MY ACT?


My act? I’m a super somersaulting frog!

The above is some old H.o.p. art. Love it. A frog that lets you know its “act” is somersaulting, then performs a somersault and promptly barfs. Some people call this performance anxiety. Stress is another good name for it.

Today’s Marty’s birthday and what he wanted for his birthday was this on a t-shirt, and several other H.o.p. images on shirts. So I spent a day priming H.o.p.’s art for Cafe Press (a laborious process), made shops for the new images (already had a couple shops on there, more laborious process), then bought Marty a bunch of t-shirts (fun, not laborious).

Also got the Super Somersaulting Frog as a tote bag, perfect for the consummate professional who doesn’t mind letting the world know how it sometimes feels to be their kind of consummate professional. Not that Marty is one of those musicians who throws up before performing. Lead singers usually do that.

No, I had in mind that awful old “Hang in there!” poster of the kitty dangling by its paw from a rod. Do they still sell those things.

I feel like H.o.p.’s somersaulting, barfing frog is the counterpart of that kitten.

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4 responses to “MY ACT?”

  1. Jennifer Avatar

    Happy Birthday to Marty!

    I love H.o.p.’s stuff!!!

    As for the kitten… yes. At least 6 years ago when someone gave one to me. :-0

  2. Idyllopus Avatar

    Thanks for the birthday greetings.

    I wonder who came up with that first poster of the Hang In There! kitty? I wonder how much money they made off it? Did it make them rich? Was it a collaborative effort where someone came up with the photo and someone else came up with the idea and someone else implemented? Were they all poor schmoes working hourly minimum wage scale except for the photographer who maybe got paid $25 for the photo?

    I wanna know.

  3. nina Avatar
    nina

    And I’ll add my Happy Birthday! to Marty as well!

    Also gotta say that I think that somersaulting frog of H.o.p’s is amazing. And funny. He has a real gift for animating and cartooning and drawing and creating in 3D! and story lines and dialogue, too.

  4. Idyllopus Avatar

    Nina, I thought it was pretty good how he made the somersaulting frog a wheel with many legs. And then the flies in the vomit. He’s right now running around with Marty’s birthday balloons blowing them up and slowly releasing the air from them so they sound like long fat farts.

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