RAT BLUES

Since my baby left me
(badadada dum)
My world is in a haze
(badadada dum)
Those dudes in all white lab coats
Got me runnin through a maze

I got the rat blues
The gol'dang rat blues
The stepped in a trap blues
The here comes the cat blues

Oh baby please tell me
(badadada dum)
What am I s'posed to do
(badadada dum)
How much cheese does it take now
For me to get over you

(Chorus)

Yeah, ok, so maybe Lady Macbeth isn't the best idea for a children's book illustration submission. Not that I'm submitting anything. I don't really know how that world works. But something tells me a rat singing the blues is more appropriate than a bloody and crazed lady. But maybe I'm wrong. Like I said, I don't know much about the children's book illustration business. If you, dear reader, have any advice/hints/money to give, let me know in the comments.

Anyway, here's a little rat-tacular musical pic your your amusement. Are you amused? I hope so. Because I was really trying to stay away from horrified this time.

Previous music-themed aceos here, here, here,
and here.

Go out and buy this little ditty here.

RAT FINK - PAYS PRICE

RAT FINK was a rat. He got in trouble with the law. But the law didn't really care about him; he was small potatoes. They promised him freedom if he would stick to his nature and rat on a bigger rat than him. Unfortunately for Fink, he didn't know any rats bigger than him. So he gave the cops the name of a neighbor a few holes-in-the-wall down. The cops sent a SWAT team, who barged through the wrong door. Oops, they said. Sorry, but you can't do anything about it. Supreme Court says so.

Anyway, they finally found his (innocent) neighbor, arrested him, and that was that. Fink, instead of freedom, will be locked up for a little while longer, until he gives them some more names. The county, after all, pays a lot of money for the SWAT team. They gotta use them.

Bid on this birthday card for your Congresscritter here.

At the suggestion of a patron - yes, I have PATRONS - I'm into sketching/doodling rats nowadays. Here's my latest presentable effort.

Yeah, it's a tired old joke. So what? You laughed. I know you did, because everytime someone laughs at one of my corny jokes I feel my powers grow STRONGER.

Bid. You know you want to.

G TRAIN RAT

My last aceo was a cute little bunny at night surrounded by cute little fireflies. So I had to go a little ugly with this one.

First, let's be clear. I am well aware that this is not a pretty aceo. This is a sticky, icky, not pretty aceo. That does not mean, however, it isn't related to the bunny aceo.

The bunny aceo is about Greensboro. This rat aceo is inspired by my previous hat-hanging locale, Brooklyn. The obvious part is the rat - you frequently see them running along the subway tracks. There's also a lot of black sticky gunk that collects on the subway platforms. I have no idea what it is. It kind of looks as like thousands of spat-out pieces of gum trod upon by gazillions of dirty shoes. That's what I was going for. A rat amidst gunk. No high-falootin' art theory here.

I think this is quite possibly the worst sales pitch in the history of ebay. Be a part of history - bid!