TGIF, my Skeeterholics! Long week = Short blog. I’m writing this Thurs night & it’s been a very looong day for me.  3 things for your “to-do” list this weekend: check out Global Ignite Week, learn where one of these events is going on around you, and GO!  My wife & I attended Ignite Tulsa tonight and really had a great time listening to some passionate speakers. Topics ranged from “Top 10 Things I Learned as An Alpha Blonde” to feminism/”menaissance” discussions to “A People’s Revolution of Crappy American Music.”  Happy Friday, gang!  Take a load off, you’ve earned it.  Kick back & have a drink:

Top Gun

2 oz. Orange Juice

1 1/4 oz. Rum

1/2 oz. Bacardi Black Rum

2 oz. Pineapple

Use Spiced rum for recipe , then float 151 proof Rum on top.  Serve in a Highball Glass, and remember: if you can only handle one, the plaque for the alternates is in the ladies room!!

Cheers,

Lee (call sign: Ice Man)

Behind-the-scenes vid of drawing this week’s comic:

iSuck for not spending more time on this week’s comic. It’s been a busy week, but here: uDrink

Appletini

2 oz. Vodka

1/2 oz. Apple Pucker Schnapps

1/2 oz. Apple Juice or Cider

You know how to make a martini, right? If not, I’m sure there’s an app for that : )

Cheers,

iLee

Happy Valentine’s this weekend (or Anti-Valentine’s…whichever you prefer)!  I chose cute over funny this week.  Check back Tuesday this next week…yes, FAT TUESDAY!  I plan to post a Mardi Gras mosquito comic!  In the meantime, enjoy the weekend & here, have a drink:

Love Potion #9

1 oz strawberry, vanilla or clear vodka

1/2 oz white creme de cacao

1/2 cup fresh or frozen strawberries

1 scoop of vanilla ice cream

1/2 cup ice

Pour ingredients into a blender. Blend until smooth. Pour into a chilled margarita glass (if you can rim it with chocolate, more power to ya) & garnish with a strawberry.  Not Madame Rue’s brew, but it’ll do ; )

Cheers,

Lee

PS: Shout-out to my valentine: I love you, Amanda!!!!

Sorry, this week’s comic is a remix of this comic.  I had waay too much on my plate this week to draw a new one.  I’m actually posting this from a hotel room right now.  Oklahoma is being hit by an ice storm, and my workplace put me up in a hotel near the tv station where I work, so I could be there in the morning to run live shots and shoot the frosty weather.  There will be a brand-spankin’ new LVS next week.  Promise.  ‘Til then, “just batdance, gonna’ be okay…”

Cheers,

Lee

The mustache may have either been my 1st fear or my 1st amusement. My dad tells a story of how I saw someone with a ’stache when I was really young & publicly called him out:  ”Look, Dad! It’s a Mustache Man!” If it was fear, I overcame it last summer sprouting & sporting this Hulk Hogan-ish horseshoe mustache:

If it was amusement…well, I’m still amused. Facial fur is just funny. It turns men into muppets. Anywho…in other news…I reworked an old project I did freshman year of high school (‘92-’93) & posted it to youtube. Playing with it gave me some food for thought about animating these drunk mosquitoes at some point.  If and when, you’ll be the 1st to know.  I’ll keep ya posted.  In the meantime, check out the clip (& don’t judge too harshly…I mean, the source tape was VHS & it’s lost a few generations over the years).  It was originally titled “blur” (I think because that was my favorite band at the time).  I’ve renamed it “Black Times at the Blue Lizard,” which I think fits better.  So, kick back, fullscreen the youtube.  If you’re wearing bifocals, tilt your head back & zoom in.  And enjoy!

Black Times at the Blue Lizard

Oh yeah, it’s the weekend.  Here ya go, sport: have a drink!

Narragansett (for my old friends in Little Rhody)

1 1/2 oz. Bourbon

1 oz. Sweet Vermouth

1 dash Anisette

Stir in an old-fashioned glass with ice. Garnish with a twist of lemon peel.  Bartender, how do you pronounce that again?

Cheers,

Lee

BONUS: behind-teh-scenez of this comic according to Lee’s goofy faces on Dailybooth