Entirely too often I allow the minor distractions of life to blind me to what is truly important. Family, career, college, writing, acting, even sleep, at one time or another, have all come between me and my responsibility to keep abreast of my favorite blogs.
It is precisely this sort of misplaced priority that has until recently kept me ignorant of a critical absence on the internet.
I am of course referring to the artist formerly, and possibly still, known as Spooky.
Spooky’s blog was unique, a James Bond vintage silver Aston Martin in a vacant lot of scrapped and recycled humor. His clever animations, like short fuzzy situation comedies, never failed to brighten my day. Even at night.
Then, like a badly mixed metaphor, he was gone. Vanished behind the impassive silicone curtain of Blogger.com Page Not Found heartbreak. He left behind no (working) forwarding address, no demands, just a cryptic note and a humorless vacuum where his posts once lived.
The Note:
New Blog - 67 days ago Hi everyone, I’m helping some friends with animations for a new blog we’re working on, so, I won’t have time to post here. Thanks for reading and you can catch-up with me at www.sendfortheclowns.blogspot.com. take care, Spooky
Of course, it is not unusual for blogs to be abandoned, especially ones of the humor variety. In a ruthless expression of Literary Darwinism, many self-appointed humorists desert their posts in quiet despair after discovering that not everyone appreciates the self-evident hilarity in their collections of daily updated salmonella statistics, stoned felines, or even a web comic about “Jeremy the Feisty Jello Fungus.”1
But Spooky wasn’t like that: he was good, he was funny, he was still around.
Artist’s Author’s Sketch
I need him back. I am so distraught by his disappearance that I am offering a generous reward. Anyone providing information leading to his blogitory rehabilitation will receive 24 free Cognitive Feng Shui psychiatric treatments with Doctor Harold Toboggans,2 a years supply of Ahesicore-DT, and possibly even a DangerCouch DVD.
I am serious, Spooky must be found.
The blogosphere is just not grey enough without him.
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Jeremy the Fiesty Jello fungus- Sounds like a challenge to me, a good challenge though like some sort of donut and motor oil eating challenge…
I did a picture… man its hard to not sound like a 1st grader saying that, would you like to see it… its a rather depressed looking mushroom
I’d love to. I can even hang it up on my refrigerator if that makes you feel more immature.
How about cuckolding vacuum cleaners? Psychic cockroaches perhaps? Oh wait, I already did that.
Here, here! More Spooky!
(Yes, Brent, I’m still reading!)
I left a message for him on BlogCatalog. Perhaps he’ll get an email notification.
(I also tried using a SpookTrap 2000 from the local Ace Hardware, but no luck.)
I miss Spooky…great cartoons
Oh no! I can certainly understand what it’s like to worry about one of your favorite bloggers.
Speaking of spooky, Jeremy the Feisty Jello Fungus is about the scariest thing I’ve ever heard! I’ll need to stock up on Anita the Antifungal & Wiggle Drug! Take that JJ!
I just did a Google search of Spooky’s blog and ended up on some site full of naked Gothic women (honest)! I did not find Spooky but was definitely spooked!
Uuhhhmmm…….. right…
If you go into gothic locker rooms you get what you deserve.
Debbie –
I think it’s the naked Gothic men that are really scary.
On another note, or the same note that Brent was on, you know it is hard to stay blogging sometimes. There are so many bloggers since I started a year ago that are MIA. Humor bloggers seem to leave quickly replaced by ugly naked Gothic women and naked cat blogs. Sad, so sad. I know I have thought about abandoning the blog arena, but I decided to keep mediocre alive!
A guy I had as a contributor to my site disappeared as well (Like 8 months ago). I emailed everyone that knew him, and no one knew what happened to him. Not one person. He’s just… Gone. I still haven’t heard from him.
I remember him, you were going to his wedding or something right?
Good to hear from you, Howard. Fans of Spooky unite.
He’s pretty elusive, I think he once trained as a ninja. A gray one of course, but deadly nonetheless.
