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BONUS! Homeless Men

A couple of people from the shelter that Bart visits:

If the second gentleman looks familiar, it's because I mentioned him briefly 2024-05-03 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

0330 - Homeless Man

As revealed in Monday's post, this guy's name is Rory, although as it is never stated in any released media (show, comic, bubblegum pack etc), the canonicity of that name is debatable. As we'll get to with Snake/Jailbird, if we start taking production materials as gospel, we'll get into a whole heap of confusion. So, as unfortunate as it is, Ror...

May 2024 Print - Vote For Your Favourite Design!

HI! It's that time again, for the most important democracy you'll participate in all year!

I've selected 11 of my most popular recentish pieces, and three of them will make up the Patron Print for the next three months! It's up to YOU, the wonderful person reading this, to help decide which three! Vote for your favourite and the most popul...

0329 - Homeless Man

The first of two men who befriend Bart after he gives blood.

They are a presence for the rest of the episode and very few jokes are made at their expense - I think the show's intent is not to make fun of the unhoused, but to humanise them, for a ...

BONUS! Taxi Driver, Other Security Guard and Hound

The minorest of minor characters, but it's a good jumping off point for another character:

This driver brings Jacqueline Bouvier to the family home for Thanksgiving. 2024-04-26 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

0328 - Security Guard

We're seeing the writers fall in love with Mr Burns as a cartoon villain, a larger than life figure that is a good starting point for ridiculous jokes about wealth and extravagance. We get glimpses into his life beyond his role as Homer's boss in "Two Cars In Every Garage and Three Eyes On Every Fish", a little bit more in "Dancin' Homer", and n...

0327 - Mrs Spencer

A brief, bleak moment in which this sweet old woman feels relief that her family did not forget her at Thanksgiving.

Way back when we covered 2024-04-22 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

0326 - Retirement Castle Adminitrator

Another consistent character, at least until season 4. He first appears here, bleakly telling the pensioners which of their loved ones send well wishes.

And later this season in "Old Money", where he looks to get a piece of Abe's inherited wealth...

BONUS! Bart Simpson Thankgiving Day Parade Balloon

A fun little joke in which Homer says that adding any "flash-in-the-pan" cartoon character would turn the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade into a "farce".

They're poking fun at themselves here, obviously, as the show had only been around for just u...

0324 and 0325 - Bill and Marty

It felt strange to separate them, so Bill and Marty get a post together!

As I alluded to back when we covered "Bart Gets An F", Bill and Mar...

Dead Putting Society - round up!

If it weren't for Maude, we'd have an episode where the Springfield librarian is the most prominent character. I don't mean to insult the rest of these folk, but we've really hit a point where important and recognisable characters are rare. There are still some heavy hitters to come this season, but only one in this episode. But that's okay, we ...

BONUS! Krusty and Guy, Beady Eyed Freaks and Golf Enjoyers

A trio of duos! Let's wrap up this episode with a look at a few of the background characters that I noticed. That's why you subscribe right? For me...noticing things?

Moments like this stand out in early seasons because it contradicts the later c...

0323 - Golf Commentator

The final character from this episode - hasn't it gone quickly? This one was one of the few I could actually remember before my rewatch though, because of his quirky nature.

His colleague does not speak, but we can identify him as 2024-04-10 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

0322 - Old Lady

The last of the library gang, the four person group that makes up almost half of our "Dead Putting Society" characters. We'll never see any of them again*, but at least this one makes an invaluable contribution to the New Character Hat Count.

*except for Mrs Winfield, who, despite not getting an entry from this episode, has not been mentio...

0321 - Old Man

There's very little of note to the rest of the characters in "Dead Putting Society", so we'll do a five update week and get through the rest of them!

I think an argument could be made that this is Mr Winfield, but I'm not going to make it - to my eye, their designs are too dissimilar.

2024-04-08 08:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post

0320 - Old Man

Almost half of our "Dead Putting Society" characters come from a single shot:

We have already covered 2024-04-04 08:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon Print - April 2024

What time to do a spooky scary print than April? Yes, this piece - titled "In Their Dreams" will be the piece for this month! I tried something a little different with this one and people seemed to dig it, for which I am grateful!

If you'd like this A5 print delivered directly to you, please be a £10 or higher member for this month! Make ...

BONUS! Sir-Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Centre

As I said in a previous post, "Dead Putting Society" is light on new or bonus characters, we'll be done with it next week. But this seemed like a good opportunity to do a deep dive into a location featured heavily in this episode and occasionally afterwards.

2024-04-02 08:00:31 +0000 UTC View Post

0319 - Ralph

Less is known about Ralph than Ms Norton, although it appears he also works at the library. Why Lisa is on a first name basis with him and not Ms Norton cannot be determined, as he will never show up again.

I'm sure they had big story plans for t...

0319 - Prince V'Lara

We've covered a lot of strong characters in our quest to draw every Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series character, but this certainly isn't one of them. Obviously we've spent a good portion of the episode so far with Chameleon impersonating this character, but now we get to cover the real prince. I've chosen to portray him in his "true" form, afte...