SRID: Deaf Fun

Black History Month Cartoon

2011-02-27T12:27:00.000-08:00

While I embrace anyone of any race, gender, belief, class, or sexual preference daily—every February I celebrate Black History Month by proudly reading, learning, talking, and thinking about African Americans’ cultural backgrounds and respectable achievements. Today, I was thinking of a cartoon that I created related to deaf black people. Here is a humorous (probably a little funny) art that a friend of mine asked me to do for a publication of one of chapters under National Black Deaf Advocates.

I sold an ACEO (Art Cards, Editions and Originals) of Martin Luther King, Jr. signing “dream” in ebay.com 2 years ago. Great timing to post this!

Thanks for checking out this blog.

Shawn

Valentine's Signing Dog

2011-02-09T22:38:00.000-08:00

Hey. Nothing much to say but wish you a Happy Valentine's Day. And have a good weekend. Here is an old cartoon.

Shawn

Mafia VRS

2011-01-22T15:54:00.000-08:00

I was looking through old cartoons to possibly post one of them in my blog, and I saw that particular cartoon. It immediately reminded me of a big news that happened recently. FBI’s biggest mafia bust ever! Here is the fictional cartoon about mafia and VRS. Enjoy this!

Shawn

Can't Sleep

2011-01-20T19:42:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

I was asked to do a comic strip project for Convo. Gladly created one and sent it to that cool, hip video relay service. Check that out at their blog.

Thanks, Glenn!

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T19:52:00.001-08:00

Hey. Are you having fun today for Christmas? I am just chilling out at home with a merry spirit. I was thinking of the Birth of Jesus Christ. It’s a wonderful feeling.

I made X-mas greeting cards with a cartoon and mailed them out to my family, relatives, and friends. It was for fun. I thought you might like to see this cartoon posted here. Those characters are my pets—(from bottom to top) Snicker, Sneaky, Amazing, & King. I love them.

Thanks for checking out my blog. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Shawn

Mummy & a Pen Cartoon

2010-10-30T17:54:00.000-07:00

I am back!

I know it has been 1 year since the last time I posted anything on my blog. This time I decided to post a cartoon because I like the feeling of having a Halloween spirit! Here is another Halloween cartoon.

Shawn

Vampire Pager Cartoon

2009-10-16T16:05:00.000-07:00

Hey. What’s up?

I know I have not posted a cartoon for a while. But now here is one. You know, October is a spooky month. Some people like to hear or watch horror stories and see some creepy visual arts. Well, this cartoon probably does not scare you at all. But I hope it makes you smile, chuckle, or laugh. Let’s have a Halloween spirit! Booo!

Shawn

Deafless Cartoon

2009-07-28T21:08:00.001-07:00

Wow! What a big controversy! People in the Deaf video network community - especially the Deafvideo website - have been talking about a startling video made by theHolism. TheHolism described himself as "deafless". What?? A new term invented by himself. People love to agree and disagree with him. All the sudden, people are starting to make their videos to discuss "Deafless". And some of them even talk about it in the Visual Video website. What's up with that?? Instead of making a vlog about Deafless, I drew a cartoon with 2 characters for fun. Ken X is one of the characters.

Enjoy the cartoon. Peace out.

Shawn

Interpreting Zebra Cartoon

2009-07-26T06:29:00.000-07:00

I am an animal lover. Currently, I take care of 2 cats. I used to have a variety of pets—hamsters, salamanders, lizards, turtles, snakes, frogs/toads, dog (My father was the master; I lived under his roof.), and fish. They were a part of my childhood. I usually went out into a wilderness and confronted animals. Yes, it had to do with my deafness simply because I didn't hang out with hearing children much (No hard feeling. I had a few hearing friends, though). My love for animals naturally led me to draw more pictures of them. There is another reason why I love drawing cartoons with animal characters—less burden on deciding what race I should pick for human characters. I let you interpret cartoony animals as human beings whatever. Peace.

Shawn

Relay Service & Billiards Cartoons

2009-07-18T03:31:00.000-07:00

The owner of T.S. Writing Services asked me to create a cartoon for New Jersey Relay Service. I gladly completed this assignment (above).

I think I did this billiards cartoon for Silent News years ago.

Enjoy these cartoons

Shawn

Wedding Pager / ASL Ark Cartoons

2009-06-14T21:16:00.000-07:00

Hey.

Here is a couple of cartoons. I am sleepy right now so I don't have anything much to say. Hope you enjoy them.

Shawn

Terp Remote Control & Mike Tyson Cartoons

2009-05-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

Hello.

Don't we wish we could have the control of selecting interpreters?

Would it be cool if a famous person knew ASL? Movie stars? Professional athletes? President Obama? You know, Mike Tyson is infamous for biting off a piece off of Evender Holyfield's ear. Imagine how frightening Mike would be if he signed "bite".

