December Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.
Enjoy these December doodles!

We wrap up the year with a couple doodles based on popular internet sensations: Grumpy Cat on the 21st, and Ikea Monkey on the 13th.

Some bad news for doodle fans: This will be the final installment of Journal Doodles until further notice. I looked in at least five different stationery stores (now that I think about it, does any city really need five separately owned stationery supply companies? Wouldn't two be more than enough?) and no one had any journals with calendars like this inside. It's odd, some years they make them with calendar pages, some they don't. I guess 2013 is the year they don't.

To be totally honest I can't say I'm too broken up about this. I was getting kind of doodled out. It was starting to get hard to not repeat myself as I tried to come up with over 365 (counting the blank spaces) different doodles.

November Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy the November doodles!

With all the recent news about Disney buying Star Wars dominating the media, I thought it high time I acknowledged the event in the form of journal doodles. So without further ado, here's this month's all-Star Wars doodles! Original Trilogy characters only please-- no Queen Amidala (who is apparently royalty but can also somehow be elected), whiny Anakin or (shudder) Jar Jar.

It's A Trap!

October Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these October doodles!

Gah, it's November already! Where has the year gone? It's time to start shopping for next year's journal (it's not a diary).

Quite a few monsters in October's doodles, which I suppose is appropriate. Also for the first time I filled up the giant vertical box at the right. Probably won't be doing that again, as it takes too long to color in.

That's Ben Grimm in the upper left, Spock on the 9th, and if you're a fan of restorations of classic art, you'll no doubt recognize the chap on the 15th.

September Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these September doodles!

If you remove the large fangs, the guy in the top row, third box from the left kind of looks like a teacher I had in high school. That's Bert next to him, no doubt glaring at Ernie. Looks like Pufnstuf there on the 11th. And is that shrill celebrity Joan Rivers on the 20th?

August Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these August doodles!

That looks like Batman on the 3rd. Boy am I glad those movies are over. Gandalf shows up on the 9th, trying to figure out how they're going to stretch The Hobbit into three films. The kid on the 16th kind of looks like me in high school. Well, maybe I wasn't quite that bad, but if felt like it at the time. Sauron's keeping an eye on things on the 27th. And Ghost Rider is there in the last panel, wishing someone would make a decent movie of him someday.

July Journal Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these July doodles!

Quite often people ask me why all of the characters I draw tend to look pissed off and angry. Can you blame them? Look at the state of the world! The biggest and most vocal opponent of Global Warming just reversed his stance and admitted that it's real, the area in which I live is suffering from the worst drought in recorded history, the antics of the two dimbulb stars of the Twilight movies gets more attention and media coverage than how health care reform will affect us all, and it's beginning to look like the hot button issue of gay marriage is going to be decided in the learned halls of a farkakte chicken restaurant.

Of course they look pissed off!

June Journal Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these June doodles!

I'm starting to find it hard to not repeat myself with the doodles. I'll think I've got a good idea for one and then I leaf through the earlier pages and see I've already done something similar. It's not that I'm running out of ideas; believe me I have plenty. It's just that sometimes it's hard to come up with an idea that'll fit in a 1" x 1.5" box. Do you see how I suffer for your enjoyment?

May Journal Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Nothing much to say about this month's doodles, other than sometimes it's hard to come up with 30-31 new ones each month. Sometimes I'll start drawing one and think, "This seems familiar somehow." I'll leaf through the earlier months and sure enough, I've already drawn a guy with a Tie Fighter head. Not really, but you get the idea.

April Journal Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these April doodles!

April around these parts was very different this year. Normally April in Evansville means 30 straight days of rain, resulting in rivers that spill out of their banks, swamp-like back yards and mosquitoes the size of carrier pigeons. This year we scarcely had any rain at all in April, to my surprise and general approval. Of course that just means May will likely be filled with goose-drowners and I'll end up rowing to work.

If I had to declare a theme for the April doodles, I'd probably have to say "eyes." Eyes and teeth. For some reason I always end up drawing lots of big and ridiculous looking eyes.

March Journal Doodles

I have this journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I make my own calendars at home and have no need for the one in the journal, so I fill up each day's box with a doodle.

Enjoy these March doodles!

March is generally not one of my favorite months. At the risk of pooping all over everyone else's fun, I can't stand all the March Madness stuff that goes on this time of year. I don't watch the games, I have no idea who's playing, I don't understand the seeds and brackets and all that hooey, and for the love of Benji I do not want to throw away money betting on the games.

Also if you're in advertising as I am, it's as inevitable as the tides that a client will want an ad that says "Madness In March Sale" as the headline. And every time they do it, they think they're the first one to think of such a clever pearl of advertising wisdom. Feh.

There are a couple of doodles here that aren't my best work. That's because it's time for some new glasses. I'm getting tired of holding the paper at arm's length and trying to draw on it. As soon as my new insurance kicks in, it's off to the optometrist. A blind artist ain't gonna be any use to anyone.

