work being clever in his new web comic, We the Robots.
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If used in the following way, you will find new respect for said Clamato juice...at least at the bottom of a glass. Or two. * 1 1/2 oz. Vodka * 6 oz. Clamato Juice (Mott's) * 1 stick Celery * 1 dash Celery Salt * 1 wedge Lime * 1 dash Pepper, black * 2 splashes Tabasco Sauce * 2 splashes Worcestershire Sauce Highball glass Mixing Instructions: Rim glass useing lime & celery salt. Fill glass 1/3 with ice, add vodka, clamato and a splash each of worcestershire sauce and tabasco. Add a dash of celery salt and pepper, garnish with lime & celery. Consider this a public service :)
While I appreciate the recipe, I think I'd rather stay ... uninformed. The concept of a Bloody Mary is already a horrifying thought, I don't need clam juice to accentuate it.
It's called a Caesar. and it's awesome.
I think I know the follow up beverage for them. Once Chelata is sweeping the nation they can begin production of Caroybeer. 2 parts Beer, 1 part Carrot Juice, and a dash Oyster Brine. They should hire that guy who did all those classy "Girls Gone Wild" videos. I'm certain he'd have just the right mind to pull together the perfect add campaign.
I smell a lawsuit. Or maybe that's just the stench of clam juice.
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