I took some constructive criticism from a fellow ‘toonist and attempted to change Carl’s helmet to something more recognizably Roman. It seems his regular one looks a little too WWI.
However, I was not too far off base in the first place. A fine Google of Roman Helmets turned up a batch that did look a lot like Carl’s. This means I WAS paying attention in Latin class back in High School.
Aside: I took four years of Latin in High School… mostly because I didn’t have to go to language lab and speak it. When I was younger I was VERY shy and quite intimidated about speaking in public. I’ve since reversed that trend and am now quite obnoxious. Latin was also said to be very difficult. I do love a challenge, so I chose to study a DEAD language instead of a living. Funny that it all leads to Entities-R-Us and a DEAD Roman ghost. Latin was actually really fun thanks to Mr. Kirkpatrick, the teacher. He was an entertaining, interesting wealth of knowledge. You could avoid lessons by sparking a story to which he’d go on for hours. I learned more about Roman history than I ever did in history class. I became a Latin translation whiz without ever understanding the grammar, much to the the chagrin of Mr. K. I have kept my purple, shredded Latin dictionary handy for all occasions. I use it frequently considering I live in the modern era. AND, I use liberal Latin seasoning in Entities-R-Us. Where else would Vlad get his incantations?
Back to Carl’s helmet. You can see in Monday’s comic that I tried a new version. It just wasn’t Carl. He’s a little dorky and insecure, so a fierce, full-fledged brush-top model just didn’t jive with the light-loafer-ed ghost.
And so on Tuesday, Carl will resolve his helmet crisis.
More Christmas Shopping!
BTW: I forgot to make note of one other Cafe Press shop I put up… “Hot Babe on Thermal” T-shirts, etc. These T’s are really funny. You can get them here: http://www.cafepress.com/ERUHotBabeOnThermal
Here’s a sample.
Hot Babe on Thermal Image
Womens Version of Hot Babe on Thermal
Destination Nowhere
I also want to add, since I posted the picts of Josh Gates’ cutout getting mangled by my bird, my Destination Truth Vehicle left me stranded at the gas pump, then at home. It’s off to the garage for some repair action. I now know it’s the battery cable. If you bang on it, the electricity comes back on. Otherwise, it’s stone dead… I MEAN DEAD! There’s not even a ghost of a car there. Pray for me while I drive to work that it doesn’t crap out en route! LOL Next time I’ll be more courteous to cutout characters that I build.
Eat Cookies, Hunt Ghosts and Understand all your creations are REAL!
Tj
