Reindeer - Election to office - Ocean
In our current political climate, when our two party system can't do right by its constituents, it would never surprise me if the most ineligible individuals get voted into any office. I thought, obviously the reindeer needs to be elected. I thought about a Christmas-y joke or two, maybe the reindeer are having their own election, looking to ouster Rudolph (side note: the reindeer's button reads: Reindeer, the other Rudolph). Maybe they're debating on rising oceans. Instead I had Alaskans voting in a reindeer, quick jab at their political history, then the ocean joke.
I knew selling this would be impossible, but I banked on the absurdity of it being just as funny. An inside joke is usually pretty funny to those in the know. An inside joke only one person knows, well, is probably just rude. I thought to myself, in the vein of old cartoons like Justice Friends, when we needed to see what was happening somewhere else from the action, voice-over guy would go "MEANWHILE, AT THE LEGION OF DOOM..." so I had that in my head, and a couple of people at the bottom of the sea. One, myself, is musing on the seemingly odd spelling of his companion's name, while that individual is freaking right out about his unusual whereabouts.
I thought it was funny as I drew it, I still like the drawing, and I believe the absurdity of it all makes it work for the uninformed. However, it may work better if it were animated, including over the top narration.
This set of words was given to me by another old high school friend, April Yingst. I want to apologize for making fun of your husband's name, I mean no harm at all, I promise! This won't go down as my best work, but I'm still proud of my stinkers.
