MakeUp!

Just a few makeup-oriented cartoons.  Even though they're not per se trans, I can relate.

Three from Betty, one each from The Meaning Of Lila, Ginger Meggs, and Zits.  The one-of's all have the "from monster to model" theme. Click or zoom to avoid eyestrain.

Oh... last week I skipped Saturday's cartoons.  My contract ends on Wednesday and that means it's Scramble For A New Job season.  I've been busy with my new full-time job (the aforementioned "scramble").

That's usually the reaction to MY makeovers

Nails

Just... Nails.  From In the Bleachers, Frank and Ernest, and Zits.

Christmas Countdown ~ TWO

Two Bound and Gagged, one Shoe, one Zits.

White knuckle flier ~ red nose flier.

That would be me

I still don't like piercings

Comfort Is Good

(don't forget the poll.  It takes five seconds)

I had a picture of Pierce from Zits yesterday, so more Zits just felt right.

Zits bent the gender lines a little tiny bit with these two cartoons from a couple of weeks ago.  Alas, it had a stereotypically unhappy ending.

I pulled the strip from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer* and I follow each with a couple of reader comments.

"More guys out there with elastic waist band jeans from 'Just My Size' and 'Woman Within' than you realize."
"Getting to the place in your life when you don't give a fig what anyone thinks about your personal choices: PRICELESS!"

"If they were that embarrassed he could've worn them around the house and not in public. They look better than sweat pants IMO."
"my peeps tried to shame me into giving up what I liked and I said no. I advise all of you to do as you please when it comes to fashion choices."
and, sadly,
"There are some lines that simply cannot be crossed."
       
Well most of the comments were positive and supportive in the You Go Dad line.  Too bad the family didn't support his right to be comfortable.  Most of us have been there though.

BONUS: And then there's Herb and Jamaal:

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* that name always reminds me of Rocky and Bullwinkle which had a newspaper called "The Picayune Intelligence"

Getting an Earful

I guess I'm old.  I remember when guys could step WAY outside the box and get a single ear pierced.  One was purported to be the sign that you're gay; the other, that you're not.  I considered it so important that I don't remember which was which.

But none of you have a single ear pierced.

I wasn't considering getting just one ear pierced, but I was thinking it might be better to get ears pierced one at a time ~ wait for one to heal and then do the other one so it looks more "normal."  I guess that's normal to a child of the '60s.  My next poll originally had that choice but it won't.

Just over 40% of you have at least one piercing in both ears.

Personally, I'm not interested in multiple piercings, but 10% of you did that!  Cool.

Of the nearly 60% of my readers without pierced ears, about three-quarters of you plan to get them pierced(someday).  That's cool too.  Maybe I should run this poll again in a year!

So obviously I've been thinking about this.  What are the pluses and minuses, as I see them?

PLUS: there are a lot more choices when your ears are pierced.

MINUS: I REALLY REALLY hate needles and holes.  And here I'd have a hole I'd have to stick a pin into regularly.

MINUS: I find earrings on guys distracting.  I don't know why; I don't know if it's just me, but it draws my eyes away Every Time.

MINUS: Four to six week healing period when I have to wear studs constantly.  And I like to sleep on my side.

MINUS: (low probability) possible infection or other problem (holes don't line up, keep closing, etc.

MINUS: I don't want to explain to everyone why I decided to suddenly get my ears pierced.  Midlife crisis?  Yeah, if I'm gonna go until 120.  Freak accident?  Drunken dare?  Oh....  No stories.

MINUS: there are a lot more choices when your ears are pierced.  That can be bad for a budget.

So since the pluses and minuses are pretty well balanced, I'm thinking about it.  What do you think?  Please take the poll to the right.

And Dani (and anyone else looking who can't order online): I bet Claire's or Icing carry cushions.  They carry lots of clip-ons).

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The First One. Duh!

I mean, really.  Which manicure looks like more fun?  No, I'm not even going to bother with a poll on this one!

The second cartoon was printed here last July, but they're kind of complementary so I'm printing it again.

More Zits and a Little Bit of CD

I reprinted the Zits Halloween cartoon a week or so ago.  I thought I should pull out a few other Zits to share.  The next day, the first one below appeared.

It looks like Jeremy (the son) is getting blue polish.  I can't tell what's being done to the dad.

Now, I've never had a pedi over anything but that little whirlpool.  What's with the ottoman?

And, if she's just getting her nails painted, well, that's kinda boring and I can understand.  But she should have gone for the full "spa pedicure" and they'd be saying "when can we go back?"

Anyway, it's followed by four "Pierce had his wisdom teeth removed" cartoons. 

But this one was just so timely....

Trick And Treat

I've posted a Borgman cartoon once before, as a "Sunday funny."  I really enjoy Zits, but this is the first Saturday-friendly one I've seen and I've been reading this strip since it came out.

For those unfamiliar, the blonde kid is Jeremy.  The older folks are his parents.  The kid with all the piercings is named, um Pierce.  He's one of Jeremy's friends and one weird kid.

Enjoy!

This Is Good

(please check out Friday's post and take part in the poll ~ if you're eligible!)


I can't remember the last time I laughed this hard.  I would've enjoyed it more if my cough/cold was gone.

I know I've mentioned Jerry Scott (who's responsible for Baby Blues) before.  He writes Zits with Jim Borgman, a brilliant editorial cartoonist.

The guy with the chicken is named "Pierce."