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October 17, 2006
monster month - 8
by sven at 8:00 am
Further sketches, contributing to Jeffrey Roche's "Monster Month" event.
The grinning pig cootie has a bulbous and pink head, too large for its face. A body stolen from swine wags its stubby tail with glee. Improbably spindly legs look too thin to support its weight -- yet propel the nasty thing with speedy strength as it skitters frantically about the room. What sort of unholy union produced this mad abomination?
Poor little fish-girl. Her tongue is too big. It is bloated and long, like a giant sea cucumber. It makes her jaw ache, and she weeps piteous tears, in which she swims. The entire world tastes like her own briney sadness.
posted by sven | October 17, 2006 8:00 AM | comments (4) | categories: bestiary, sketchbook
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oh! poor fish girl! hmm, i feel much more emotional about sad monsters than weird or scary ones.
Posted by: gl. at October 17, 2006 10:02 AM
Sea cucumber! My favorite disgusting sea creature! Did you know the sea cucumber actually throws up its guts when a predator comes along, just turns itself inside-out....I mean, come on....who would eat that?! I'd love to be able to do that, just randomly, at a dinner party or the movies.....
Posted by: ubatuber at October 17, 2006 1:31 PM
jeffrey: remind me not to invite you over for dinner. ;)
Posted by: gl. at October 17, 2006 11:19 PM
I've enjoyed meeting all the creatures. Fishgirl's tragedy brings a tear to the eye but Grinning Pig Cootie is totally cracking me up!! I've had a Cootie aversion for a long, long time, since, ummmm, elementary school. I'd even been "innoculated" a zillion times but I find GPC extremely endearing, the innoculations must have finally worn off!
Posted by: Alesia at October 18, 2006 8:02 AM