Cartoon Saturday

Just one more week to go and we've put October behind us ...

Hurricane Patricia, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded, is hammering the Pacific coast of Mexico with sustained winds of more than 200mph; in Sweden, a man armed with a sword* entered a school and murdered two people before being fatally shot by police; one person was killed and two others injured in a shooting** at Tennessee State University that apparently began with a fight over a dice game; a four year-old girl was shot dead*** in a road rage incident in New Mexico; and useless professional celebrities Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have given us the first case of a marriage being saved by drugs and hookers.

This is the second of our three-Cartoon Saturday extravaganza in honor of Halloween (coming up just one week from today!). Last week, we featured cartoons about zombies; this week, we turn to horrifying bloodsuckers. No, not payday lenders, the IRS, and loan sharks ... real vampires ...

New from Van Helsing Products, Inc. ...

There's an upside of smart phones if you're a vampire ...

Yes, even vampires need to visit the dentist occasionally ...

Drink plenty of ... oh, I get it ...

Vampire politics can be just as petty and mean-spirited as our own ..

Yes, they need to learn the ropes, too ...

Online dating can save time for the undead ...

Now, here's an interesting question ... where does someone who's undead go for medical care? ...

The insurance company is going to have fun with this claim ... 

Vampire selfies don't usually work out well ...

And there you have it: weekend number two of our Halloween Cartoon Saturday blowout. It's going to be a cooler, cloudier, and wetter weekend here in NoVa after the last few days of glorious fall weather, but what are you going to do? Later on today, we'll be going to the annual "Trunk or Treat" festival at our granddaughter's school (where the children come in costumes and their parents compete to see who has the best Halloween-themed car trunk). And then on Sunday afternoon I'll be emceeing the Fall Showcase at Dance Studio Lioudmila in Alexandria. On the whole, it ought to be a good weekend, gray weather or no.

Be sure to come back next Saturday, when we'll finish off our three weeks of Halloween-themed cartoons with a collection dedicated to one of the most famous monsters of them all ... Frankenstein⁺.

Have a good day and a great weekend. More thoughts tomorrow.

Bilbo

* The NRA was no doubt delighted to note that a gun was not used.

** Ho, hum ... more people killed in shootings. Anything else on TV?

*** Ho, hum ... another child murdered by someone who combined reckless anger with possession of a gun. Yawn.

⁺ Yes, I know that "Frankenstein" is the name of the doctor who created the monster, and not of the monster himself, but just work with me on this, okay?