Character Creators Gifts

The Ferocious Viking Wiener Dog

Happy Easter

'All those vegetables Mom's been feeding me finally paid off. I'm a squash.'

101 uses of a dead cat: disguise.

Epic Battles

"What are you kids going to be for Halloween?"

"I'm gonna be a 'New Yorker' cartoonist. You're not supposed to understand it."

"You're ruining our reputation, Bob!"

Bernard Madhoff $50-billion Ponzi financial scheme.

Moustached gentleman

"Oh, don't mind that, it's just my body of unseen work."

"How about a little more muse and a little less 'meow,' huh?"

"He's writing a novel for the first time in decades. It has less to do with the urge to create or say something new, and more to do with the fact that all his previous books are now out of print."

"If you dress in a costume that they can't figure out, they feel guilty and give you more candy."

"Maybe I'm not the best choice to ask if your silly wife cartoons are funny!"

"He'd make a wonderful main character for a short story, but I wouldn't put up with him for an entire novel."

Creator's Block

Honey Costume

'No, Igor, not Phillips head...Flat head! Flat head! Bring me the flat head!'

Candy Corn Dracula

He's very disciplined about his writing, three hours staring at a blank screen every morning and five in the afternoon.

'It's creative as hell! Now that you've got that out of your system, give me a campaign that will sell.'

Fried Egg

"Don't mind me - finish the gag."

'Okay - is there anybody ElSE whose homework ate their dog?'

Mushrooms of New York

"I designed it with A.I."

Joan of Arch

"It's about the world's smartest girl, her caring father, her fun-loving great aunt and her annoying, car-obsessed big brother."

"Well, I've been struggling to write a book about my struggle to write a book..."