Dave Kellett

Today we start the ANATOMY OF MONSTERS series!

These will be running through summer, and will touch on werewolves & wendigos…gorgons & ghosts…dryads & draculas. It’s gonna be fun!

TITLE Anatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of a Chupacabra Description: A four-legged creature with brown skin the fades to light back legs with dark stripes. His bat-like face has bulging eyes, small teeth protruding from his cringing mouth, and pointing ears hald back on his head. His shoulder blades and hip bones poke out, spikes along his back and tail stick out. He holds one hand up and stands on a sandy, pebble ground. Jokes: - First sighted in Puerto Rico in 1995! (Mainly because that’s when the island’s wi-fi finally got strong enough to upload blurry photos.) - Genetic makeup: 30% Feral Dog, 20% Gargoyle, 50% expired gas station beef jerky - His teeth are arranged like a junk drawer: nothing matches, and everything is sharp. - His skin is “sun kissed”. If the sun was a blowtorch. - These shoulder blades could double as bottle openers. - The posture of a pro-gamer who’s never seen a chair with lumbar support. - His “blue-sih glow” isn’t bioluminescence: it’s a recently consumed double-tall Jamba Juice. - He gives off the energy of a guy who owns four different leather jackets, but no shirts. ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

TODAY'S COMIC: Anatomy of a Chupacabra

PANEL 1: ARTHUR, a yellow duck, sits at a table in front of an open plate. His eyes bulge with his dramatic exclamation. ARTHUR: MY NAME IS OZYMANDIAS! KING OF KINGS! LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MIGHTY, AND DESPAIR! PANEL 2: The scene is empty, the empty plate on the table sits alone. No text. PANEL 3: The same empty scene. No text. PANEL 4: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, peaks out from the doorway in the background. GRAMP: My cake!?! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: Ozymandias

PANEL 1: A man holds an arm-full of lemons. Text: When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE! PANEL 2: Th same man, with an arm-full of lemons, now has a huge bag of sugar in his arms, and a glass pitcher on his head. Text: But to do that, you gotta go buy a pound of sugar. Oh, and a pitcher. Get a pitcher while you’re there. PANEL 3: The man struggles to hold his lemons, sugar and pitcher, now joined by a lemon juicer and a 5-gallon bottle of water. Text: And also one of those lemon-squeezy things. And water, of course. PANEL 4: The man has collapsed under the weight. The water bottle pours out, a lemon bounces off his belly, the sugar pours out, covering his face. Text: When life gives you lemons, YOURS TROUBLES HAVE ONLY BEGUN! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: When Life Gives You Lemons...

Brush your dog’s face down smooth, and they look like a little Victorian gentleman.

Then you brush their face/ear fur *against the grain* and they look like a crazed time-traveler about to ask you WHAT YEAR IS THIS?!?

PANEL 1: A man holds an arm-full of lemons. Text: When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE! PANEL 2: Th same man, with an arm-full of lemons, now has a huge bag of sugar in his arms, and a glass pitcher on his head. Text: But to do that, you gotta go buy a pound of sugar. Oh, and a pitcher. Get a pitcher while you’re there. PANEL 3: The man struggles to hold his lemons, sugar and pitcher, now joined by a lemon juicer and a 5-gallon bottle of water. Text: And also one of those lemon-squeezy things. And water, of course. PANEL 4: The man has collapsed under the weight. The water bottle pours out, a lemon bounces off his belly, the sugar pours out, covering his face. Text: When life gives you lemons, YOURS TROUBLES HAVE ONLY BEGUN! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: When Life Gives You Lemons...

PANEL 1: SHELDON, a ten year old boy, kneels on the floor holding something green. OSO, a fawn pug, sits next to GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, who sits in a blue striped easy chair. SHELDON: Humans took huge, vicious WOLVES and over 20,000 years bred them into DOGS. PANEL 2: SHELDON, with his tongue out, holds something green, focusing on it. SHELDON: Which raises the question: if we spent the next 20,000 years purposefully breeding them, could we turn them BACK into worlves? PANEL 3: Back to the scene of the three of them. OSO is now wearing a Yoda costume, holding a light saber. SHELDON holds his hands and grins with glee, GRAMP pets OSO on his head. SHELDON: And more importantly: would all the outfits still fit? GRAMP: Tha widdle jedi t’inks they would! Oh yed he does! OH YED HE DOES!!! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: Wolves

PANEL 1: THE CAPTAIN talks to SKITTER, sitting in his hover chair. CAPTAIN: “Laying down the block”? For who? SKITTER: The Moron’s Mane. They’re not armada, so Tierra’s cannons are gunning for them. I told Genn to get behind me. PANEL 2: ORLA, at a computer console, gestures. ORLA: Skitter, what if those cannons decide to shoot THROUGH us? PANEL 3: SKITTER, alone in his chair, responds. SKITTER: They won’t. The M-waves are staying clear of— VOICE: HEY EMP’ROR? YOU STILL THERE? PANEL 4: The CAPTAIN stands in the background as ORLA squints at the computer console. CAPTAIN: Orla, what’s that voice? ORLA: Some idiot is blasting on every open frequency. VOICE: EMP’ROR? PANEL 5: From behind the CAPTAIN, pointing at SKITTER, squinting. CAPTAIN: Well turn it down! And skitter, tell Genn to FLY TIGHT. We’re getting to that ship. SKITTER: Yes Ma’am. But this is like running a three-legged race… TRYING TO FLY TWO SHIPS IN SYNC. VOICE: IT’S GRUN AGAIN. AND I GOT SOME GOOD NEWS. PANEL 6: From space, we see THE SPARK OF THOUGHT above Earth, still being pelted with M-waves. GRUN, from inside the ship: OUR SHIP JUST FIGGERED OUT WHICH O’ THEM PRETTY CITIES DOWN THERE IS YER CAPITAL. —— Want to read the full story? Join us at Patreon.com/drive for the *FULL* Tales of the Drive archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! DRIVE copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

