Cartoon - Sproingy

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Cartoon Redux - Error Message

This one always makes me laugh. Hit the random button on my website and see what you get. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - My Precarious Neighbor

Here is the latest update -- to the blog and not the website, because I can't remember the password to the website and I had to reset my cache for my browser, so la la la. Waiting to hear back from my host for the password to update the website. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - My Haunted Bathroom

I never had a haunted bathroom, but I did know someone who had a haunted room. Specifically, the wallpaper in the room was haunted. How we determined the wallpaper was haunted, I can't fully explain, but it was so. In my time I have encountered other haunted objects, like an unabridged dictionary, a painting, and a stuffed toy doll. But back to the story: before my friend moved into this house, on Valencia Street in San Francisco, the previous roommate who lived in that room would not sleep in the room at night. This roommate would sleep in the bathroom, on one of the marble counter tops that was just big enough for her to curl up on. Due to the flat having one bathroom, the other people in the household got used to this, and would use the bathroom discreetly at night. I had a few interesting dreams while sleeping in the room with haunted wallpaper. In one dream, I imagined that there was a space in the ceiling immediately above my head, like a hollowed out bubble, about the size of a volleyball. In this space, I saw there was a miniature skeleton, like that of a baby, it was wearing a sombrero. It's bones were a ghastly nicotine yellow color, and when it realized I could see it, the skeleton grinned at me and manically danced, pumping its knees up and down like pistons and jiggling it's elbows in that cramped bubble in the ceiling. This was comical and terrifying at the same time, mostly terrifying while it was happening. I yelled and woke up. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - Name the Other Sixty Ways

Not really a cartoon, more a list. Okay, what next? I've been away for a few cycles...I was in Chicago & Oak Park IL on business and getting ready for the move. Soon, after July, we will no longer be residing in sunny, lovely, monotonous San Diego. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - Smoke Bunnies

I posted "Smoke Bunnies" on my writing blog giganticjet last week, but you know, I like the picture so much I'm putting it up on the old cartoon website as well. I also wanted to wish you all a happy summer solstice, longest day of the year. Go blow a few smoke bunnies for me, ya smokers out there, I quit about three years ago. Cheers! CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - Bunch O Sketches

Added a slew of sketches to the website today, from a clutch of 'em that I uncovered while I was working on my third book, CM BERGOMONT'S POETRY JAMBOREE. I have about 20 sketches in the back of the collection. I have this crazy urge to make another collection of short stories, but I promised myself I'd hold off till we relocate, and then do the book of cartoons. Honestly, feel free to buy any of the books, poetry or short story collections. I've gotten lots of positive feedback, and my neighbor Doc Gilbertson even likes the collections, even though they are full of profanity. CM Evans Cartoons

BM - If We All Suck

Cartoon 907. Many times I have had discussions like this at all sorts of companies and occupations I have participated in. Of course, this is the unvarnished gist of the endless meetings. plans & schemes we came up with. Sometimes when I write using the English language I have no idea what I am saying, the more I try to say it. I also watched Braveheart last night. I now realize hearing & watching Mel Gibson the Australian talk like a Medieval Scottish rebel would be like hearing & watching William Shatner the American sing Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in flawless German. And Gibson won 5 Academy Awards for Braveheart. CM Evans Cartoons

BM - Pommes Frites

Everybody knows when the pommes frites run out, then the art opening is done. Wine and pommes frites. Mmmmm...POMMES FRITES. Wine & pommes frites....the two basic food groups. CM Evans Cartoons

BM - If a Picture

ON A TANGENT, realizing now how the Universe works, if I got sentenced to jail for drunk driving and repeatedly violating the conditions of my probation, unlike Paris Hilton, a few things for me would be different: a. I am sure I'd draw more than 45 days in lockup b. I am sure I would be required to do all the time c. If I cried or didn't like the food, they'd keep me in jail the whole time anyways. There, I just had to say that. Otherwise, I'd just show you a picture, to save time. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - At the Cafe

