STUFF BY JAMES SCANLON

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2008-08-01T13:46:29Z

Kitty Mitts, the influence behind Mario, has been missing for almost three weeks. It's really been shit not having him around the office. I'm not saying that I'm giving up hope that he'll return, but I also have to realistic. Kitty Mitts was such a great cat. He was a temperamental bastard -- he swatted at people he didn't like and little children -- but he was still a very affectionate cat. As much as I taunted and teased him, he still came back for more attention. I can honestly say that I genuinely loved that cat. It's been a horrible year for cats in my life.

frankmentality @ 2008-06-13T20:27:00

2008-06-14T00:38:05Z

There's a website called garfieldminusgarfield.net and it takes the Garfield comic strip and strips it of Garfield. I happen to enjoy it a lot. And what better way to show your appreciation for something than to imitate it. So, I'm going to try my hand at it with my own comics, because it just so happens that The Adventures of Luke and Mario also includes a fat-headed, orange cat. Here's the Adventures of Luke and Mario Minus Mario:

frankmentality @ 2008-03-23T11:08:00

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frankmentality @ 2008-02-14T18:48:00

2008-01-31T23:48:27Z

This was an exercise:

I think it was a Wednesday when my heart started to hurt. It was a couple of weeks before New Years, so it must've been about a week before Christmas, which meant it probably started on Hanukkah. Every now and then when I'm not expecting it, when I'm just breathing, when I get up from sitting down on a couch, when I get up from napping there's a striking pain to my heart region. It isn't exactly where my heart would be -- center of my chest slightly turned towards the left -- it's more below it. So maybe it's my lungs or diaphragm, but if you felt what it felt like you would think it's your heart. It only lasts a few minutes though. I try to limit my activity until the hurt has disappeared or gone down to a manageable hurt. The good news is that through all this unexplained hurt, my left arm is fine. I've heard and seen in movies that when people have heart-attacks their left arm gives them pain and/or goes numb. I think that's what it is, I haven't experienced it yet, so I'm glad my left arm is okay.

Maybe the hurt symbolizes something. Of course I'm not one for symbolism, more just coincidence. But if it is symbolism of sorts, it's setting in quite late. Beth broke up with me six months before the hurt started. The hurt in my heart that is. Or rather the physical hurt in my heart. Anyway, putting this hurt up as a symbol of my broken heart is ridiculous in my mind. Beth didn't exactly break my heart, she more just fucked up my head. But as far as I'm concerned, I'm over it now. Have been for almost three months now. I'd like to say that I don't like to talk about Beth, but sometimes I can't help it. You see, I lack a lot of experience in my life and Beth was about the only experience I've had. I mean isn't that what you do when talking to people? Talk about your experiences in life and/or how you can relate to other people's? The good thing is that when I do talk about her I don't get upset about it.

Anyway, all that Beth business aside -- I'm sure I'll be back with it later -- my heart hurts. Am I worried about? Partially. You see, I have such a low image of myself that I don't think I'll die an interesting death. That's why I'm not seriously worried about disease and viruses. I do worry about disease and viruses entering my body, but when I truly think about it it's not too likely to happen. Of course heart disease is the number one killer of Americans -- or that's what a magazine told me once -- so maybe dying from this heart thing won't be that out of the ordinary. Do I think this heart problem will amount to anything? No. Or it won't amount to anything for a while. As far as my rationale goes, I thought I would've been dead by 19. I'm going on 23 and I still think I'm going to die at 19. But if this heart thing is going to do anything to me, I expect it to happen around 25 or so. Whereas I thought I was going to die at 19, 2 years seems like a while, so I got some time left. Left for what? Absolutely nothing.

Merry Valentine's Day to all.

frankmentality @ 2007-12-31T14:23:00

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By the way, No Country For Old Men was great.

frankmentality @ 2007-11-09T17:17:00

2007-11-09T22:22:24Z

The shopping cart was taken from Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I'm so excited to see No Country For Old Men tomorrow.

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2007-10-01T22:09:01Z

This is a scene I'd like to see in a zombie movie: Two guys looking to see what the date is by rummaging through rotting and eaten remains of people for a working watch that tells what day it is.

frankmentality @ 2007-09-21T18:01:00

2007-09-21T22:05:27Z

I think Mario's a better salesman than me.

I felt the need to draw yesterday's comic idea again. The way Mario's eyes came out in yesterday's comic made him look like he was joking or pulling a prank on somebody. It's almost as if we pulled up to someone on the sidewalk or stopped next to another car at an intersection. Anyway, I'm ok.

frankmentality @ 2007-09-20T17:32:00

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frankmentality @ 2007-08-31T18:19:00

2007-08-31T22:22:25Z

This comic really isn't that funny, but the fact that it's not funny amuses me. It almost seems like I'm making these out of spite.

frankmentality @ 2007-07-31T16:06:00

2007-07-31T20:08:24Z

For the record, I do not own an iPod, nor do I have that many pictures.

I can't help but think I'm still a child... a child who pays a mortgage.

frankmentality @ 2007-06-23T13:57:00

2007-06-23T18:02:42Z

For those of you who may be excited to start seeing new comics, don't be. I've just been drawing a lot to preoccupy my mind. I've been having trouble sleeping, so I drew this this morning at 1 o'clock. Just as I was posting this I realized where I've seen this before: Reno 911. This just puts me at an even worse mood now.

frankmentality @ 2007-06-21T17:50:00

2007-06-21T21:53:22Z

I assure you, the audience, that this is not why I've stopped making comics so frequently.

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frankmentality @ 2007-05-23T18:48:00

2007-05-23T22:54:00Z

Luke and Mario are undergoing some retooling due to the whole fiasco two weeks ago. So, here's one where I expect to get a lot of jive for copyright infringement.

frankmentality @ 2007-05-13T11:24:00

2007-05-13T15:28:01Z

Great. Due to all the comments on my last post, I've been labeled a racist, which I'm not. Since a lot of those comments were anonymous, people are holding me responsible for the remarks. This picture was taped to a brick and thrown through my window -- figuratively, of course. You know, all I wanted to do was share my Minesweeper scores and then all this happens. I mean, people are treating me like I'm Walt Disney or something. Thanks a lot, anonymous commentators.

Why Mario is a viking is beyond me, but I can tell it's not good.