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Sam Douglass
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Musician, programmer, occasional comic drawer. Current admin of 25+ yr old online songwriting competition and community Song Fight! https://songfight.org/ Senior staff software engineer at Pandora.
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Am I the only person who thinks of Will Ferrell's Harry Caray with his hair combed, every time they see Scott Bessent?
November 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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I did it! Tonight to wrap things up I just stuck to the #inktober #inktober2025 prompts again, and the prompt for this final day is "award". Thanks for all of your support, see you next year!
A comic titled "AWAWRD" Row 1 Panel 1: A stick figure Dracula stands at a podium saying "This year's award for best mashup goes to..." Row 1 Panel 2: The stick figure Dracula at the podium saying "Dr. Frankenstein! For his monster!" Row 2 Panel 1: A stick figure Dr. Frankenstein (in scrubs and wearing a stethoscope and a head mirror) stands up amazed at a table, wear Frankenstein's monster is sitting smiling. Row 2 Panel 2: Dr. Frankenstein at the podium saying "Thank you so much!" Row 3 Panel 1: Dr. Frankenstein at the podium saying "It feels like just yesterday when..." Row 3 Panel 2: Dr. Frankenstein at the podium saying "I was working in the lab late one night..."
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I am unreasonably excited about my new skeleton costume. Happy Halloween!
A photo of me standing my living room wearing a skeleton onesie costume with gloves and a creepy skull mask
November 1, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Just 1 left, hooray! Tonight I used the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt for today, "vacant".
A two row comic. Row 1: Title: "MAKING DRAWINGS AT THE START OF THE MONTH" Panel 1: A stick figure holding a pen thinking very hard, brow furrowed, lips pursed. Panel 2: A stick figure smiling and holding up its art looking joyful, with a lightbulb floating over its head shining. Row 2: Title "MAKING DRAWINGS AT THE END OF THE MONTH" Panel 1: A stick figure holding a pen thinking even harder, brow furrowed, lips pursed, front teeth bitting the lower lip, beads of sweat springing off its head. Panel 2: A stick figure frowning looking defeated with its arms hanging by its sides and a "VACANT" sign hanging above its head.
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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2 left! Really dragging myself to the finish line at this point. Tonight I combined the #catober #catober2025 prompts "surly" and "crust" from days 11 and 12.
A four-row comic strip titled "SURLY CRUST" about cutting the crusts off a sandwich. Row 1, Panel 1: A stick child sits at a table. A stick figure adult is putting a plate on the table saying "Here's your sandwich, Billy!" Row 1, Panel 2: Billy holds the plate and says, "Ummm..." while pointing at the sandwich. Row 1, Panel 3: Mom looks surprised and says, "Oops! Sorry!" Row 2, Panels 1-3: A series of close-up drawings showing a knife progressively cutting the crusts off a square sandwich on a plate. Row 3, Panels 1-2: The cutting process finishes, showing the sandwich with four separate crust pieces around it. Row 3, Panel 3: Billy holds the plate and says, "Thanks, Mom!" Row 4, Panel 1: Billy looks on shocked as the discarded crusts shout at him "Somebody should cut you off and leave you on the plate, see how you like it!"
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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3 left! Tonight I combined the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "skeletal" with the #drawlloween #drawlloween2025 prompt "saucer surfers".
A simple line drawing of a skeleton surfing on a retro looking flying sauce speeding down and to the right, with a little stereotypical alien visible sitting inside a small glass dome on top of the flying saucer.
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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4 left! I'm pretty tapped out by this point so just going with whatever comes to mind, vs trying to be funny every time. This time I mashed up 3 #inktober #inktober2025 prompts: murky, ragged, and puzzling.
Top Row: Titled "SOMETIMES LIFE FEELS PUZZLING". On the left is a 4-piece jigsaw puzzle a smiling face. The puzzle is complete and assembled. On the right is a 4-piece jigsaw puzzle of a frowning cace. The pieces are mismatched pieces and not connected. Middle Row: Titled "THE FUTURE FEELS MURKY". A stick figure in the middle stands on a path. The path behind the figure is labeled "THEN,", the path under the figure is labeled "NOW.", and to the right of the stick figure the path turns into a dark cloud labeled "WTF?!". Bottom Row: Titled "AND I FEEL RAGGED". The stick figure stands alone, head and shoulders stooped forward, arms hanging down, looking tired and sad.
