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Friday Thoughts (Oct. 02, 2026)

October 2, 2026

I’m getting the stitches out of my face today! It’s gonna be super creepy and feel weird and I have to drive to Buckhead again…but at least it’s later in the morning! Meanwhile, all week, I have felt like this…

Cartoon of the Paintmonkey depicted as Frankenstein's monster.
“…nnngh…cancer BAD!”

Many thanks to my brother for the idea and as always the immortal Jack Davis who LOVED Frankenstein’s monster so much and I based my look on his famous wall poster. Just in time for October so what better time than now for face sewing! Any-hoo, I really enjoyed doing this one. I don’t do Inktober anymore. (I keep hearing conflicting things about the guy. Will he sue me for using that term on a platform he isn’t on? Who can say?) I proved I could do it no problem by completing it for nine years in a row. I have enough of my own projects to keep me busy. But I DO enjoy Halloween art-ing, so there will probably be a few of them this month!

It is about ONE month before Election Day 2026. Check your voter registration. Watch out for your neighbors. Take a moment and enjoy a bird singing. Be safe this weekend.

-The Paintmonkey

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