A photo of a white guy in his 40s with a pair of Buddy Holly style glasses, a red fez, black denim jacket, and some enamel pins. The man is Doc Pop, he is smiling at the camera. An embroidered patch on the fez says "Cartoonist Conspiracy of San Francisco" and the enamel pins are of a flying yo-yo and the logo to Silver Sprocket Comics.

“I’m neither a doctor nor popular.”

— Doctor M. Popular, blogger
  • #SidewalkFriends: Most Wanted (1990’s edition)

    #SidewalkFriends: Most Wanted (1990’s edition)

    I like to keep an eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my #SidewalkFriends drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon. Some oil stains on the asphalt reminded me of one of an old FBI composite sketch or wanted poster from the 1990s. Today's #SidewalkFriends sketch: Some oil…

  • #SidewalkFriends: Portrait Of The Artist When No Beer

    #SidewalkFriends: Portrait Of The Artist When No Beer

    I like to keep an eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my #SidewalkFriends drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon. Inspired by a patch of white and blue paint on the sidewalk across the street from our house. I was wearing my skeleton sweater this day, so…

  • #SidewalkFriends: Cyclopic Runner

    #SidewalkFriends: Cyclopic Runner

    I like to keep an eye out for cool shapes during my walks and use them as inspiration for my #SidewalkFriends drawings. It’s like my version of hunting for Pokémon. Some colorful oil on a wet street was the inspiration for today’s SidewalkFriends sketch. This one-eyed runner seems to be having too much fun.

  • Bandcamp Has A Spam Problem

    Bandcamp Has A Spam Problem

    I’m always on the hunt for new music and never use music-rental programs like Spotify/Qobuz, which means I spend most of my time surfing Bandcamp. Lately, I’ve noticed a huge increase in band pages that don’t actually sell music. Instead, they feature a lengthy album review and a link to an external website where you…

  • Who’s Planting American Flags in Piles of Shit on Valencia Street?

    Who’s Planting American Flags in Piles of Shit on Valencia Street?

    Apologies in advance for a gross (and kind of dumb) subject. San Francisco has its fair share of oddball characters. One of my favorites is the artist who plants tiny American flags into piles of feces they find along Valencia Street. Are these tiny flags a clever way to draw attention to the copious amount…

  • Chuck Tingle at the Internet Archive in SF

    Chuck Tingle at the Internet Archive in SF

    Chuck Tingle did a “reading” at the Internet Archive this week, and I had to write about it. Chuck writes erotica, horror, and comedy books with titles like Space Raptor Butt Invasion and Pounded in the Butt by My Handsome Sentient Library Card Who Seems Otherworldly but in Reality Is Just a Natural Part of…