"Civilsation Just Can't Cope With Too Much Fuckin' Peace"...l

How's that for a catchy motto for 2013?

Possibly, the last drawing of 2012 from Filthy Moods, and another self-indulgent dollop of hokum from the "folks" who also brought you Martian Love Machine, Uncle Shit-Beetle and Wanking Jesus... Who says we ain't got standards?

Maybe it's just a "phase" I'm going through. Who knows?

Thank you for dropping by.

Please deposit your apple cores in the waste basket by the exit and call again soon...

Unlikely Twinge of Optimism or Grumpy Manifesto?

Here I am, settling down to embark on another year of drawing & writing with my usual monk-like discipline and air of serious sobriety...

The "Better Nation" quote is taken from the great novelist, writer and artist/designer, Alasdair Gray, (I think that he may have borrowed it from a poet - Will check!) Anyway, it sums up my philosophy of "just because we live in countries dragged into shit and mediocrity by greedy dishonest politicians and tunnel-visioned media whores, that we shouldn't apply humour, imagination and craftsmanship to our own work".

Gray wrote, Lanark, Poor Things, and 1982:Janine, among many others. If you haven't read him, check him out.

2013 !!!

The Filthy Moods Rumpus Room for Rumpled Cartoonists says "Fuck Me! There's another year escaping through our claw-like fingers!"

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Stay tuned & Drop in any time...

Fish Containing Broken Dude

It's, er... a fish containing... oh, c'mon! You know that I make this stuff up as I go along...

Beep! Beep!

I usually either throw away or "file away" about a third or more of the sketches/drawings that I post up on this Blog. I draw straight with ink & often before I've woken up, so some just don't work & some, er... some fall under the "It was almost a good idea" catagory and are abandoned or swiftly hidden in one of my files to maybe revisit the idea at a later date.

Here's a few "abandoned drawings" from the last couple of weeks that I've decided to inflict on you for various reasons...

Gabriel, Gog and Magog... On Mars! Arch-Angels and Biblical Monsters versus Martians. How did I manage to fuck this up? Oh, well...

Home again, Home again... Do elephants really wear suits? And how did he fasten that tie? Plus how do you spell jiggety with a hangover? Okay, and, uh, what else is wrong in this picture???

Those Modern Couples... As you can tell, I'm a keen observer of the "human condition" and have a balanced non-judgmental view of my fellow man...

...And speaking of "well-balanced", here's More News From Nowhere, or "Enough Sex, Bernard!" 

You should see some of the ones that I throw away...

Tit Flies...

Lonesome Prairie... 

    "Banana Tits"?! I need to get some sleep..!

Wake Up! Wake Up!

The Filthy Moods Hostel for Hostile Cartoonists has been a little empty lately, but not to worry, for I have had a bit of a poke around in the murky corners and the dusty windowsills to see what the previous guests have left behind.

Here and below are the items of lost property that turned up.

If they belong to you, please collect them  no later than yesterday. Standard handling fee of a slice of your sanity, and an ounce of your patience applies as usual.

"Momma,.. Can You Hear Me?"

I may have an explanation for this in the morning...