I was at the cafe. There were many of them, and they all looked alike. They all had Mohawks. They all had dog collars. They all had a ring through a nose, lip or ear. They looked at me, I looked at them. I think appeared to them as a crusty old sea captain/ homeless guy. But I didn't smell bad. When I started reading and writing and sketching, they were curious as cats. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - My Cents Organs

Cartoon - Government in Action

Ah, Government in action. How little this dynamic changes. Here is a little snippet of a cartoon done back in about 1988 or so -- more apt for today than ever, regrettably so. Back in the late 80s, while studying at SFSU, I worked for "The Gate", a student newspaper financed by the Associated Students of San Francisco State University. We were the alternative to the monolithic "official" student newspaper from the Journalism Department called something like "The Gator", or whatever it was -- I honestly can't remember. "The Gate" was this bold revolt from the established student newspaper, a revolt that was largely successful, and at the same time largely ignored by most of the 28,000 commuter students at the school who could care less. What I mean is, I think they ignored both papers. So I was "on staff" (which means I worked absolutely for free) as the cartoonist/ illustrator for almost 2 and a half years and I must say, it was a blast. At the time, J.P. Frary, the co-editor, said the work I did there could easily be my resume into the newspaper business, but I didn't believe him, because I was having so much fun. CM Evans Cartoons

BM - And So I Got Up

From about 1988. San Francisco, Mission District, when I lived at 20th and Valencia with Cameron, John, Gona, and a few other room mates who came and went. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - Left Out

Story of my life. I hate being left out. But I still get left out when people (Erik C.) are deciding to play "pipe smoking baseball" and not bothering to tell me. Happens every time. My fate is to be surrounded by people who are cooler than me, who do cool things I want to do, but I'm still too low in the food chain. Sheesh. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - BM - A Look Back in Anger

We've been watching "Waiting for Guffman" every day now, at least 3 or 4 times end-to-end. I don't know why, exactly. It is beginning to drive me nuts. When the movie isn't playing, someone is singing random snatches of one of the songs from the movie here and there around the house. Again, I don't understand why this is our new mania. We don't tend to go though obsessive compulsive pattens, as a family, but this is definitely an obsessive compulsive disorder of some kind. There, look at that, I forgot to take out the garbage. I missed garbage day two weeks ago, too. Damn you, Guffman. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - BM - WHO IS YOUR DADDY

More sketches from the airport. I like this one because the scanner was picking up another BM on the next page. Who is your Daddy? Er. Not me. Sometimes it is like that. CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - SJ Airport 7 AM

God I love airports. I love airports early in the morning, particularly if I have to get up before 5 AM so I can make it to a 7.45 AM flight, even though I stayed at a hotel less than a mile from the airport, because I have to go through security, and the airport says to give yourself at least 2 hours for security...but then it only takes 10 minutes to go through security, so you can sit and have a TV blast sports shit into one ear for over an two hours, while also listening to inane social-climbing business people on the other side trade business deal war stories, because the flight was delayed, with no coffee because all the shops are closed until 9 AM. Hey, when I write it all down like this, and I read it, it sounds like I am a lucky man! CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - How Do I Look

How do I look? Starting in college, because I was broke and clothes were not utilitarian enough for my activities, generally I wore the same thing every day for about 8 years -- an army mechanic's jumpsuit that was about 4 sizes too big. When buttons would fall off, I'd reattach them using paper clips, because paper clips were much more durable than thread. I'd stuff all of the pockets with books and pads of paper and pens so I looked like a hamster, and ride my bike up and down the hills of San Francisco having a fine time, sketching and writing stories and poems all the time. Whoo hoo! CM Evans Cartoons

Cartoon - Sketch

Happy May Day! Typical of San Diego, May Day paradoxically is gray and overcast, with some sprinkles. Next we head into the "June Gloom" -- more overcast and even drizzly weather. Some people find this time of the year depressing. But out of June will be months and months of perfect blue skies with a hot summer sun. CM Evans Cartoons