Return Of The Journal Doodles!

Back in 2010 I bought a journal (it's not a diary!) that contained calendar pages at the beginning of every month. I live a simple life here at Bob Canada's BlogWorld and had no use for the calendar, so I started filling up each day on the calendar with a doodle.

Sadly, the 2011 journal (it's not a diary!) that I bought didn't have calendar pages, so there were no doodles last year.

But this year's journal (it's not a diary) features the calendar pages again! Huzzah! The Daily Doodles are back! Enjoy the January Doodles!

Denouement December

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for December. Sadly, this will be the last of the calendar sketch page posts. I bought a new journal (it's not a diary!) this week, and it doesn't have calendar pages in it.

There's Broccoli Head on the 4th, and Furious the Snowman on the 8th. The kid on the 14th is sporting a patented Beiber Hair Helmet®. There's King Vitamin on the 16th next to Psychotic Kermit on the 17th.

That's Cyclops Rooster on the 22nd next to Spider Head on the 23rd. That's Homeless Santa on the 29th, and me on the 31st.

Jumpin' January!

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for January. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then started working backwards. Who needs order?

Apparently I was cold a lot in January, if the 3rd and the 10th are any indication. I was also tired a lot, according to the 5th and 20th. Looks like payday was on the 8th and 22nd.

That's Jay Leno on the 7th, sweating over all the drama about his failed prime time show. Is that an Elvis sighting on the 14th? Und dat's not AH-Nuld on the 23rd!

Ferkakta February

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for February. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then started working backwards. Who needs order?

The guy on the 6th has something inappropriate growing out of his forehead. That's George Jetson's first wife Estelle on the 8th. Something stinks on the 11th. Happy Valentine's Day on the 14th! The guy on the 21st looks like his mustache is doing bicep curls. The gentleman on the 24th doesn't care for our feathered friends. That's Davros, creator of the Dalek race (from Doctor Who) on the 22nd. Yes, I'm a nerd.

Mopey March

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for March. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then started working backwards. Who needs order?

Some weird baby snuck onto the calendar before the month even started! Is that a sparkly teen vampire there on the 5th? That guy on the 6th is a real blockhead.

The guy on the 17th needs some Proactiv, while the one on the 22nd is a big star. Despite the fact that they're of completely different species, the 19th and 24th look related somehow. The guy on the 30th looks a little "tired." And I believe that's a member of avant-garde rock band The Residents there on the 31st.

Anguished April

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for April. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then started working backwards. Who needs order?

I guess that's the Easter Bunny there on the 4th. That's a very suave dog there on the 12th. And is that Joan Rivers next to him on the 13th? I don't know what that's supposed to be on the 20th. Some kind of half man, half robot thing. Hey, I do these in pen, so I only get one chance to draw them, and if they don't come out right, I'm stuck with them.

The guy on the 21st is upset that "Secretary's Day" is now apparently known as "Administrative Professional's Day." I don't blame him. There's RoboCop on the 24th, inaccurately drawn from memory. The guy on the 26th has appears to have had too much fat injected into his lips. There's Angry Gumby on the 30th. And the guy who snuck in on the non-existent April 31st has been censored.

No, No, November

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for November.

That appears to be the Tin Man on the 1st. The guy on the 6th feels pretty. The monster on the 7th is pissed that he has to set his clock back an hour, while the guy on the 11th is doing some housecleaning.

Odd October

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for October. Lots of monsters and Halloween related doodles here.

We've got the Bride of Frankenstein on the 4th, with a steam powered Frankenstein monster on the 9th. That's supposed to be Boris Karloff on the 7th, but he didn't come out very well. I was trying to draw Peter Cushing on the 13th, but he ended up looking a lot more like Tony Randall! Always use photo reference, kids!

There's Ookla the Mok on the 18th, with a vaguely Vincent Price-esque figure on the 21st. That's Nosferatu down there on the 27th.

Morose May

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for May. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then started working backwards. Who needs order?

I guess that's supposed to be Tough Soldier Beetle Baily on the 2st, with Steven Seagal on the 7th. The guy on the 27th looks like those weird half dog, half men that were always in Carl Bark's Duck comics.

Jerkish June

I've got this daily journal (it's not a diary!) that contains calendar pages at the beginning of every month. Since I do the exact same thing every single day of my life, I have little use for the calendar pages, so I've been filling each day's square with a doodle.

Here are the calendar pages for June. I don't know why I'm posting them out of order like this. I started with August, then went to September, then July. Who needs order?

I think that was an attempt at Frankenstein's Monster on the 28th. The 9th and 29th look like 1950s advertising characters (minus the prehensile tongue on the 29th). It looks like the 24th was the inspiration for this.