Meat War

As epic as it may seem, the hot dogs are actually mad merely because the alligator had say “Bonjour!” as he floated by them. Everyone knows hot dogs don’t speak French! Poor guy….

If you are a hot dog eater, what toppings/condiments do you put on your dogs? I’m a mustard type of guy. I make it so you can’t even see the hot dog i put so much on. If onions are available i also throw some of that on there and even garlic if I can find it! Trust me… I have awesome breath after i eat one of these gifts from God. :] Does that make me weird?

In other news, I just got back from San Diego Comic Con. This year, TNPPress didn’t have a booth but we networked and talked with a lot of artists folk. In fact we got a few video interviews with Andrew Bell artist of The Creatures in My Head, Chris Yates Creator of Reprographics, Jon Rosenberg non-goat of Goats, S.Bevan & K.Earle genius’ behind White Ninja, and plenty of other actors and artists as well. :] We were hoping to have the first of the Con coverage up by tonight but had some issues getting it on Youtube, so tomorrow I’ll probably edit this post with the link or just post one or two in Thursdays post! I personally did a few of the interviews, so I’m excited to see how they come out as a finished product. Until then though, you can check out a “twitterview” (an interview via twitter), that I did with an artist friend of mine.

See ya’ll Thursday! :]

[suggested by Ana via INKu Box]


Discussion ¬

  1. Arzy

    “I made a universal translator, but it only translates into a dead language that no one understands…”

    lol.

    I really like the detail on the alligator, and the fact that I can vividly imagine the voices that the hot dogs would have.=)

    • joenis

      What is that quote from?

      The hot dogs are my favorite part about this entire drawing, so much so that I almost want to make them a recurring character at a later date. Maybe another war with them against the matches? lol that would be really rather epic wouldn’t it?

      • Arzy

        Futurama.

        Hahahahaha. That would be epic!

        • joenis

          or tasty.

          • Arzy

            only if the hot dogs are made of tofu!

  2. Mr. Lostman

    Futurama.

    Also, mustard is just terrible.

    • joenis

      WWHHHAAATTTT!?!? How sad. Mustard is delicious! What do you put on your hot dogs then?

  3. Mikal

    haha this is hilarious! Great job on the gator!

    All condiments are disgusting – that’s my two cents!!

    • joenis

      Thanks!

      Do you eat all your food dry then?

      • Mikal

        I guess you could put it that way! I personally see adding stuff like that to food as odd, even hot dogs – where as most people think a “plain” hot dog is odd :P

        Side note, I also don’t put milk on cereal…

        • joenis

          See, we agree on the cereal thing. I don’t know why, but in that case i feel like it ruins the cereal, makes it soggy and the milk over powers the flavor of the actual food too much.

          Plus.. i hate milk. BLERGK!

  4. Ali

    looks amazing! the mustard is that finishing touch.

    • joenis

      i thought so too, though the hot dogs faces is what is the real selling point on this one even with out it. Thanks for recommending the mustard in the first place. :]

  5. Jimidean

    HAHAHA great just great! so i never knew that alligators bleed ketchup…. it all makes sense now why hotdogs kill french gators, its to get the sweet sweeeet ketchup thats inside them! :P

    um sauerkraut and spicy mustard…. AND THATS IT!

    • joenis

      hahahaha, now that you mention it… it really does look like the gators blood is ketchup. That was the one thing i wasn’t 100% happy with before i posted it, but now that you point that out its probably one of my favorite parts cos its so random.

  6. Ana

    omg this is amazing. it seriously made me laugh. the facial expressions crack me up as always. i love how the hot dogs themselves are probably going to die from the rate of the speed that they’re falling. and all they wanted to do was kill an alligator because he said “bonjour” … i hope they weren’t planning on eating it because they could just be eating each other.

    • joenis

      Once they hit the ground, they will die and a clean up crew will swing by, sweep ‘em up and bring them to a meat processing plant. I think the reason Alligator jerky has “beef” in it is because this sort of “Meat War” happens often so they just blend the scraps into one meaty mesh.

  7. Vanessa

    I really like this a lot. I love the gator and the hot dogs for entirely different reasons. I’m proud to have been there during the creation – in a completely inconsequential facebook kind of way.

    • joenis

      Glad you like it! I’m glad I asked you what I should call this… the word “meat” wasn’t in my vocabulary at that moment.. i kept calling it something like “Alligator vs Hot Dogs” … how lame is that?! Even though you suggested it being called “Mystery Meat” your suggested MEAT will be immortalized for all to see!

  8. gillybean1

    poor murdered puppy tails :(
    rofl :P

    • joenis

      Puppy tails!?! haha, I’ve never heard a hot dog called that! That’s amazing. :]

      • gillybean1

        why yes i am amazing :P
        i wish i could move into my house already -.- i’m sick of hotels

  9. lexi

    mustard, ketchup, relish, sauerkraut
    any or all

    this made me think of lord of the rings

    • joenis

      I agree. I eat food for the sauce, as do you if i remember correctly. :]

  10. Matthew

    Omg that is too damn funny. I was laughing for a good 2 minutes at their faces. Awesome job. I think a war between the match sticks is inevitable. They are both sort of retarded enough to go to war with each other for no real reason. This is now my personal all time favorite.

    I eat them with mustard and sometimes ketchup, i do love onions on them and i have been known to throw some sauerkraut on them as well but i absolutely loath relish. The mustard is the only must have.

    • Joenis

      Haha… then that I must draw! A war between two peoples too stupid to realize they don’t have to. It will be a bitter battle with no purpose.

      Mustard FTW! :]

  11. shawn

    One of the best UI’s. Hoping to see a pin or a mural of some sort for this.
    This design would make the coolest shirt.

    • joenis

      haha, do you really think so? (the shirt thing that is) I’ve always thought Smile would make the best shirt.

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