Life's a comic strip!: May 2009

The birds and the bees Sunday, May 31, 2009

"And that's why birds do it, bees do it
Even educated fleas do it"

(from Cole Porter's 'Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love.')

See also: Previously cartoons about babies and parenting.

A woman's best friend Saturday, May 30, 2009

...is also a dog!

I love dogs and I can especially relate to this quote by Madame de Staël: "The more I see of men the more I like dogs."

Here are some cartoons about dogs...

And here's a ToonBook I created with original photographs of my dog Buddy:

Dog's Life

A Tribute to Coffee Friday, May 29, 2009

Thank God for Coffee!

And its timely, much-needed effects on humans.

To Coffee, I dedicate the following cartoons...

Cheers to all Coffee drinkers!

The Swearing In Thursday, May 28, 2009

As I post this cartoon, the swearing in ceremony of the council of ministers has just been concluded..

The Last Straw Wednesday, May 27, 2009

...can be back-breaking!

Take off the colored glasses Tuesday, May 26, 2009

To see what the world really looks like...

A mixed bag

of random cartoons created but not posted earlier...

Budging the Bulge Monday, May 25, 2009

Working from home can be disastrous, especially from a 'lack of exercise' point of view...

Shit happens Sunday, May 24, 2009

Even if you say, "I don't give a shit!"

Facebooked Saturday, May 23, 2009

Inspired by the superficiality of Facebook friendship and profile pages, I created the following cartoon...

Also posting one of my earlier cartoons about Facebook addiction:

(Can't believe I didn't post this one earlier!)

See also: An older post about (Un) social networking

Winnings and Innings Friday, May 22, 2009

This headline about Manmohan's second innings inspired the following cartoon...

Statue of Lividity Thursday, May 21, 2009

Behen Mayawati (also known as BMW) wakes up to reality and realizes that her dream of becoming PM isn't coming true yet...

Too bad for the birds though!

Pollution woes Wednesday, May 20, 2009

The pollution in Delhi inspired the following cartoon...

Post-Election toons Tuesday, May 19, 2009

These cartoons weren't created with the 'post-elections' phase in mind (more of that coming soon, though!)

They're just older cartoons I dug up because they seem relevant to the post-elections phase....

This last one wasn't created with the Congress Party in mind either...

And I really hope that it doesn't come true.

Amen!

On Bad Hair Days Monday, May 18, 2009

Ever had a Bad Hair Day?

I sure do seem to have many of them lately...

Well, in literal terms at least!

Update: Comment from fellow blogger and tweet-buddy phoenixritu inspired another cartoon on the subject of Bad Hair Days...

Well, maybe its not so bad to have Bad Hair Days while I still have hair!

(Thanks to phoenixritu for the alternate view!)

Singh is King! Saturday, May 16, 2009

The results of the Indian elections are out and as expected the Congress has won.

Most people are relieved as this means current Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (aka SMS / Sardar Manmohan Singh) will be PM again for a second term, the only other PM besides Nehru to have achieved this feat.

When I first saw the footage of SMS videos being played on news channels with the 'Singh is King' song in the background, I thought it was quite cheesy and clichéd. But I've got to admit the phrase does have a nice ring to it especially since our king in question (SMS) does not have any king-ish airs about him.

He's king indeed...

When Bush makes music

Its like the rest of his work!

A Cartoonist's prayer! Friday, May 15, 2009

Most cartoonists would be saying this version of the prayer!

The Great Indian Election Circus! Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Great Indian Elections of 2009 are about to come to a close and the results will be out soon.

Everyone is waiting to find out who will make it to the PM's post!

Meanwhile, I was inspired to create these toons about the whole election scenario...

This last toon was specially created on request to accompany a blog post by my friend Sakthidharan.

Well, lets wait and watch what happens!