the great escape
December 8, 2008
The typical Christmas dinner being all too similar to that of the Thanksgiving menu, Turkey’s everywhere are making good their escape.
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Heh, actually this was slated to be a Thanksgiving post, but time and chestnut stuffing waits for no one and consequently, it got scraped. But hey, why let a perfectly good turkey drawing go to waste? I decided to smoosh it and squish it to fit this week’s Illustration Friday theme.
Whew! That wasn’t easy.
sketched out 
December 8, 2008 at 11:30 am
Oh, but it worked so well!
December 8, 2008 at 11:33 am
Good luck!!!
December 8, 2008 at 11:49 am
Great illo! So funny 🙂
December 8, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Oh sometimes I feel like sneaking away like that too. Funny!
December 8, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Hi, great illo, ya your right, in so many different countries and we all have similar Christmas dinner, poor turkeys, good luck.
Ale
December 8, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Every time I see a Groucho nose and glasses I find myself saying “Why that’s the silliest thing I ever hoid!”
Glad you shared this one Sketchie. It’s a good one that almost got away! Good thing turkeys can’t fly otherwise we might not have caught this beauty 🙂
December 8, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Go, turkeys! I hope they make it.
Wonderful illustration!!!
December 8, 2008 at 5:15 pm
LOL!! Hee… hee, this is great Linda!! Love those turkey’s faces, they are awesome!! How do you come up with this things girl?! Keep ’em coming :o)
December 8, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Great! By far the most creative one I’ve seen for theme. But then of course.
December 9, 2008 at 4:14 am
I’d say you smooshed and squished it up perfectly! Hilarious! (Should I be worried that the only one watching where he’s going is the one who’s not running?_
December 9, 2008 at 6:50 am
OMG that is SO funny I can hardly believe it! Linda you are a genius.x
December 9, 2008 at 9:11 am
Hey! Hey! What is the rush and urgency for this!
I wonder how actually they line up so well and get this going…..
that’s the fun on counting the blessing-to escape the creative way!
December 9, 2008 at 11:13 am
hahaha!!
Excellent! Excellent!
December 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm
The turkey with the glasses is really funny…nice capture of the moment…
December 9, 2008 at 1:43 pm
“This is a true story. Although the characters are composites of real turkeys, and time and place have been compressed, every detail of the escape is the way it really happened”… really… it did… I’m serious!…. hey, wait a minute…
You are the creative one! Love it Linda!
December 9, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Hysterical! Look at their faces! Oh, please, let them make it. Run for the woods, you guys! 🙂
December 10, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Your work is delightful– a bit sinister and very endearing. It would be delicious to see you go even darker…
December 11, 2008 at 3:22 am
Linda, your work is just brilliant..
December 11, 2008 at 4:02 am
let me tell you, I was having a time to trying to do something for IF as well. It wasn’t easy. Life is happening and we all have things to do. I got the best laughing at this wonderful illustration. I just think your style is the best. It’s fresh and whimsical and fun. Great work once again. You did your thing with this one.
December 11, 2008 at 7:23 am
The great escape 🙂 what a lovely Illo !!
December 11, 2008 at 7:44 am
LOL! OK…I’ll let them escape for Christmas. It’s the pigs that better worry now….yum, ham! Such a creative costume, I’m sure no one would notice the 3 heads sticking out every which way 🙂 I can always count on a smile when I come here.
December 11, 2008 at 9:22 am
Thanks for the comment,your illo is great and so funny,poor turkeys…run to freedom
December 11, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Vunderful, as usual, my dear!
December 11, 2008 at 6:58 pm
These turkeys are on the lamb! Haha.. Love these crazy turkeys.
December 12, 2008 at 3:37 am
haha! great getaway!
December 12, 2008 at 6:53 am
I love this! The little heads poking out of the coat just crack me up.
December 12, 2008 at 8:53 am
I enjoy american’s humor about turkeys in Thanksgiving day, and this is a great piece rich of humor and so well done :o)
woow I love the snow, I want it too
December 13, 2008 at 9:09 am
Those ‘rambunctious’ turkeys keep escaping!!!!
😀 😀 😀
December 15, 2008 at 4:19 pm
What festive piece. I think it’s just wonderful!!
December 17, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Good run, turkeys! Should they expect no more turkey on Christmas’s dinning table?
Waht’s else can I say? You’re just too good!
December 18, 2008 at 4:15 am
This is great – thank goodness for a truly dufferent idea in the Christmas theme! Well done, it really med me smile!