fretopus (worry monster)
May 25, 2008
This is getting a little ridiculous, I mean, what with snatchkees in mayonaise jars and sneezles locked in the bathroom… you’d think I had enough to contend with.
Apparently not.
Earlier today, after having worked out at the gym and in need of some hydration, I lifted a cool refreshing glass of water to my lips. As I absentmindedly glanced into the glass, in mid gulp, I witnessed a flash of tentacle as a fretopus left the glass and back-stroked it’s way into my mouth. I coughed and sputtered and tried desperately to dislodge the worrisome creature from my throat, but no dice. He was in.
So, now, here I sit, and I worry. I worry about the price of gas, the war in Iraq, who’ll be our next president, falling airliner debris, coming down with a brain tumor, whether or not I have bad breath, was that mole there yesterday, if I left the iron on, what’s for dinner, what’s he looking at, whether or not I worry too much and how will Sonny Corinthos be able to stay out of the mob (even though I don’t watch General Hospital, I swear,) and does my butt look fat in these jeans?
You know, pretty much, an average day.
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The theme for this week’s Illustration Friday is “Worry.”
May 26, 2008 at 3:39 am
Such a fan of your wonderful drawings and fantastic creature characters. This one is great, you’ve managed to capture a real expression of worry in his one eye!
May 26, 2008 at 5:32 am
Don’t worry, everything is ok … it’s the same for me: just a bit of seasonal anxiety!!!
Ciao Vitti
May 26, 2008 at 5:46 am
Love it!!!
May 26, 2008 at 5:47 am
such an expressive little monster – should we all be so lucky to have these critters roaming around our brains, thanks for sharing with us your brain crew of characters.
May 26, 2008 at 6:11 am
Another little monster too cute for the trouble he causes us
The only cure I know for this one is faith and hope taken in equal doses…better than alcohol and tranquilizers! Maybe he’ll choke on his only little tentacle!
May 26, 2008 at 6:51 am
This is simply adorable!
May 26, 2008 at 8:38 am
I’m enjoying the monsters, they’ve all been imaginative and expressive, very cool!
May 26, 2008 at 9:11 am
Your line drawing is very expressive. I always wondered what I swallowed—now I know.
May 26, 2008 at 9:22 am
Hihihi!
This is soooo funny character! Great job!
May 26, 2008 at 9:33 am
great character.
May 26, 2008 at 10:11 am
You sure are having monster problems! I’d call an exterminator, I mean geez louieez I’m worried for you!
If things get too crazy… promise you’ll call for help!! LOL! You funny chicka!
I love your work!!
May 26, 2008 at 10:54 am
Very cute. Thought you were sounding a little more anxious lately.. Now I know why.
May 26, 2008 at 11:22 am
You do not look fat in those jeans. You look great to me! (lol)
May 26, 2008 at 4:04 pm
oh my gosh…we must be twins separated at birth, because you just described me…except I DO watch GH
Great illo as always !!
May 26, 2008 at 4:10 pm
hihi! you kill me! It’s enough to make you pull your tenticles out!
cheers!
May 26, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Get out of my head!! Really, I was saying “ditto” to most of your worries. Esp the butt one. Yikes.
May 27, 2008 at 1:45 am
Whilst the page was loading, I was expecting to see a guitar playing cat…. Great drawing Linda.
All the best, Aaron.
May 27, 2008 at 4:13 am
Fabulous stuff sketched! The very embodiment of deep sea anxiety. well done indeed.
May 27, 2008 at 7:20 am
You know… I find these guys get bored real easy, especially when I haven’t watched the news in a long time. And I discovered that two other creatures, the complainilopigus and the aggrivatopus don’t seem to affect me much either when I have had minimal news cast exposure.
Great sketch, Linda. Such an imagination!
May 27, 2008 at 9:36 am
Heeee… heee… oh don’t worry Linda you’ll be fine I’m sure.
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Love how he is pulling his… whatever those things are…
May 27, 2008 at 11:26 am
Thanks everyone, for stopping by and dropping me a line! Always makes my day.
Bee, thank you, so nice of you to say.
Faruffa, thanks for the reassurance! I could do with some seasonal laissez-faire however, hee hee.
Thanks Jan Joann, Mary, Marcy, Eli, mkp, Vhrsti and Lockjaw!
Roberta, with all these monsters, I just may require professional help, other than an exterminator, hee hee.
Artsea, yes, knowing the reason is half the battle, right?
Monniemoon, Why thank you very much, nice of you to say (o;
Nancy, that’s so funny… and, don’t tell anyone, but I used to watch GH when I was freelancing and still keep up on it online, hee hee.
Laurel, you know what I’m sayin’?
Aaron, Hee hee, that’s a good one! … and thanks!
Thanks Neil. Yes very deep sea and deep seeded anxiety!
Tom, good advice! Dr. Weil suggests taking news fasts once a week for good mental health, although he never mentioned it as a cure for fretopusitis. I should write him about it.
Alicia, thanks, and I believe those things he’s pulling are called fretennae.
May 27, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Thank goodness it wasn’t the fretopus gigantus. They’re not nearly as cute. Awesome character!
May 31, 2008 at 9:35 am
After getting a good look at this guy I can see how he could make a person’s stomach feel tied in knots with worry. I must swallow a lot of these guys.
That one tooth, and how he’s chewing on his tentacle is pretty darn cute though. (Oops!, spell check almost had me saying ‘testicle’, boy, that would have been embarrassing.:/)
June 1, 2008 at 2:00 am
You know this only proves how normal you are!
June 2, 2008 at 7:02 pm
So expressive, great body language and gestures on the lil’ guy. So funny too!
June 3, 2008 at 1:01 am
My brother-in-law might have one too! He always pull his hair if he’s worry for something,