Bluesky pals! I have a sci-fi graphic novel called DRIVE, & it's my favorite thing I've ever done! If you need a long, escapist read at the moment the entire thing is free to read, here: drivecomic.com
(THIS PAGE: EMP'ROR)

PANEL 1: Against a dramatic orange-red background, SHELDON, a ten year old boy with large glasses, dramatically gestures as he recites: CRY HAVOC! And let slip the dogs of war. Next to him stands OSO, a fawn pug, who looks at him unfazed. PANEL 2: SHELDON pauses his dramatic motions, waiting for OSO to respond. OSO stands closer, simply looking up at him without emotion. PANEL 3: SHELDON opens his eyes, still posed dramatically, to look at OSO. OSO looks at him, cocking his head. The background has become slightly less red. PANEL 4: On a slightly less orange background, SHELDON tries again, less dramatically, recites: CRY HAVOC! And let slip the dogs of war!! OSO looks at him still confused. PANEL 5: SHELDON, posing dramatically but a little less so, leans closer to OSO who looks at him, ears down. The background is now a pale peach. No text. PANEL 6: OSO lifts his leg against a tree as the background bleeds the last of the orange into a blue sky. SHELDON stands arms downs, furrowing his eyebrows. No text. —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: Dogs of War

Title treatment for ANATOMY OF MONSTERS

Coming soon: ANATOMY OF MONSTERS!

"We got yer warewolfs & wendigos, yer draculas & yer dryads, yer minotaurs & yer mothman!"

...it's gonna be fun to draw up everyone's favorite beasties in my style :)

In-flight announcement patreon.com/berkeleymews

ha ha ha y' ain't wrong! :)

This super fun idea was completely lifted from @bradguigar.com, by the way! A genius idea, through-and-through

A solid strategy that my wife and I have used! We use the metaphor of two cliff-climbers, and one has to stake in while the other scrambles higher. Then *they* stake in, and the other scrambles up and past :)

It's been a long time since a comic strip series had me really excited for the day the new page came out, and boy oh boy, Drive Comic by @davekellett.bsky.social really has me hooked w/ the unfolding story.
I literally had a "Oh it's thursday, a new Drive it out!" moment today.
www.drivecomic.com

Maybe some day! Gotta finish it, first! :)

This was a super fun episode...especially because we had to name our three favorite Muppets.

AND BECAUSE YOU ASKED: For me, it's Pepé the King Prawn, Link Hogthrob from Pigs in Space, and Janice from the Elecric Mayhem

Pals! Go visit the ever-delightful, ever-wonderful @davidmalki.com at ECCC!

Oh wow! @gurihiru.bsky.social is at ECCC! Seattle pals, you gotta go visit them! Just amazing, beautiful, delightfully sweet art!

PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, holds a clear box of paperwork. GRAMP: There’s one part of taxes I don’t hate: FINALLY BEING ORGANIZED! PANEL 2: GRAMP holds his box of paperwork like a pizza box. GRAMP: I take a year of chaos and randomness and lost slips of paper… and basically call do-overs! PANEL 3: Two boxes of paperwork sit on the ground, glowing with starburst rays. ARTHUR looks at them. GRAMP holds up two thumbs, mouth open in excitement. GRAMP: Now I’m all stapled and labelled and organized! IT’S SO DANG TIDY! PANEL 4: ARTHUR stands on the boxes of paper in the background. GRAMP, in the foreground, eyes wide. ARTHUR: You sound like you WANT to get audited, just to show this off. GRAMP: “Wow,” they’d say! “This dude wasn’t AT ALL a living trainwreck who was barely keepin’ it together!” ——— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: Finally being organized!

Oh great!!

:)

Hooray!

Oh no KS yet, no -- haven't even started making 'em yet :)

Title treatment for ANATOMY OF MONSTERS

Coming soon: ANATOMY OF MONSTERS!

"We got yer warewolfs & wendigos, yer draculas & yer dryads, yer minotaurs & yer mothman!"

...it's gonna be fun to draw up everyone's favorite beasties in my style :)

In the spirit of MARCH MADNESS, it's time for some MARCH MANIA over on Patreon.com/drive! What species in the Drive Universe has the best fleet?

In our first bracket: VEETANS vs THE GANNATH! Go vote!

I love me a good Musterbeutelklammer!

Ha ha ha all I know is he MaryAnne'd my paperwork

It absolutely NOT about @bradguigar.com ! How dare you!!

PANEL 1: GRAMP, an older bald man with a grey mustache, stands at a large wall calendar. ARTHUR, dressed in a red shirt with a “UP”, a black Batman-like cape, and a mask over his eyes, flies in behind GRAMP. ARTHUR: Citizen! Did you just pronounce the word FEB-U-ARY? GRAMP: I did. PANEL 2: GRAMP looks at ARTHUR, annoyed. ARTHUR stands and looks up at him. ARTHUR: Ah, but the correct pronunciation is Feb-RU-ary! GRAMP: Literally no one says it that way, but fine. Whatever. PANEL 3: ARTHUR cringes in the foreground, GRAMP looks annoyed in the background. ARTHUR: But are you not thankful? Did the unnecessary pedant not show you the way? GRAMP: You showed me what a weenie you can be. PANEL 4: ARTHUR’s cape flies behind him as he runs off panel. GRAMP holds his hands up to his mouth yelling after him. ARTHUR: SUCH ARE THE WAYS OF THE PEDANT! GRAMP: You help no one but your ego! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: Wednesday