A Skull

I needed a skull for one of my projects so I drew one myself, using others online as models.  Here it is.

Note:  I generally make my graphics with a transparent background, so they can be easily superimposed on existing backgrounds. See my post of September 19 below to see what I mean.

Feel free to use the image if you like.

 

Lucy Makes the Scene: A New Edit of a Palestine propaganda Piece

My latest salvo in the Snoopy Wars on X.  I edited the Palestine propaganda cartoon by replacing the Palestine flag with the Israeli flag, adding Lucy Van Pelt to the picture and some dialogue.  Trash can was added also.

The X poster's version of Charlie Brown is awful.  Shte made him smaller than Snoopy, his dog.

Making Snoopy a Representative of Palestinian Terror

 I added the skulls and the legend.  Hope the Snoopy kidnapers like it.

Using Photoshop and Illustrator to Curb Palestinian Propagada, Example 2

 To get up to speed on my graphic battles on X, read my prior post just below this one.

I have begun editing and reposting Palestinian propaganda on X. I am countering the graphic presentations of one "Snoopy" who uses the Peanuts character of Snoopy the dog to support the villainy of the Palestinians.  I resent this misuse of an iconic Peanuts character and seek to expose it and refute it.

Here is my latest "re-do" of one of her propaganda efforts.  I used Photoshop to remove her Snoopy drawing from the graphic and insert one of my own.  In mine Snoopy is wearing a Jewish skull cap.

Here is her graphic; mine is below.

Wallowing in a Cesspool - why X is not for the weak; Defending Snoopy

I am on X everyday, refuting leftists, Democrats, Islamists and other crazies.  The hate on that platform from the left is breathtaking in its intensity.  I liken my involvement as akin to wallowing in an open cesspool.  

I am aghast at the level of Jew hatred on that platform, the great majority of which comes from the left.  They hate Israel and blame it for Islamic violence.  They give it no consideration for defending itself against atrocious attacks like that of October 7, 2023 when 1200 Israelis were murdered for no other reason than that they were Jews.  The Jew hatred surely rivals in intensity that of 1930s Germany.

One of my pet peeves is a poster calling herself "Snoopy," after the Peanuts character, a dog.  She draws many pictures of Snoopy dressed in Muslim attire, especially the terrorist rag called a keffiyeh.  He is often shown waving the Palestinian flag.  It is great Islamist propaganda.  Her artwork is excellent, on a professional level, though it is used to support evil.   Here is one of her pro Palesine creations.  My amended version if below that.

I have often drawn Peanuts characters like Snoopy and Charlie Brown for fun and for the challenge, but I have avoided using these depictions for political purposes.  Their creator, Charles Schultz never did.  His goal was to depict the joys, challenges and struggles of childhood while making us laugh in the process.  I knew early on that if you are going to recreate his art you should never use it in ways that he would not approve.  I asked her to stop using "Snoopy" this way but I was ignored.  If anything, she doubled down.

So what can I do?  Lately I have gone against my own rules and introduced Snoopy to my own interpreation of events.  I have taken Palestine Snoopy cartoons on X and edited them and reposted my versions.  Palestinian flags have been removed and replaced with the Israeli flag; Snoopy in Muslim clothing has been replaced with a more neutral Snoopy  I use both Photoshop and Illustrator to accomplish these goals.  Will it make any difference in curbing Pali Snoopy's propaganda efforts?  Probably not, but it makes me feel better to try.

Death, Dying and the Eternal Soul

 

Yesterday one of my two best friends in the world died of prostate cancer.  Life sucks and then you die.  It's probably worse for those left behind, who have to live with grief, the most painful mental experience there is.

My Pomeranian dog Kodi died over a year ago, on August 4, 2025.  I still grieve for him, though the pain has faded somewhat.  I can't stand to go into the backyard, as lovely as it is, because it reminds me so much of him.  However, I can stand it if I have cigars and I am fresh out.  I will order some more by tomorrow.

So what's this about an eternal soul?  It is said to exist for both humans and animals. like cats and dogs.  It is, they say, the conscious part of a person or animal that does not die with the body, but accedes to a heavenly realm, an afterlife.  Most, if not all Near Death Experience (NDE) researchers say this is true.  These researchers are not werido hippies, they are usually MD's, Medical Doctors.and scientists. They tell of patients who have had near death experiences and were reunited with their beloved animals in the afterlife, cats, dogs, horses and others.

There are many who deny life after death.  I used to argue with my cousin who is an MD Psychiatrist in Dallas   He told me that dead people were just as dead as "last night's baked beans or last year's moths."  I didn't know about NDEs at that point, but my cousin has softened his position since then, maybe because he is 84 and hoping for soul survival himself.

San Francisco Forty-Niners Team Logo

 I duplicated this team logo for the San Francisco Forty-Niners, using Adobe Illustrator. Why?

Because I am a fan and because of the challenge of doing it.

The oval shapes wee easy to make but the SF letters were more difficult.  They are not part of a fonts set, they were created and drawn by an artist.  Copying them was hard.

Monarch Butterfly Graphic

A Monarch Butterfly, Created in Adobe Illustrator

911 Terrorist Attack on America: 25 Years Ago Today

It was 25 years ago today that Muslim fanatics destroyed major buildings in New York City.  They hijacked commercial passenger airplanes and flew them into the two buildings known as the Twin Towers, trapping many people inside as the fires burned.  

The Falling Man

Many jumped to their deaths from high windows, rather than burn to death.  The fires weakened the structures of the buildings, causing them to eventually collapse into rubble.  The number of dead was 2,977.

Ever since then I have hated Islam and view it as the enemy of civilization and humanity.

Charlie Kirk

Another sad remembrance this week is that of Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated a year ago on September 10, 2025.  He was shot by a sniper atop a building at a university where he was speaking to the students.

I Lied. Sideview of Peanuts Characters

 I lied when I said I wasn't going to post any more graphics of Peanuts Characters.  Here are some in sideview.

From left to right:  Charlie Brown, Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt, Peppermint Patty, Sally Brown, Marcie

Bottom Row  Snoopy in two different poses, and Woodstock the bird

I  post my graphics here so I can easily view them from my iPad.  I do it primarily for my own benefit, but if readers enjoy them, so much the better.