Musical Chaos Creator Gifts

"Sam is a percussionists' percussionist."

'It's called 'Oh Bugger It!' if you must know!'

"Good" "Bad" "Work on it" "Keep working - maybe it's not as bad as you think it is" "Put it to a committee" "Give up" "Make it worse" "Make it better" "Still a bad idea" "Overthink it" "Throw yourself into a pit of wild badgers" "Throw it away" "Call it done" "Sigh."

Face painting.

Future garbage truck driver.

Struggling with issues from his own childhood, the Bedroom Bandit would sneak in and jumble children's room across the nation. Not a mother believed it.

'What was all that swerving at the cat walk?'

'It wasn't long before Larry realized his calling as a lawyer whisperer...'

'Look, Dad, I made a pair of boots out of your chest waders.'

'Let's pretend I'm a business owner and you're the janitorial service...'

"Do you realize that you and I have it in our power to cause quite a brouhaha?'

Dog Day Afternoon

Every class has one. . .

"Isn't it obvious? I'm writing the great American graphic novel."

Unfortunately, napkins hadn't been invented yet, so good ideas were quickly forgotten.

'Frank is into D.I.Y...'Destroy It Yourself'!'

'This is my natural habitat.'

"My mom said a tornado hit my room. I checked my weather app, and it said clear skies."

'I didn't want to get the napkin messy.'

'Your father and I support your career aspirations, but we feel you need a new practice space.'

"Gosh! Look what he's done to his Harry Potter books..."

"A tornado? Uh, yeah...that's exactly what happened, Mom, a tornado did hit my room!"

When cartoonists get ahead of themselves.

Mad scientist holding bubbling flask in lab

"And I suppose cleaning up after yourself just once would in some way stifle your precious creativity."

'Your manuscript was delicious.'

Steadman - The Early Years.

Falling for art

A Cartoonist's and a Sculptor's File Cabinets.

'...To be fair, the chemistry teacher didn't ask your Son to drink his practical exam.'

"It was a mistake to let the children chose their own instruments for the new music class...I have eleven cymbals, and Billy Fitzgerald chose the bagpipes!"

'We did some exciting things with tempera today.'

Bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark. The Dog's Muse.

'John's into 'computer-hacking' in a big way!'

"Too busy."