El Pendejo Descends Upon The Dusty Streets of Opodepe

 August 21, 2024

   If there's one thing I do really well, it's finding new distractions when I should be finishing something else. Case in point: I was cleaning in my studio, or, more accurately, frantically looking for a piece of original art to send to Alice Tatum's son, when I spied a failed set piece and realized it had some serious potential. So, after I found the Alice artwork, I pulled out my brushes and gave it another pass.

Daily Revised Whip Out:

"El Pendejo Lands In Opodepe"

   Oh, and, just for the record, this particular pendejo has a staff that turns into the head and neck of a rattlesnake.

Daily Whip Out:

"My Staff And My Rod Do Not Comfort Thee"

   And, also for the record, he landed in the middle of two rico families who have been warring for generations. This should be interesting. . .

Daily Whip Out: "Pendejo's Zia Mama Mia"

      I even played around with a comic strip title page.

Daily Whip Out: "El Pendejo Logo-Mo-Fo-Fun"

   Oh, and here's the artwork that went out to Alice's son today.

Daily Tatum Whip Out:

"El Villista Apachurrado"

   My son, Tomas, who is fluent in Spanish and Quechua, informs me that 'apachurrado' is slang for sad.

"Mas O Menos, what follows es verdad."

—Old Spanglish Vaquero