On a serious note: I have sympathy for Mike Tyson whose 4-year-old daughter died after a terrible accident. My heart goes out on his family. May God comfort you, Mike.

Shawn

Two Cartoons (Late)

2009-05-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

Hello!

I was supposed to post my cartoon last Thursday. But I didn’t do it. Sorry. My bad. I think I was tired last week from being very busy at my job and not having a good night’s sleep. But now 2 cartoons are here.

I am a big fan of MMA fighter Matt Hamill. I first knew him years ago as a great RIT wrestler and a Deaflympics gold medalist. A few years ago, to my delight, I got to watch him as a contestant on a reality television show called The Ultimate Fighter. I drew a cartoon about Matt forgetting to do something before starting his wrestling in the Deaflympics.

I used to create cartoons about sports for Silent News years ago before that publication went out of business. When I did cartoons, I thought of diversity. And I still do. I like the idea of having characters of color and women. And I am into animal characters. In ’80s and ’90s we used to have hearing dogs for the deaf people. I remember that deaf people with hearing dogs had rights to go anywhere just like blind people and people with disabilities now do with their dogs. What about a basketball court?

Happy Mother's Day Cartoon

2009-05-08T04:38:00.000-07:00

Hey. Happy Mother’s Day!

Here is a cartoon I drew for SIGNews in 2008. Seeing new cards with sound at Wal Mart prompted me to think of a new card with American Sign Language (ASL). Real, animated live American Sign Language. Why not! Chuckling. By the way, that character in the cartoon is my mother. Again, Happy Mother’s Day.

Shawn

UFO Backing Off Cartoon

2009-04-30T20:47:00.000-07:00

Here is a cartoon that I drew and submitted to SIGNews. Yes, it was published not a long ago. I believe it was in its November 2007 issue. I picked that watercolor cartoon because it made me think of a recently controversial term – audism. What does it mean? According to Tom Humphries, audism is “the notion that one is superior based on one’s ability to hear or behave in the manner of one who hears.” I like his awesome quote. Basically with my understanding, audism means prejudice or discrimination against deaf people by hearing or even deaf people. Lately, there have been hot issues about Deafies experiencing discrimination, oppression, and inequality. So how is that term related to my cartoon? Well, this cartoon does not exactly indicate audism. But just for fun, I questioned an UFO’s attitude toward a deaf earthling. When one of ladies in that cartoon was abducted by that unknown flying object, a frightened deaf lady made a gesture showing that she was deaf and could not hear. The UFO was startled by her signs and suddenly freed that lady. Incredibly, the UFO just left and disappeared without hurting her or abducting her. Why did the UFO let her go? Simply because she was deaf? Was the UFO treating or seeing her differently due to her deafness? Did the UFO feel that a hearing person was better to kidnap?? Audism? You be the judge. Lol.

Hope you enjoy this cartoon. Peace—Shawn

You Deaf Too?

2009-04-23T19:55:00.000-07:00

Hey. What’s up?

A few days ago I got a videophone call from a deaf cartoonist. Yes, that Deaf cartoonist – the one who literally owns “That Deaf Cartoonist”. His name is Matt Daigle. He posts his cartoon in his blog every week. And his new cartoon is published in SIGNews every month. Matt and I knew each other from NTID/RIT. Anyway we had a very good talk about cartoon things on vp. He encouraged me to keep posting my cartoon or any drawings weekly. Naturally I agreed with Matt. After he mentioned one of my cartoons that he particularly liked, I thought it would be cool to show you one here.

Shawn

1-year Anniversary of Absence

2009-03-31T18:53:00.000-07:00

Hey. What’s up? Wow. The last time I made a blog here was exactly one year ago. I am coming back here to celebrate my 1-year absence of not using my blog. My bad. Why did I stop posting my cartoons? I don’t know. I think www.DeafRead.com and www.DeafVideo.tv made me neglect my personal blog and personal tasks. Alright! I should not finger-point at them. I admit that I have been addicted to DeafVideo for more than 1 year. I check out that dynamic ASL video networking site almost everyday. It beats watching tv shows! Anyway, I decided to return to srid4fun.blogspot.com and give it another try. I have many old cartoons I made for deaf-related publications in the past. I want to make a good use of them. Why not. Here are 2 cartoons. Enjoy them.

Many thanks for checking out my blog. Peace.

Shawn

Cochear Implant Cartoon. Tired of that issue?

2008-03-31T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hey. I know some people are tired of Cochlear Implant issues. But this is the only cochlear implant cartoon I have in many years. I kept seeing my original one in my flat file almost every time I looked for a collection of artwork. I couldn't help but find the picture of ants fascinating. I wanted to get it over with by posting that cartoon in my blog so I could move on with other cartoons regarding different deaf-related themes. Better now than later.

