Hi from Arizona, ya’ll! Our state is pretty famous for gorgeous sunsets so I’m not showing that here. Instead, you get a motorcycle ride into the sunrise (also gorgeous). Bounce along this 60 second loop as the sun comes up between Newman Peak (left) and Picacho Peak (right). This is unfiltered footage; the colors are real! Unmute and go full screen for the best experience.
Picacho Peak is a state park famous for its civil war history and springtime wildflower blooms. It’s easily accessible from Interstate 10. There’s hiking trails and camping for tents and RVs. I’ve never personally camped there because the Hungry Knife HQ is only 15 miles from this location.
None Of These Raccoons Are Named Rocket.
I started drawing violent raccoons sometime around 2008. Animals doing human stuff is funny. Raccoons are funny animals. So, raccoons behaving like little criminals is DOUBLE funny, right? Ooh, I thought I was really clever. I was unaware of the Marvel comic books, Guardians Of The Galaxy. A few years later (2014), I was introduced to Rocket The Raccoon while watching the first Guardians Of The Galaxy movie. WTF? I’m like, “they stole my deviant raccoon character concept!” And my friend goes, “this movie is based on a comic from the 1990’s, dumbass.” Dang.
So, Rocket is the OG raccoon and these jokers are unintentional copycats (copycoons?). I haven’t drawn any new raccoon characters since viewing that first Guardians Of The Galaxy movie. I subsequently watched both sequels and I’m a big fan of all 3 films and Rocket the raccoon. Good idea, Marvel Comics.
Not Available In Stores
In 2017 I drew this spider-baby picture for no good reason other than to get freaky. The spider-baby has a sidekick who’s some sort of Hell-ghoul. The hell-ghoul loves intravenous drug abuse but can’t shoot-up by itself due to recent life altering surgeries. Fortunately, the spider-baby is a sympathetic leading character and being part spider, also good at injecting things. Unfortunately, everything looks crazy when you have that many eyes in your head, so spider-baby totally sucks at hitting a vein. Thankfully, the hell-ghoul is from Hell and really doesn’t care as long as the dope goes in.
The message is clear; you can still have a good party even when things aren’t perfect.
Let’s Do The Time Warp, Again.
Here’s four drawings from a really old Guy Sparger sketchbook. These are all from the art school years; Maryland Institute College Of Art, Baltimore 1987-1990.
Flash forward to 2023, things seem to remain on the rails of the same crazy train. Ain’t that somethin’?
Big-ass Playlist
It’s the official Hungry Knife workshop playlist. It’s really long; more than 300 songs and 16 hours of music, so far! You can work a double shift in the shop and not hear the same song twice!