Birdbrains by Thom Bluemel for August 23, 2010

Jungle Juice, anyone?

Good Morning, Everyone

No monkey business for Tarzan anytime soon.

Good Morning Supreme Leader Good Morning Fellow Primates

Face under Jane’s foot; another under Tarzan’s left hand. Another is at the bend of the branch Tarzan is sitting on, looking like it’s kissing a baby face on Jane’s branch. Underneath those two is a profile or two in the foliage.

Both Jane and Monkey Boy are upset; they need to chill out like Tarzan. Have a banana.

But I love your primate dressing style, Jane.

Only Chief Thom Thom could make Tarzan look like that. Even Jane isn’t all that fetching. The most attractive thing in the whole drawing is the banana.

Primate lifestyle? I dunno, the only primates I know of that are that lazy and unfit are human beings, and none of them live in the jungle.

I’d be offended, but it’s too early in the morning.

(yes, Thom, I know you’re being highly ironic here, which certainly explains why Jane is upset!)

Which brings up the age-old question: Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard?

WILD SOW As a young boy, Tarzan found his father’s knife in the hut. Soon the idiot cut himself and dropped it in the mud. Several weeks later, this jungle genius remembered it and found it all dirty and rusty. He cleaned and sharpened it on a rock. After teaching himself to read from the great library his father somehow had in the hut, Tarzan learned that apes were hairy and MEN were clean shaven. When his beard started to grow, he freaked out. He dragged Daddy knife across his face, again cutting himself. Edgar Rice Burroughs was not the worlds best author, but could he tell a tale.I read 30 some odd books of his as a child, then I began to see faces.

Jane? Is that a baby bump I see? Boy?

Wow! Tarzan’s really let himself go. Too many banana cream pies? Jane’s looking good though.

HOW DID THOM GET A PHOTO OF ME?!? Geeze, I’m sorry that you’re looking at me 98% naked folks.

However, could he draw Jane a little cuter next time?

Mornin’ everyone!!

Face on the branch just beneath the chimp’s left “hand”.

There’s at least 2 more tree faces than I noticed being mentioned above. Higher in the left tree.

And I didn’t notice the most obvious face being mentioned.

This image is a clue (and this sumo torso has been around for years unanimated, but as soon as I saw it, I knew it needed to blink so I fixed it other people may have done something with it too):  

MY EYES!!!

Thom………….love those faces in the trees. The more I look at the drawing, the more faces. This was a fun one!!!

Actually, LafinLarry, that was the first face I noticed, Blinkie!

LafInLarry, that’s the first face I saw (the face on torso). Thom has done that before, he’s a sneaky face hider.

The Gillette Razor Company just filed for bankruptcy…

Well, it’s no Greystoke Mansion…

Why not go for a romantic swing for awhile.

he’s a primate dancer dancer for bananas swinging where you want him toooo

I hereby repent of my cynicism. This guy may be Guitarzan (beard and all) in his later years.

Along with faces mentioned, also face in Tarzan’s beard and the chimp’s left leg. Lots in the trees.