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The ‘Far Side’ meets ‘Seinfeld’.

Okay, so I made up that quote. “Customary Creatures” places creatures of all varieties in mundane, everyday circumstances.

It’s funny because it’s true.

The comics may hit you hard up front, or creep into your subconscious and sneak up on you later.

Why animals?  I don’t get it.

Like Gary Larson’s “The Far Side,” not everybody gets it.  However those lost souls are in the minority.  Enjoy!

When did you start making these?

I started in February of 2008 and hit it hard for a few months.  I started in black and white and eventually dabbled with color on the “Beaver” strip.  ”That Lady That Still Uses Checks Sheep” is the first new Creature since the site’s been up.

How do you make the cartoons?

I use a Wacom tablet with Corel Painter X software.  Occasionally I’ll move things around in Photoshop.

I, or someone I know, may be interested in publishing/syndicating “Customary Creatures.”  What steps should I take?

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2008

December 16|Booger Book Worm
December 9|Freshly Cut Nails Raccoon
December 8|FAN ART: Sweater Penguin
October 23|Poop Cramp Sea Lion
October 13|Just Discovered a Hair in His Taco Donkey
October 10|Pressured to Expedite His Time at the Condiment Station Buffalo
October 8|Uneasy About Going to Bed Knowing He Didn’t Catch That Spider Earlier Elephant
October 6|Pretty Sure He’s Getting Ignored by the Grocery Store Deli Guy Turtle Dove
October 3|Hoping No One Realizes He’s Worn the Same Pair of Khakis for Three Days in a Row Butterfly
October 1|Hoping that Someone Will Come and Push Open the Restroom Door so He Won’t Have to Touch the Handle Rooster
September 29|Pressured to Get Out of Bed on Family Vacation, but Can’t Because He’s Got Morning Wood Platypus
September 26|Gagging After Its Tongue Touched the Hard Edge of Leftover Jell-O Pigeon
September 24|The First Guy to Grow a Mustache in High School T-Rex
September 22|Having an Obnoxiously Loud Conversation on His Bluetooth Headset While Dining Alone at a Restaurant Beetle
September 18|Realizing that It Has No Other Option but to Use the Crusty, Stained Hand Towel that Hasn’t Been Washed for Six Years to Dry Itself Off With After Showering at Great Grandma’s Kangaroo
September 16|Complaining About Gas Prices to No One in Particular While at the Pump Prairie Dog
September 15|At First Excited to Make a Sandwich, then Disappointed Upon Realizing There Are Only End Pieces Left Panda
September 12|Saying ‘Goodbye’ Five Times Before Grandma Lets Him Off the Phone Albatross
September 11|Still Waiting for that $1,000 Check that Bill Gates Promised for Forwarding His E-Mail to Ten Friends Frilled Lizard
September 5|Unsure As to Which Variety of Scented Candle He Should Buy His Girlfriend Mandrill
August 28|Caught Playing Solitaire at Work Llama
August 22|Awkward Bathroom Conversation Starter Blue Jay
August 19|That Lady Who Still Writes Checks Sheep
August 18|Embellishing the Frequency of His Flossing Habits Anteater
August 17|Initially Excited to Play Classic Nintendo, but then Disappointed After Playing for Five Minutes Ostrich
August 16|Wearing a T-Shirt In the Pool Manatee
August 15|Wondering If It’s Considered Rude to Ask for Steak Sauce In a Fancy Restaurant Salamander
August 14|Not Paying to Sample the Bulk Candy Seahorse
August 13|February Is Black Widow History Month
August 12|Outbid On eBay Puffin
August 11|Resorting to Water After Realizing He Was All Out of Milk Walrus
August 10|Wondering If He’s Still Expected To Leave the Shuttle Driver a Tip When He Got His Own Bag Mudskipper
August 9|Disappointed That the Rest of His Family Didn’t Consider His Preferences of Toppings When Ordering Pizza Komodo Dragon
August 8|Just Realized It Left That 12-Pack of Soda In the Parking Lot Turkey
August 7|“It’s Just An Itch” Koala
August 6|Unsure About His Girlfriend Using His Toothbrush Beaver (Color Version)
August 5|Unsure About His Girlfriend Using His Toothbrush Beaver (Black and White Version)
August 4|Disappointed Again that It Didn’t Win the Lottery Snail
August 3|Just Bit Into a Hard Thing In Its Burger - About To Get the Heebie-Jeebies Manta Ray
August 2|Using the Blood Pressure Machine Out of Boredom While Waiting for a Prescription Starfish
August 1|Rapidly Moving Left to Right to Clearly See What’s Happening In the Microwave Hummingbird
July 30|Falling Asleep During a Haircut Woodpecker
July 29|Ridiculed On an Online Message Board Scarecrow
July 28|Just Realized He’s Been Driving with the Parking Break On Pelican
July 27|After Decades of Torment, Weight Gain and Depression, the Trix Rabbit Moved On to a More Obtainable Cereal
July 26|Vending Dilemma Proboscis Monkey
July 25|Unsure Ice Cream Flavor Shark
July 24|Running Out of Things to Look at After Waiting 40 Minutes for the Doctor Squirrel
July 23|Hoping the Sample Lady Didn’t Realize He Came Back for Seconds Lemur
July 22|Debating Whether to Order a Hard Drink That Makes Him Look Cool, or the Tropical Drink He Likes Frog
July 21|Weighing The Pros and Cons of Buying Turbotax or Wasting an Entire Saturday Pterodactyl
July 20|Immediately Disappointed by the Stain On the Hotel Bed’s Comforter Otter
July 19|Noticeably Disturbed That the Toilet Paper Pulls from the Bottom Rather than the Top Polar Bear
July 18|Neither Displeased Nor Satisfied After 2 Weeks Use of Rogaine Eagle
July 17|Enticed by a Late Night Infomercial Mole
July 16|Concerned the Other Guy May Be “Sneaking A Peek” Giraffe
July 15|Won’t Quit Kicking The Seat Mallard
July 14|Arm Rest Hoggin’ Flamingo
July 13|Just-Realized He Dropped a Letter With Improper Postage Parakeet
July 12|“I Specifically Asked For NO Pickles” Gorilla
July 11|Failing To Go On His Proper Turn Brown Bear
July 10|Waiting for the Mail Cobra
July 9|Unsure Eye Test Chameleon
July 8|Impatiently Waiting for a Refill Owl
July 7|Disturbed By A Telemarketer Tortoise
July 6|The Obsessive-Compulsive Sloth
July 5|The Asthmatic Aardvark
July 4|Rastafarian Ramen
July 3|Mrs. Drippers The Ill-Fated Cone
July 2|Calorie Counting Cat
July 1|Ticket Scratchin’ Toucan
June 30|Bad News Beet & Craps Playin’ Quail