(Sigh)
The Wonder Drug that works wiggles? She needs her own comic.
What could be more exciting than fighting the fungi forces of ToeCrevise?
On second thought, to spare my server let’s not list them all.
Dagnabbit! (Yes I said Dagnabbit and I won’t take it back!)
I was just getting ready to blog about bacterium data and cats on crank.
I guess its back to jokes about political candidates.
Yes, but is your cockroach gray and animated? The key here is to ask yourself, “What would Spooky do?”
(Nice one on the Dyson, by the way. Especially the picture.)
It’s pretty amazing that in our society of wireless connections and surveillance cameras that someone could completely disappear.
Sounds nice.
Or maybe he’s pregnant.
I don’t see a lot of difference.
I dont want to make your children jealous, it is very good.
My children are not the jealous type. My daughter was six when she began drawing professionally, so bring it on!
We miss you Spooky!
(bigger sigh)
Wasn’t he the best man?
I hope it’s twins, then he could name one Spooky and one Ruckus.
The bacterium and cats are smarter.
Fair enough.
I think that Woody Allen was right when he said that half of success is just showing up.
Of course the other half is work and skill and that can be exhausting.
I have felt like quitting a couple of times too, but like you I want to improve as a writer, fully explore blogging (hopefully in a upward direction) and maybe stumble across a career along the way.
But why do the good blogs die young? And why do all searches for internet humor lead to cat pictures?
It’s just not fair
Because cats are funny!(especially when they are being chased little purple dudes with sharp teeth)
@Camille…
Truth is i dont want them to out do me… but anyway feast your eyes on the visual erh… feast that is Jeremy the Fiesty jello fungus
bam!
Jeremy (the feisty jell-o fungus) spoke in class todayyy.
My oldest daughter wants to name her future son Jeremy after that song. I told her that it was about a little psychotic boy who guns down his entire class. She said she didn’t care about that. I am gravely concerned.
I didn’t miss Spooky until you called his absence to attention. Now I’m having a Spooky withdrawal breakdown.
Thanks a lot, Brent.
My oldest and funniest bloggy friend, Omar Phillips not only designed my amusing smiley-faced template for free but he also created these short little animated clips featuring a wily vole and an oft-defeated ninja. It’s good stuff.
The Chase!
There really needs to be more high level governmental involvement in finding these bloggers who go AWOL!
I just found this missing blogger’s blog yesterday, and I don’t even know him but I want him back as much as you want Spooky back!!
http://slicksumbich.com/
So if you find Spooky ask him if he knows where Slick went, k? Maybe they are hanging at the same Vegas strip club or Mexican prison or something…
Thx,
Chelle B.
Fiesty!!!
Agreed!
It was an accident!
Thanks Ominous, I’m back
http://spondoolies.blogspot.com/
Wow, Brent, you are truly ominous. Faster than a speeding ticket, more powerful than a breath mint and able to bring missing bloggers back from the dead! Who knew you had such powers? Maybe you should run for public office!
I’m sure Dr. Toboggans would be happy to council your daughter, for less than modest fee. As for the song, I believe that if you look carefully at the lyrics you will discover that “Jeremy Spored in Cla-ahass To-Dayeeeee”
It is not often that you find an internet vole, I’ll have to check it out.
People shouldn’t come here if they’re not prepared to learn refinement, taste and many other high-class words.
I generally run from public offices as well as those that hold and occupy them.
But I’m glad the gray one has returneth.
I am so impressed!
Life is kinda crazy with a Spooky little blog like yours. Spooookyyyyy.
Permission to break it down classic 60’s rock style Sir Brent.
Slicksumbitch was a BFF of one of my own AWOL blog friends. I hate this mass blog exodus. It’s like everybody suddenly got a life. :)
They certainly didn’t get my permission. If I suffer we all do.
Debbie will be and is very afraid right now.
Dear,
Your talents never cease to amaze me!
Lynn, I may need your help!
The artist formerly known as Spooky seems to be nekked…Did you do the graphics yourself? Muy comico.