Showing posts with label pups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pups. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

How the Columbo Dog Head Greeting Cards Came to Be

 
(This is cross-posted from Columbo Clothes and Laughs
 
 


 
It was around New Years 2024 when Kevin said I needed a hobby besides the pandemic.

I said, "no I do not." 
 
He said, "yes you do." 

I said "okay, I will paint."

He kindly got an art kit and set up a small easel in a room downstairs. 
 
Mostly as a way to flip off AI art I started painting with acrylics.
 
I painted my "pandemic friends." 



 
I painted some psychedelic stars that have been in my head since 1988.
 

 
 
For a big challenge, I moved onto trying to paint some favorite Columbo scenes. 

The first one turned out okay. 
 
 
I thought I could share these paintings in greeting card form with other Columbo fans. 

I ordered 10 cards as a test from the most eco-friendly card maker I could find in the USA, and as they were being made, I painted 11 more of my favorite scenes. 
 
For example, John Cassavetes playing the Maestro as he's about to be hauled off to jail, shaking Peter Falk playing Columbo's hand:



I looked up whether painting scenes from TV or movies is copyright infringement. 

Sad trombone, yes it is. Fuckers!

I drafted a letter to the heirs of Columbo creators Link and Levinson seeking a license to sell these paintings as cards.
 
I realized NBC Universal Comcast is the evil overlord who owns the copyrights and having dealt with their overzealous IP lawyers for years who deactivate entirely legitimate (due to the First Sale Doctrine) vintage Etsy listings, I felt that a license would be unattainable/overly onerous, so I pivoted to DOG HEADS.
 
Putting dog heads on the bodies takes the paintings to the parody/satire level, which resolves any copyright issues. 
 
So I just photoshopped photos of some dogs I know and love onto the bodies.
 
 
My artist friend Jess Pfohl from Jess! Messin' who is Into This Stuff in a big way told me to paint the dog heads for consistency. 
 
So I painted 22 dog heads to match the characters/vibe of the actors in the paintings.
 
 
And that is how we ended up with 12 scenes from 70s Columbo with parody painted dog heads!

Cards available today from skippyhaha Etsy!
 
Four cards out today, four more next Wednesday March 6th, and the final four cards will be out the following Wednesday March 13th. 



Dogs. 

PS - IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CARD WITH PAINTINGS WITH THE HUMAN HEADS, sent via USPS with a forever letter stamp with NO TRACKING, I had a tiny run of those printed - please message or email me

Friday, August 14, 2020

Tea and Toast Video with Dogs

New video from Tea Leaf Green!🌿

Full of fan submission photos, check out some studly dogs at the 1:50 mark.

Their new album is wonderful, start to finish, definitely worth checking it out!


Wednesday, September 13, 2017

WTF Wednesday: Pouncey in a Sweater


Hallo Wednesday! Hallo WTF!

Hallo giant doll!

giant doll cowgirl


Hallo Clown on a swing!

clown on a swing


Last but not least, hallo Pouncey in a sweater!

pouncey in a sweater



Pouncey was not blessed with the chunk or thick fur that Sugarhoney was blessed with, and does not seem to enjoy the snow as much as she does, but hopefully this will change with his ChillyDog squirrel cowichan sweater!

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions. 

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Thursday, October 06, 2016

Dog Bites Man


due to internet woes, WTF Wednesday is postponed until next week. 

in its stead please enjoy this video of sugarchunks biting kevin in the arm yesterday.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

WTF Wednesday: Cowboy Bulldog, Sucking Pillows


Hello Wednesday! Hello WTF!

I haven't had much time for thrifting in the past week, so here are a few WTF videos I've collected from cyberspace: The Renewed Mind Is the Key:  

renewed mind

A bulldog in a cowboy costume rides a wooden horse: 

bulldog cowboy

This is from 2 weeks ago 2 miles away from here - black bear enters kitchen, eats hershey kisses, walks down to bathroom, home owner calmly films - 

bear in bathroom

Last but not least, here is Pouncey, who at 4 years old, still sucks on pillows if he goes 2 days without a hike. Here he's made a bosom from his dog bed and sucked on it for a half hour. 

pouncey sucks

 
As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

sugarspay


our favorite little dumptruck went under the knife yesterday.

she went through one heat in august, and that was plenty. there are no sugarpuppies in our future.


sugar spay

she did great in her surgery, and was doing okay once we came home, though she was pacing around whimpering until she settled in this spot to watch the game with her dad.

recovering from spay

she is expected to make a full recovery, and will have stitches for the next two weeks, during which time she is to be kept dry and calm. all we can do is try on that one!

way to go sugarsnickers!

Thursday, September 24, 2015

the difference


between pouncey and sug - summarized in one frame.

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pouncey: BALL BALL BALL BALL BALLLLLLL!!

sug: la, la laaaa...doo, doo, doooo...i'm hopping around! pouncey, you get it... wheee!
 

