Quarehawk

Reasonable question from my brother, when he saw me working on this drawing:

“But what has a Santy outfit and Tullamore got to do with the 2008 Ploughing Championships, which were in Kilkenny in September? Don’t post that on the website Bren, it’s insane.”

Ha. Fair comment. However, it’s not insane. This pic incorporates several “in-jokes” that make perfect sense to the customer, who emailed me to say “That’s spot on dude”. So I’m happy with it.

So there you have it. A David Brown Tractor, Saucy Santa, Ploughing, Tullamore and Portlaoise. All in a day’s work in the world of comedy caricatures!

Back in 2007 I did a drawing of George Hook. And lately I started using Twitter, so I sent it to him …

So that was nice.

I use Twitter to get the news headlines and follow interesting people, mostly comedians. But now I’ve noticed around 10 people have started following my updates! Dear God what do these weirdos want from me? I have nothing to say.

So I posted this a minute ago …

Hopefully that’ll keep them happy for a while.

The internal working of Google is shrouded in mystery, and that’s a good thing. Because if they made their algorithm public, then snotbags would manipulate the system, and every search you put in would return 15 pages of sites trying to sell you manhood-extending pills.

Unfortunately though, this information-blackout means I am unable to explain why Google decided to send the following searchers here …

“dylan moran toaster”
- HAR! That sounds like a great idea! Like the George Foreman Grill.

“how to draw neked ladys”
- Step 1) Lern to spel betur.

“des bishop gay?”
- Not this again. NO I DON’T THINK DES BISHOP IS GAY. In his act he talks about dating girls!

“fiscal policy cartoon”
- How the hell would I convey THAT in a cartoon?

“cameron diaz caricature sketch”
- Good idea. I’ll get right on it

“grainne seoige’s bum”
- Who keeps typing this in to Google? It turns up at least once a month.

“upwardly mobile on rte”
- Welcome to 1997 and the worse sitcom ever broadcast.

“miserable swine”
- It’s true. I am.

“sean hughes is lonely”
- Ah the poor divil.

“sean hughes bad actor”
- Jesus, get off his back. The man’s doing his best.

“tickling lee evans”
Alright, but this cartoon better not turn up on some bizarre fetish site.

According to my logfiles, here are some search-terms people have been using to get to this site …

“is des bishop gay?”
- I don’t think so, no. Isn’t he engaged to a girl?

“washing carrots in the washing machine”
- How I spent Christmas day is my own business.

“fat bald irish comedians”
- Is someone starting a support group?

“pat kenny’s sexuality …”
- … will never be discussed on this website.

“sharon ni bheolain boyfriend”
- Aw, she promised me she’d never tell!

“wine glass, japan, comedian”
- Karl Spain’s backstage demands are getting excessive.

“i pulled down my trousers and pants”
- Job-interviews are getting a lot tougher in this recession.

“colin murphy jokes”
- He certainly does.

“dara o’briain physics”

From: blogged.com
To: brendan_o@mac.com
Subject: Quarehawk Rated 9.0 (Excellent) on Blogged.com

Sincerely,
Amy Liu
Marketing Department
Blogged.com

First up “Boo” to this Entertainment-For-Hire site that borrowed my Borat for their Caricaturist page (After cropping my signature out) and didn’t give any attribution or even let me know. Just for that I won’t give them a link. Feel free to spit on the screen here …

But “Yay” to the folks over at this interesting and scholarly site about Oscar Wilde, The Oscholars, who used my picture but named their source and put up a link back …

Oscholars

My cartoon of David O’Doherty (A.k.a “Mizo Dan”, see below) has turned up on a website called “buannel”. I’ve no idea what’s being said though. Google Translate doesn’t recognise the language.

Link to page at buannel.com

Abandoned caricatures, unfinished portraits, sketches done while drunk etc. I just wanted to give them all a home somewhere, particularly the cartoon of Barry Manilow I did on a slice of toast one day and then sold on eBay. No seriously. Think I got 2 Euro for it …

Pencil drawing I did last year of a church in France, for a mate’s wedding book …

[Aidan McCarthy Wedding Booklet Drawing]