CHADES CHALLENGE XXXVIII:
BITTER CEREAL

I hope you're all enjoying your stashes of Halloween candy. I know Count Chocula is, as you can see in Part VII of the Bitter Moments with Count Chocula series. I call this one Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hands.

Part VI: Sour Grapes

Part V: The Pumpkin King

Part IV: Brought to You by the Letters F and U

Part III: Darth Hater

Part II: The Twilight Chick

Part I: Oh SNAP!

Let me know if you have a take on bitter cereal, and I'll post your design below. Or you could always join us in the next challenge, to be posted Friday, November 19:

CHADES CHALLENGE XXXIX: SYNTACTIC GIANTS

If you're like me, and have no idea what syntactic means, the definition is here.

Zane "Follow Your Nose!" Yarbrough

14 days...

What the Devil?

My version of Beelzeboss from our Tenacious D Halloween act. The gag was that I was coming for the soul of Lee Unkrich (how else do you think Toy Story 3 grossed over $1 billion) but Tenacious D challenges me to a rock-off. Needless to say, their Pixarified version of "Lee" melts my brain and saves Mr. Unkrich's mortal soul...for now.

16 days...

World Series Riots in SF Wake C'thulhu

If there's one thing C'thulhu hates more than vuvuzelas, it's car horns at 2am.

17 days...

Bitter Moments with Count Chocula
Part VI: Sour Grapes



0 days...Happy Halloween!

Bitter Moments with Count Chocula
Part V: The Pumpkin King

Yesterday was the big costume contest at work, and some friends and I did a Tenacious D skit, featuring Sasquatch and Satan (with yours ghouly as the Lord of Darkness). We may not have been crowned "Pumpkin King," but the judges did create an award just for us: the first-ever "Skit that Went On Too Long" award. I guess we rocked a little too hard, for a little too long. The D would have been proud.

With one day left till Halloween, I'd say it's time to start helping my girlfriend with her costume. Can you guess what it is?

I'll give you a hint: whatever party we go to, folks are guaranteed to end up stoned.

1 day...

Bitter Moments with Count Chocula
Part IV: Brought to You by the Letters F and U

The family-friendly vampire industry is very small. So naturally, relations get a little tense from time to time.

In other news, skies above Pixar were particularly Halloweeny today. The spirits are stirring...

3 days...

Bitter Moments with Count Chocula
Part III: Darth Hater

The spook season is in full-swing now and my Improv group isn't the kind of crowd to pass up a good scare. So we're putting on a Lovecraftian fright-fest for our coworkers. I made this poster for the show, based on an old Tales from the Crypt comic.

We're printing several versions, each with a different tagline:

"Side-splitting fun."
"Bring your own fear."
"No ghouls allowed."
"Keep telling yourself it's just a show."
"We put the error in terror."
and, my personal favorite, "Tales not from the script."

4 days...

Bitter Moments with Count Chocula
Part II: The Twilight Chick

Looks like Kristen Stewart is Team Frankenberry.

In other news, I have another tale from London. I went to the UK last month, just weeks before I knew my pal Emma would be passing through. So I did what any friend would do: I left her a note. In a book. In a giftshop. In Tate Modern Art Museum. I gave Emma a cryptic clue, and to her credit, she found the note! Long-distance fellowship and short-term time capsules FTW.

"I was in the Tate to find this, but couldn't remember any of the clue Austin wrote... So I had a big dopey grin on my face when I accidentally found this in the art of A. I. book I was looking at."

-Emma Coats

For the record, the note told her to stop wasting her time at a modern art museum and go see some Shakespeare.

5 days...

CHADES CHALLENGE XXXVIII:
BITTER CEREAL

I usually procrastinate on the Chades (Character Design) Challenge, but this time the idea is kind of season-specific, so I'm posting a week early. I came up with a few Count Chocula ideas, so I'll be posting one-a-day till Halloween!

Part I: Oh Snap!

While we're on the subject, I should issue a warning: there is a new breed of jack-o-lantern on the loose. A cannibalistic race who preys upon weaker gourdes. This is the most terrifying vegetable since Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or Silence of the Yams! Beware....bewaaaarrrreeee....

6 days...

CHADES CHALLENGE XXXVII:
TUMULTUOUS GARGOYLES

You can only take so much CRAP from a pigeon.

If you have any gargoyle designs, let me know and I'll post them below. If not, you can always join me in two Fridays (November 12th) for

CHADES CHALLENGE XXXVIII: BITTER CEREAL

Zane "Stonecold" Yarbrough

Zane also came up with some great Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde designs from my mini-Chades Challenge last week.

9 days...