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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5 nights left! Tonight I used the #botober #botober2025 prompt from the 23rd, "rub the bog". It sounded like something a group would chant, so I tried to come up with a context in which that "made sense".
A simple, hand-drawn comic strip in four rows. The first row shows a sunny scene in a bog or marsh with a wooden platform and stick figures standing on it, surrounded by tall grasses and water. The second row has two panels: Left panel: One stick figure, an adult, stands on the platform addressing a smaller stick figure, a child. Text reads: "Today, my son, you become a man." Right panel: The crowd of stick figures on the platform cheers. Text reads: "Rub the bog! Rub the bog!" The third row has two panels: Left panel: The child stick figure is face-down in the water and mud near the platform, with only their legs and torso visible. Text reads: "(rubbing)" Right panel: The child stick figure is back on the platform, standing upright and cheering. Text reads: "I did it!" The fourth row shows a crowd of stick figures cheering, with the text "Hooray!" above them, celebrating the child's achievement of rubbing the bog.
October 27, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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6 left! I used the day 6 prompt from #spooktober #spooktober2025 "grief". We recently lost our 16-year-old cat JJ who we'd had since he was 2 months old. He spent the last several years w/treatable illnesses that required lots of meds. Today I finally was able to get rid of nearly all of them.
A comic titled "GRIEF". Under the title are the words "I FINALLY GOT RID OF JJ's OLD MEDS" with labeled simple line drawings of various medications: small glass vials of B12, 60x syringes for B12, a "SHARPS" container the syringes went into, 20x tubes of a topical thyroid medication, 12x plastic bottles of a liquid steroid, a bottle with several dozen Gabapentin pills, and 20x syringes of morphine and a plastic container the syringes were in, and "And more!" across the bottom of the image.
October 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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No prompt tonight.
A drawing titled "NOT FEELINg IT" showing a stick figure sitting on the floor in a corner, knees up and head in hands, frowning, in a shadow
October 25, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Silly drawing 23, 8 left! I decided to go "low concept" this time and keep it simple for the #catober #catober2025 prompt "steep".
A full notebook page comic, titled "STEEP" across the top. In a small area in the lower left corner, a stick figure stands smiling in a hallway in front of a door labeled "STAIRS". To the right of that the stick figure stands looking up mouth agape at incredibly steep stairs that go all the way up to the top of the page.
October 24, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Drawing 22, 9 left! Looking for a prompt that inspired me, I revisited "1/4 can cool soup" from day 10 of #botober #botober2025 I checked what other folks had drawn for it. I'd had largely the same idea as them. Then I found another way to parse the prompt.
A comic titled "1/4 CAN COOL SOUP". Row 1: Panel 1: Four stick figures with different shaped heads, one a square, one a triangle, one a circle, and one a hexagon, stand in a group, all smiling. Panel 2: Titled "1." Shows the square-headed stick figure blowing on a bowl of hot soup being held out by another stick figure. Panel 3: Titled "Still hot" showing a close up of the bowl of soup still steaming. Row 2: Panel 1: Titled "2." Shows the triangle-headed stick figure blowing on a bowl of hot soup being held out by another stick figure. Panel 2: Titled "Still hot" showing a close up of the bowl of soup still steaming. Row 3: Panel 1: Titled "3." Shows the hexagon-headed stick figure blowing very hard on a bowl of hot soup being held out by another stick figure. Panel 2: Titled "Still hot" showing a close up of the bowl of soup still steaming. Row 4: Panel 1: Titled "4." Shows the circle-headed stick figure blowing super hard on a bowl of hot soup being held out by another stick figure. Panel 2: Titled "Cool!" showing a close up of the bowl of soup no longer steaming hot.
