The Birdhouse

wow... just... wow. (but seriously... that's the funniest thing I've seen all month... all 6 days of it!)

Heh, this is great! The only thing missing is a dark pool of blood around the cop's head.

That would be sweet.

! How could I have forgotten that? Well... let's just say the fresh spring grass soaked it right up...

Ok, definately twisted on several levels.

Now usually you provide us with a little anecdote or two about what inspired you to draw this. So please, enlighten us with a tall tale. Or... do I not want to know who's on your front lawn?

It looks like his wife is enjoying "The Wippins Campaign" so much she forgot put the cops dead body in the woodchipper.

That's chuffing brilliant. How did they treat the wood I wonder; bird droppings are highly acidic I hear.

Building birdhouses for vultures... hmmm

Would have been better to make the birdhouse out of the cop's head... imagine the sound effects for nailing that to the tree!

Those birds are just gonna get fat. Cops have more trans-fat than any other public servant around.

I love the way they're holding hands in the penultimate frame. They have such beautiful hope for the future.

I expected Mojo to show up somewhere in here. It's been quite awhile since I've seen you do a comic in this style that wasn't a Mojo comic. This succeeds magnificently without him. But if there are any cops out there that cruise the blogs, I'd be prepared for a backlash. Seems like they're usually pretty humorless about this kind of thing.

Hehehehehehehehahahahaha ... man, Kevin, that is dark. Funny ... cuz I'm not the biggest fan of cops ... but dark none-the-less!!

nice use of soderbergh-style environmental color-filtering. as for the hammering of a cop--have you been playing gta again?

I never figured a cop-killer would say, "Perfectamundo!"

I knew it that the volture would return, and it now brought its company too! hey are multiplying!

Listen, guys... it was self defense. It appeared that the cop was going for his tazer and dude had to throw the hammer at him... thirteen or fourteen times.

Well, it wasn't that he HAD to throw it thirteen or fourteen times, It's just that he suffers for alzheimer's, which should hold up in court.

Now before we all get over-excited try to keep in mind that the officer isn't dead. Those are plain out sea gulls or pigeons picking the crumbs off the front of the unconscious law man. He'll wake up in a while with a nasty headache but a crisp clean tunic.

There. Now I feel better about laughing.

Some people haven't learned anything from that thing that happened....

Thanks for the painful memories! That's how my father died.

I love this comic, but I can't read it without thinking that those people are you and me.

13 or 14 throws? No way. If you look at the positioning of the body, he was clearly caught on the first throw - tomahawk style.

When the SWAT team surrounds the house, you'll see a grainy photo of the bird feeder on CNN...

This is great. Two of my favorite things: 1) it looks like the tree gets closer in the 2 frames before the last panel, and 2) he doesn't actually seem to be nailing anything into the tree that would hold the birdhouse up. It's almost like he is beating the tree into submission so it will hold up the birdhouse on its own. Or something.

is this an autobiographical example of the cubbyhole mind?

yeah that was the worst comment ever.

I'm interested in seeing what the Cop's back story is... recently undercover drug bust sting operation, homicidal gang shoot out and car pursuit, his partner just transfered citing difficulties, the captain's had his ass in a sling ever since the Mcguire case botch up, he's in serious legal battles to win weekend custody of his children, after his wife's lawyer painted a pretty intense portrait of an abusive and neglectant father, or maybe he just recently won the state lotto ($105M) and is going to share the winnings with a waitress at the Donut Connection... all the possiblities and to be done in by a magnetized 20oz douglas framing hammer with side-nail pull and chisel tip claw.

Course upon closer inspection, he looks more like a parking attendant in which case he deserves every blow from that hammer!

Captain midnight = GOLD!

I was surprised actually as another commenter mentioned that there could be a backlash - much in the same vein as "Stabby McKnife" tee. (which I wear with pride by the way) But it appears the humour police hasn't found us yet. *looks around suspiciously*

Or perhaps that''s the humour police on the lawn!?

Kevin this is around the best comic I've ever read, Really great stuff. And after reading Stans "beating the tree into submission" comment, it got even better..

SomeJeff - Well, this is actually one of the first multi-panel comics I ever drew. I redrew it to put in The Wippins Campaign as filler material, but it never made it in. Although if it WAS in there, Mr. T's comment would have so much irony.

But anywhoo... it's not autobiographical... or even biographical. So I suppose it's just... graphical.

Rob - What's funny about this comic, is that I actually drew it the same night I drew the first Mojo comic. Kim and I were in an auditorium, sitting through our Pre-Cana training. So in essence, the style for Mojo comics is derived from THIS comic.

And as for blog travelling cops... I'd hope they'd understand how much funnier this is with an authority figure as the victim. Although, a Clown would be a pretty good substitute for a lawman...

Wayne - Playing it again? I never stopped...

Jared - Oh, sure... Ice-T went through a period of inexhaustable "-mundo" suffixing...

Merritt - That was all in your head, MM. The amusement park dropped all charges...

Stan - It LOOKS like the tree gets closer, but it's actually the camera just moving backwards while zooming in. It's an old hollywood trick I learned.

Captain Midnight - Actually, I think he was collecting for the Fraternal Order of Police...

The Jones - Why, thank you sir!

why have we never seen this gem? your sickness runs deeper than i thought kevin, and you drew it during your catholic marriage counseling classes????? ha..amazing me boy!

yes, i'm glad to see a little more distubing siide to your wackiness. Good stuff.

That cop had it coming for lingering around in the garden

even after the hammer has done it's dirty deed...did he have to empty his pockets too? (see frame 6 for emptied pockets) it's all so senseless.

Preston — Where do you suppose those nails were?

Although death by throwing-hammer is quite funny, I find it sad to see another artist jumping onto the cop-killing advocacy bandwagon. Have we learned nothing from 9/11 ?

OMGarsh! A Clown! I started laughing sooooo hard at the thought of the victim being a clown... but then I remembered that wasn't what happened. And then I felt disappointed. Thank for ruining the joy, Kevin!

It'd have been better if you never even mentioned the clown!

Your commenters are more intelligent than I. Wow, live previewing. Nifty. *Sigh*

MrChips2 - He shouldn't have arrested that garden gnome...

RRAnderson - Don't worry... I'll balance everything out with a cartoon about killing artists *wipe hands in self-satisfaction*

Malibu - Yeah - it'd be pretty funny. But in this case, I think the "authority figure" adds that extra bit of necessary shock...

Lee-roy - I know how you feel. Most of them are more intelligent than me, too. Except for Caracles Vehemoth — I beat him in a spelling bee. TWICE.

This reminds me of my absolute favorite "Perry Bible Fellowship" cartoon, "Bunny Easter." And that's high praise--I really love the Bunny Easter cartoon. There's something about this strip that's so endearingly homicidal... it's relentlessly cheery. And the remark about beating the tree into submission, spot-on!

It's Easter, so those of you discouraged by the death of a police officer can come back on Sunday and find the cop miraculously unharmed!

What a nice way to start a resurrection-themed weekend. Murder and blasphemy.

For the click-inclined.
Perry Bible Fellowship archives.

oh my god. Perhaps the funniest thing I've seen... in a very long time.... (or since i last witnessed an officer bludgeoned by an implement of carpentry.) (and might I just note the EXCELLENT comedic timing here…. Stunning!)