Happy Easter & Sign 4 Jesus

2008-03-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

Hey. I hope you have a good Happy Easter. I have decided that I will go to church tomorrow morning. I believe that I will feel better afterwards with a good spirit from God. Recently I did a quick sketch of the sign for Jesus. I did it for about 15 minutes. Took a photo of my hands signing “Jesus”. Drew the picture while I was studying the photo print.

Read it here if you are interested. I wanted to share the word of God with you. Easter is a special day because it is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He died for our sins on the cross on Good Friday. Jesus was buried on that day and rose from death on Sunday. Tomorrow I will join people at church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection.

www.jesusandeaster.com

St. Patrick's Day Greetings

2008-03-16T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hey. I wanted to say Happy St. Patrick’s Day to people. I decided to create a greeting cartoon for my blog at the last minute—the night before St. Patrick’s Day. I started with rough sketches, drawing a picture of a bear holding a mug and signing “Beer”. But I wanted to add a character that said something related to St. Patrick’s Day. I sketched a female Leprechaun character signing “Kiss me, I’m Irish”. Nah, more work for a little time, so I dumped her. I looked back at the bear with the mug. The idea of the sign “beer” bothered me a little. Kind of not appropriate. That greeting is for anyone, including kids. That idea was thrown out. But after studying the sketches quickly, I made another draft of the same bear only with the same sign originally used for that (sexy) Leprechaun character. Not bad. I did the final cartoon above.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Celebrate responsibly.

Bored Fish Cartoon

2008-02-26T22:47:00.000-08:00

Hey. It is now 1:45 a.m. I wanted to add another cartoon in my blog. I quickly looked for an interesting one and found it. I immediately thought of editing the caption – something catchy.

This cartoon was first published in SIGNews a few years ago. The original caption stated, “Hey! I’m bored. Please show me more signs!” Now here is the new caption for this blog. Enjoy it.

Now I am getting ready to go to bed. Good night. Peace.

Marlee Matlin starring in a movie

2008-02-21T09:47:00.000-08:00

Hey. I got an email from a friend. It interested me so I thought I should share an announcement with some of you who are Marlee Matlin fans or into a cochlear implant controversy ... or you simply do not know about it.

Here is the announcement:

CBS will have movie called "Sweet Nothing In My Ear" played by Marlee Matlin on April 1, 2008

Playwright Stephen Sachs has adapted his original play, Sweet Nothing In My Ear, for a Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie set to air on CBS in April. The television version of Sweet Nothing, now shooting, is directed by Emmy Award-winning Joseph Sargent and stars Academy Award winner Marlee Matlin and Golden Globe winner Jeff Daniels.

In Sweet Nothing in My Ear, Laura, who is deaf, and Dan, who is hearing, are an attractive young couple happily married for nine years. Their son Adam was born hearing, but by age six has also become deaf. When Dan decides to pursue the possibility of a cochlear implant for his boy - a tiny computer chip inserted in the brain that would allow him to regain his hearing - a divisive wedge is driven between husband and wife that threatens to shatter their marriage.

Bling-Bling Videophone Necklace Cartoon

2008-01-21T19:26:00.000-08:00

This is a spot cartoon that I created for fun. I did it because there was an exciting news about a new videophone device called VPAD . A few weeks ago the announcement of the VPAD got the attention of the Deaf community and deaf, hard of hearing, & hearing individuals—including myself. I had to think of a cartoon related to that videophone device for SigNews. I did one and submitted a humorous artwork to that publication recently. But another idea for the cartoon popped in my mind. I decided to share this with you. It is a combination of a heavy gold chain and a portable, wireless videophone device wore by a hip-hop urban guy. He can go anywhere, show off his bling-bling thang, and holler at somebody on vp.

Hope you had a good Martin Luther King Day today. Peace.

My First Blog

2008-01-03T19:44:00.001-08:00

Hey. What’s up? Welcome to my very first blog. I am new to writing blog posts but not to my reading on people’s blogs. I have been looking at many different vlogs and blogs mostly from d/Deaf and ASLian (a new informal word I just learned—meaning ASL user) peoples and I love & kiss-fist them. Deafread has inspired me so much that I created my own blog last month. I wanna try vlog. No promise but one day I would like to try a vlog from my Macbook with a built-in cam.

Let me tell you a little about myself. I am Shawn from Baltimore, MD. I have 2 cats. No human children. Not married. I work as a graphic artist for a magazine. I love arts and have been doing art pieces since I was a little boy. I currently draw cartoons for SIGNews—a monthly newspaper serving the signing community. I have enjoyed looking at deaf-related cartoon sites like Deaf Cartoon Blogs, moeart.com/blog, and www.mdaigletoons.com.

I thought you might like to see one cartoon below that I drew for a newsletter named The AAAD Bulletin – the publication of American Athletic Association of the Deaf (now USA Deaf Sports Federation). It was printed in 1994. It was one of my earliest paid published cartoons.

Many thanks for checking out my blog. Peace.

Shawn