Saturday, June 06, 2015

happy birthday, sugarhoney!


sugarhoney tot


today is the day our little sugarsnickers turns 1. it's also the day nachodoggy would have turned 12.

we were kind of hoping for a mini-nacho, and she has kind of delivered.

she does a couple things that nacho did, that the other dogs do not do.

she runs right down to the river and swims in circles in the exact same spot nacho used to do it. 

sugarhoney swim in circles


(see nacho swim in circles)

the other dogs wait on the bank until we throw something. nacho and sugar really seem to enjoy swimming, and get in for the joy of swimming.

if she is too hot on a hike, she lies down.

sugar cooling her underside


(nacho did the same thing)

of course, she is her own dog. she is so round, it's like she's made out of beach balls. i don't know if it's a female dog thing, but to me she is the shape of the olympic rings.

sugarhoney round

she is in love with pouncey. she follows him everywhere. she is constantly thinking of new and creative ways to vie for his attention. 

who bit my tail


she gets herself uphill from him and lets loose.

heeeey pouncey

she is not afraid to jump on the couch for a snuggle.

snugs


she is calm and gentle, she wags her tail when she meets new dogs and people, and she will come, sit, and lie down when she feels like it.

mainly she is just a little skunk who fits in riiiiight there.

three happy dogs

happy birthday, sugarchunks! today you will celebrate with a meatball! 

Thursday, April 30, 2015

deja vu daily puppy!


this is a momentous day for 2 reasons: 1) i survived; and 2) the daily puppy re-ran pouncey as their puppy of the day!

sitting in 9th grade biology class, we were talking about diabetes and the teacher mentioned sufferers may have a shortened lifespan. at this moment i was struck with the feeling i, myself, diabetes-free, would die at 38. i have not obsessed over this, but i have remembered it vaguely from time to time for the past 23 years. i am glad to say my premonition was horseshit! i made it! 

now go over to the daily puppy and give pouncey 11 biscuits...again.

Saturday, April 04, 2015

eli is eleven!


happy 11th birthday to eli! aka scoobs, brownie brown brown, and fats brownino.

a more dignified animal you'd be hard-pressed to find.

eli is eleven

he will be having sauceless meatballs to celebrate. 

eli slap in the face pouncey tail

happy birthday you lovable knucklehead!

Monday, March 16, 2015

happy 3rd birthday, pouncey!

yesterday pouncey turned the ripe old age of 3!

happy 3rd birthday pouncey!

21 in dog years. he is slowly but surely turning into a right decent pet - he has calmed down ever so slightly, and is a very patient brother for sugarhoney.

eli had a blast at the party.

birthday pouncey eli

the party consisted mainly of pouncey eating salmon. 

sugar pouncey eli birthday



happy birthday, pounce-swah, joyeux anniversaire! (upon learning he is the color of a french baguette a few months ago, he instantly developed a french accent and insists on being called pounsoir.)

Wednesday, March 04, 2015

WTF Wednesday: Sugarstitches, Fake Frat, Dental Assisting


It's Wednesday, let's WTF!

I have survived almost 4 decades without needing stitches. This changed on Monday as I was hit by a sugarfreight train.

hit by a sugarfreight train

While walking down a muddy hill, a 60 lb furry dumptruck sprinted by, knocking both of my feet out from under me, sending me flying, and I landed flat on my back and wrist.

did i do that
Oooops, did I do that?

The blood spouted plentifully from that smiley face gash. 

We went to urgent care where the physician's assistant's assistant (it had to be his first day, ever) tried to numb it, but did not in fact numb it. He told me they had practiced on hot dogs.

sugarstitches

Some women brag about natural childbirth, i am bragging about natural stitches. There was no anesthesia, I felt every stitch! 

Here it is now with 4 stitches, healing up - it's my mousing hand, so I have to be careful. I also keep seeing it in my periphery which is causing me flashes of panic because it looks like a spider on my hand. Other than that, it's fine. 

sugarstitches
 
Moving along to a couple of vintage t-shirts I picked up last week.  First, this 60's football jersey with fake fraternity letters. Iy Phelta Thi. (Say it out loud).

iy phelta thi

Oh John, what a kidder.

iy phelta thi back

Last but not least this wearable tribute to the oft-underappreciated career that is Dental Assisting

dental assisting vintage t-shirt

Scraping gums - just like dancing on rainbows! 

As with all wtf wednesdays, there are no answers, only questions leading to more questions.

For more vintage wtf wonders (for sale), click here: vintage wtf

New WTF this week:

Thursday, February 26, 2015

SNOWDAY!

They called for 5 inches, and we got 5 inches.  The dogs love it!



This is a different kinda snowball.

 
Sunrise on the snowy Swannanoa river.

 
I always dreamed of becoming a white lab.

 
Pouncey will get the ball, no matter what. 

 
Sugarhoney will stalk him on the bank, no matter what. 

 
Something on your nose, E.

 
Snow pounce!


Sugar heart tongue. 


Stay warm, amigos!

Monday, February 16, 2015

addicted to power

once again this year, we gleefully celebrated valentine's day with arby's. 

bag of arbys

power went out during a wild windstorm saturday at 830 pm, and it was restored at 5pm on sunday. generally i spent the outage railing against humanity, researching generators, calling duke power for updates every 15 minutes, scampering through neighbors' yards looking for signs of progress, rage-cleaning the stovetop, and going to creekside taphouse for many dranks.

sugarhoney spent the outage sitting like a human.

yoga sugarhoney

i hope everybody stays safe, snuggly, and warm during the forecasted ice storm!

all 3 on the couch