October 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Silly drawing! 3 wks done, 2/3rds through, 10 days left! Today's #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "cake" had me imagine SNL cast member Mikey Day if he hosts too many seasons of Netflix's show "Is It Cake?" where bakers make perfectly realistic cake facsimiles of all sorts of non-cake objects.
A comic titled "CAKE" across the top, with a birthday cake with lit candles on either side of the word. Top row: Three stick figures, the left is Mikey Day, host of the Netflix show "Is It Cake?" holding a big knife saying, with swirly eyes, saying "Time to find out ... is it cake?", and on the right, two smiling stick figures. Middle row: Mikey Day has moved forward and brought the big knife down into the head of one of the stick figures while saying "It's cake! It's cake! Hahahahahaha!!!!" while the two stick figures scream "Aaaaahhhhh!!!" Bottom row: Mikey in a straitjacket in a padded cell saying "It's aaaallll caaaaaake!"
October 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Drawings, night 20! This time I looked at today's #inktober #inktober2025 prompt, "Rivals", and noticed I hadn't used the prompt right above it, "Arctic", so I decided to combine them.
A comic drawn like a screen from the original "Mortal Kombat" game but with a polar bear versus a walrus.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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19th night of drawing silly stuff in October, 2025! I confess I amused myself a lot with this idea for the #botober #botober2025 prompt for today: "grated pan".
A three-panel comic strip. Panel 1: Peter Pan, standing on the left, says, "Hi! I'm Peter Pan!" Pan, a satyr-like figure holding a flute, stands on the right and replies, "Hi! I'm just Pan." Peter Pan asks, "What are we doing here?" Pan replies with a shrug, "No idea!" Panel 2: A human hand on the left and a cheese grater on the right rapidly approach Peter Pan and Pan, who both look shocked. Pan says, "What the?!" Panel 3: The hand on the left is grating Peter Pan with the cheese grater, causing bits to fall out. Pan stands on the right, looking horrified with his arms raised, shouting, "Ahhhhhhhh!!!" Below the panels, the large caption reads, GRATED PAN.
October 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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18th night of silly October drawings, 2025 edition! I used one of the fun weird #botober #botober2025 prompts from earlier in the month.
A seven-panel comic. Row 1: A farmer plants a seed, then waters the seed, then a small sprout appears. Row 2: The sprout grows slightly larger, the farmer smiles while looking at it, then the farmer is shown holding a small object. Row 3: A large, glowing jar labeled "GROUND MAYONNAISE" is shown.
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Night 17, starting the second half of drawing every day in October 2025! Not much gas in the tank tonight so I hastily made this simple drawing for "Spooky Kitty", today's #drawlloween #drawlloween2025 prompt. I'll try to get back to making dumb jokes tomorrow.
A drawing with "SPOOKY" across the top and "KITTY" across the bottom in spooky lettering (with some jagged and some drippy edges) and in the middle a simple line drawing of two cat eyes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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Night 16 of silly drawings in October 2025! More than halfway through! I realized there was something I hadn't done yet this month, and tied that in to the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt for today, "blunder".
A hand-drawn comic titled **"SOCIAL BLUNDERS"** split into four panels, illustrating various faux pas: 1. **"WRONG FORK"**: A drawing of a place setting (plate, knife, two forks) with a stick figure arm reaching for the wrong fork. 2. **"IMMODESTY"**: A stick figure with open arms shouting "Look at me!" 3. **"HAT INDOORS"**: A stick figure wearing a top hat standing inside a room. 4. **"RUDE NOISES"**: A stick figure farting ("TOOT!!") in the middle of being introduced to his girlfriend's parents by his girlfriend.
October 17, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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Drawing silly stuff in October 2025. Night 15, starting off week 3. Tonight I drew inspiration from the #botober #botober2025 prompt "bear spice" for this pretty random comic.
A hand-drawn four-panel comic titled "SPICE GIRLS REBOOT AUDITIONS." * **Panel 1:** **PUMPKIN SPICE** is a female stick figure with a pumpkin for a head, wearing a simple dress and high-heeled boots. * **Panel 2:** **OLD SPICE** is a female stick figure with messy hair and glasses, wearing a simple dress and high-heeled boots. * **Panel 3:** **THE SPICE** is a large cartoony, tooth-filled sandworm from *Dune*, emerging from the ground. * **Panel 4:** **BEAR SPICE** is a large, growling bear standing on its hind legs.
