Wednesday, April 5, 2023

for David pilkey

You cannot simply stay at home 
and draw rude cartoons 
of principals in underpants
saving the world

or of boys rearranging signboards 
so 
"Come in and see our pretty armchairs" 
becomes 
"Come and see our hairy armpits".

Nobody but you 
will laugh at uranus jokes 
or want to hear about 
the attack of talking toilets,

And no, you cannot make up stuff
about policemen with dog heads and evil cats with clone kittens.

So what if Greek tales have horses and bulls with human heads, 
they are MYTHS, not TRUTHS,
which is the only thing you should 
speak, write or draw about,

and don't get me started 
on your low tech animation
ruining corners of pages 
flipping them back and forth 
to make it look like 
the toilet is chomping the hero.

Walt Disney is the only one 
who can get away with 
drawing a mouse a million times
doing the same thing with a degree difference

Oh and by the way,
you have to actually read the classics,
not just play off titles like 
Lord of the fleas
A tale of two kitties, 
For whom the ball rolls and
Fetch 22

You have to study hard 
pay attention in school,
work like a dogman 
to earn a living. 

Drawing comics 
will never make you any money.
Tra la laaaa! 

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