Interwar Postcard

surprise shoulder monkey, by and © goopymart, reproduction authorized by a Creative Commons license.

San Francisco artist Goopymart is, by all appearances, obsessed with monkeys.* Not for Goopy the feces-tossing variety, however –- his monkeys* are, frequently, the angels of our better nature… and, even when they ape the less-than-ideal aspects of humanity, they are oddly charming. Goopy has a set on Flickr called Monkey Monday, as well as a specialized set dedicated to “Chimples,” whom Goopy declares “the all-purpose monkey.”

Goopy’s not only about monkeys*, mind you. His quirky worldview embraces subjects as diverse as Teh Internets, taco trucks and the revenge of Schrödinger’s Kitty.

* And apes.

Drawings above and below by Jamie Fales, a/k/a Noosed Kitty, on the envelope in which she sent me a print of “Minor Headache.”

Via Caitlin Burke, I discovered the art of Noosed Kitty, especially her drawing “Minor Headache,” which depicts the genesis of the protagonist’s headache as a miniature walrus of dubious intent and secure perch. Formerly subject to daily, severe and major headaches, I ordered an 8″ x 10″ print straightaway.

When the print arrived, I was delighted to discover that Jamie had added a couple of postcards with her drawings to the shipment, gratis. She had also decorated the outside of the envelope with the Shipping & Handling Walrus and the cat depicted above.