The ABC’s of Making Excuses

August 27th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I Am RobotJared Von Hindman is an artist whose work sports Burtonesque lines, brilliant hues and designs, and barbed-wire dark humor. His site, Head Injury Theater, is a great showcase of his wicked — and perhaps for some, slightly disturbed — art and comics.

Here’s an example of Jared’s sense of humor (and ours): Emo Emu. “If I had arms, I’d cut myself,” it says. Heh.

Sadly, about a month ago, Jared lost his job … and he didn’t update his blog until quite recently. “I suck,” he wrote. “No updates for a month? The last message from me a mock-happy ‘Hey, I lost my job but everything is going to be alright’?  The hell. … It’s been a stupid-rough month and I don’t want to go into it, but hey, I owe you guys an explanation.  And some art.”

What he gave his fans was the “Alphabet Of Excuses,” 26 possibly-real — but darkly funny — reasons why Jared had to take some time away from his blog.

We’ve posted two pics from the collection below (letters “C” and “I”), but recommend you check out the full set. If you’ve ever taken a emotional kick to the balls and found yourself making excuses for not immediately picking yourself back up, you’ll find yourself in Jared’s ABCs.

ABCs 1

ABCs 2

Mined by: J.C. “G Is For Girls, Curse Their Curves” Hutchins, via The Presurfer

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