October 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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October 2025 silly drawings, night 14! I may be in a mid-month slump. This is what I came up with for today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "pits".
Comic titled "PITS" with a flower on the left and a flying fly on the right. The comic shows two axes, a vertical axis ranging from "BARE" at the top and "HAIRY" at the bottom, and a horizontal axis ranging from "FRESH" on the left to "FUNKY" on the right. In the upper left is a simple drawing of a person's neck, shoulder, upper arm, armpit, and side of their torso. In the upper right is the same drawing but with a few stink lines emanating from the armpit and a couple flies drifting near it. Lower left is the same drawing but with lots of very long curly hairs coming out of the armpit, with flowers growing out of the hair. Bottom right is the same drawing but with even more longer curly hairs, with long wavy stink lines all over and lots of flies drifting around.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Silly drawings of October 2025! For night 13 I was inspired by the prompt "drink" from #inktober #inktober2025. This is a rare case where I actually spent way too _much_ time on this, especially considering I didn't really land the joke as well as I'd hoped.
Comic titled "DRINK." Three stick-figure friends are shown in a single narrative about a night of drinking. It begins with two friends pressuring the other to drink. The two friends chant "Drink! Drink!" a long time. Eventually they stop and look concerned that their friend is still drinking. One of them says "Um, dude..." The comic ends with the two friends screaming as the drinking friend's every orifice starts spraying out beer.
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Making silly drawings in October 2025. Night 12! Not my finest work here for the #inktober #inktober2025 prompt "Shredded" but that's just how it goes sometimes. At least it's done!
A comic titled 'Shredded - On nachos:" with the word "Shredded" like in the logo for the video game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shredder's Revenge" 1) A pile of shreds labeled "Cheese" 2) An identical looking pile of shreds labeled "Lettuce" 3) An identical looking pile of shreds labeled "Tax Docs" 4) An identical looking pile of shreds labeled "Wheat"
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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Night 11 of silly drawings October 2025! Tonight I went for today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "torment" and some autobiographical content.
A comic captioned "Every night in October" across the top. 1) A drawing of a stick figure with baggy eyes saying "So tired!" 2) A drawing of the stick figure looking frustrated holding a pen and a piece of paper saying "Must draw!" 3) A drawing of the stick figure throwing its hands up in frustration saying "No ideas!" Bottom caption is the word "Torment" in a large spooky blood dripping font
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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Hey, it's "silly drawings every day in October 2025" night 10 tonight! Joy! Tonight I was inspired by today's #spooktober #spooktober2025 prompt "remote". I've been a remote worker for nearly fie years at this point. I don't love it!
A comic titled "Remote Work". First section titled "What it is like" 1) A stick figured holding a mug 2) The stick figure walking up a staircase 3) The stick figure standing at a standing desk with a laptop on it 4) A laptop with a Zoom meeting on its screen. Second section titled "What it feels like" 1) A stick figure holding a helmet under one arm 2) The stick figured walking up a staircase to board a rocketship 3) The rocketship flying away from the earth 4) The stick figure in a space helmet standing at a floating laptop 5) A laptop with a Zoom meeting on its screen.
October 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Night 9 of silly drawings for October 2025! I drove 8 hours today and I'm pretty tapped out so here's a hasty drawing for #inktober #inktober2025 day 1 prompt "Mustache".
Drawing titled "Mustaches" 1) stick figure face with a normal mustache 2) stick figure face with a handlebar mustache 3) stick figure face with a wide zigzagging mustache 4) stick figure face with a handlebar mustache that turns up and goes way up the face 5) stick figure face with a fu manchu mustache 6) stick figured face with a normal mustache except it goes across their whole face 7) stick figure with the full face width mustache it's made up of a bunch of small separate mustaches 8) stick figure with a mustache that goes up and connects with their eyebrows, which also grow together 9) stick figure with giant handlebar mustache that goes out past the sides of their face and look like flexing muscular arms with fists
October 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM