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Vegetables Part 4 (Eggplant Rachel)

Posted over 4 years ago
My wife Rachel had a strange hankering in 2000 for eggplant in every dish. I think it was the en vogue dish ingredient of the time. I was so inspired by her love that I anthropomorphized her as an eggplant. Her name is Eggplant Rachel. She's made a lot of appearances in my pictures. As well as a cast of friends that I've made up for her. Rachel finds it cute and sweet. I'm posting the only comic I've ever done which is also the first appearance of Eggplant Rachel. I am also posting a song that is very important to Japanese Shibuya-Kei crate diggers. It's by Michael Franks and it's totally cheeseball but I like it and I can see how the Japanese could be inspired by it. Eggplants do rule by the way. "Link to large version of picture":http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=551911655&size=l
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Comments (18)

  1. Anonymous says yeah, it's cute... what are you talking about now?!
    Permalink posted 06/14/2007
  2. Anonymous says hahaha - cute
    Permalink posted 06/14/2007
  3. fistula spume
    fistula spume says As my art has gotten better she has gotten even cuter over the years. The real thing has always been the cutest.
    Permalink posted 06/14/2007
  4. fistula spume
    fistula spume says Oh I'm sorry. I meant my wife vs. her cartoon persona.
    Permalink posted 06/14/2007
  5. Anonymous says oh ... carry on :)
    Permalink posted 06/14/2007
  6. Hermes
    Hermes says The cartoon is nice, though I can't read, what the first creature says.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  7. ivylander
    ivylander says Dig mucho the cartoon (though I too had legibility issues with it at that size). Ditto the Michael Franks. I must say, though, that I was hoping for a recipe. That's probably because of a wedding I went to once on Long Island, in one of those wedding factories - called, I believe, Leonard's of Great Neck - where they can crank out a few dozen couples in a weekend. They have the whole drill down, from moving you swiftly from wedding chapel to reception area to having a band that plays all the bride-cuts-the-cake cliche tunes. One quintessential Leonard's touch is to name a vegetable dish after the bride, which you discover when you read the menu on phony parchment. That was how I came to taste, for the first and last time, Carrots Vickie. I was thinking Eggplant Rachel might be something similar. I'm not disappointed, though....
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  8. The Serenity Vortex
    The Serenity Vortex says Damn! You are by far the top poster on MOG fistula. Seriously. Sheer entertainment and stuff that I can relate too. Believe it or not, I too once did a cartoon, the only one ever, and I still have it. It ain't great but had to share after your brilliant one. So here it is.....
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  9. fistula spume
    fistula spume says You can see a bigger version of it here by the way. http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=551911655&size=l What a cool story Ivylander. I want a vegetable dish named after me. Oh how fun. Thanks for sharing TBF. That was entertaining.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  10. ciphermedia
    ciphermedia says no eggplant sorry fs...
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  11. ciphermedia
    ciphermedia says Sam, if you're not already exhibiting, or publishing (apart from on the internet) then you really should be doing something about it. I really like your stuff. Go forth young man!
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  12. moovyphreak
    moovyphreak says This is all I can think of with regard to eggplants in pop culture. Captain N: The Game Master.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  13. fistula spume
    fistula spume says No I'm not really doing anything like that. I would love to. I had a big show here in my town in '05 but I'm sort of working on another body of work right now and I'm hoping to maybe show in some bigger cities when I get it all together. Gotta produce some more works though. Maybe in '08 or later.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  14. moovyphreak
    moovyphreak says Also, meant to say that I enjoyed the tune. Thanks, Sam!
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  15. soulrocket
    soulrocket says liked both comics & the song. the main ingredient of my veggie-burgers is eggplants, they stick to the granulated soy protein & make a firm pastry.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  16. fistula spume
    fistula spume says @moovyphreak: Oh my god I forgot all about the Eggplant Wizard. I loved that cartoon. Thank you! @soulrocket: Wow you make your own veggie-burgers? That's awesome. Glad you liked the comic and song.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  17. doombilly
    doombilly says I have it on good authority that Caliope Mushroom is both a terrorist and a toad licker. And by good authority I mean, I make up shit all the time.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  18. fistula spume
    fistula spume says She eats herself and becomes god!
    Permalink posted 06/16/2007

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