Left Field Comic

Saturday, February 26, 2011

What's Up?

Episode 32: What's Up?

Starring: Constance and Conrad

~The Contented, Collegiate, Cows of Northfield~

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What's Up?

Episode 32 of Left Field
Published March, 2011 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

What have I been up to?

Art, writing, and healing! Drawing portraits of my favorite rockers, John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, and more... I’ve developed a really cool associated line of merchandise called “Hairy Krishna”. I have also been pursuing publishing a children’s book, "Otis Gets Noticed", I had written and illustrated ages ago. Some promising leads are hovering! Drawing portraits, illustrations, and designing promotional pieces for clients and events, such as one in Minneapolis in February that honored the late Pulitzer prize winning poet, John Berryman. A recent exhibit of a series of paintings I created entitled “2006; The Lost Year” did quite well - many signed prints sold! I’m also in the planning phase of a mural for the Minnesota Beatle Project! (woo hoo!) I’m a consultant for doTERRA essential oils, and a Certified Personal Care Attendant for my little granddaughter, MaKayla, and a lunch companion to Rick (a dear man who suffers from schizophrenia). Plus a coupla fun part time jobs, and creating Left Field for the Guide monthly! Life is good.

Contact me for a free consultation for murals, portraits, illustration, graphic design, or writing. http://www.imaginenationbysherrifaye.com/

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View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Say Fromage (or Beef Tips III)

Episode 31: Say Fromage (Beef Tips III)

Starring: Constance and Conrad

~The Contented, Collegiate, Chuckling Cows of Northfield~

Constance continues to continue with her advice column, Beef Tips...

Say Fromage (Beef Tips III)

Episode 31 of Left Field
Published February, 2011 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

Aided and Abetted by Anonymous

Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party

by Sherri Faye (c) 2011

Dear Constance,
    Do the cows at the Bel cheese factory (home of “Laughing Cow”) in France really laugh, and why? What’s so funny about cheese?
~ Anonymous Cheese Lover

Dear Anonymous (and possibly paranoid),
   Cows do laugh, look at me!? However, an entire factory of laughing cows piqued my interest. Conrad and I embarked on a bit of industrial fromage-espionage - a trip to France had been long overdue anyway. I can only speculate, as we were unable to enter the facility. Apparently we were not laughing enough, and our hides are not the appropriate shade of fire-engine red. I deduce that all the chuckling is a result of the fact that the factory is seated snuggly between two culprit buildings. One producing clouds of feathers, the other, laughing gas.
    My question is, why the anonymity? Are you a cheese-aholic who fell off the cheddar wagon? Maybe you are cheese-a-phobic, and fear venturing outside the consumption of Krafty slabs of ‘fake-cheese-food’. Whatever the case, your need for secrecy is cause to chuckle. Guess that makes me a laughing cow after all. Thanks for writing and remember “She who laughs, lasts.”
~ Constance

For advice send an e-mail to: beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com
Or post it on this blog.

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Got a burning question that needs a little bovine wisdom, cow comedy (or maybe just some cranberry juice)? Send it to this blog or to one of my email addresses listed below. If your question is featured in a Left Field/Beef Tips comic strip you will receive an “Aided and Abetted by” credit (can use an alias if requested) and a $15 gift certificate the week of publication. Ideas and contributions for future general Left Field comics also qualify.
Caution: Take advice at your own risk. May cause laughing. Right to use artist’s license and writer’s whim reserved.

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View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

Visit some of my other online stores and blogs:

http://www.heysallyfry.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/heysallyfry

http://www.cafepress.com/heyloveyourmom

http://www.heyloveyourmother.blogspot.com/

http://www.palincrapola.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/palincrapola

Contact me directly at:

sherri.faye@yahoo.com

sherrifaye.genius@gmail.com

imaginenationbysherrifaye@hotmail.com

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Powder Keg

Episode 29b: Powder Keg (Beef Tips II)

Starring: Constance and Conrad

~The Contented, Collegiate Cows of Northfield~

Constance continues with her advice column, Beef Tips...

Beef Tips

Episode 29b of Left Field
Published January 1, 2011 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

Aided and Abetted by Dan P. Collins

Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party

by Sherri Faye (c) 2011

Dear X Marks-the-Spot-Where-I-Kick-Your-Smart-A...,
    Err.. I mean... Interesting inquiry indeed. Have you considered reading a label? After the initial shock at the thought of powdered bovine, I researched the product. Powdered milk is simply a dried milk material with several additives and fortifications, which differ depending upon the brand. When a measured amount of H2O is added, a pile of powder is magically reconstituted into what I would call a milk-like substance. Not exactly the best substitute for the real thing, but for folks on a budget, or whose deviant minds delight at the image of powdered cow origins, it will suffice.
    What would you do, X (whose initials are Dan Collins), if you added water to the powder and upon stirring, an actual cow formed before your very eyes? I imagine you would milk it for all it was worth. If I were you, I’d run.
~ Constance (most assuredly a solid, carbon-based life form)

    I, Sherri Faye, am committed to consuming substances that are pure in form, within reason. My friend, Lori W., recently turned me on to ‘doTERRA’ therapeutic grade essential oils. Which has spurred further enthusiasm toward pursuing an holistic lifestyle for me. That said, powdered substances can be like lies - often questionable, could blow away with the wind, and definitely merit some investigation prior to swallowing. Thanks Lore!

Note: This was published as episode 30B in the NEG, the correct "Episode" number is 29b. As Episode 29a was simply a holiday advertisement for Left Field products, published on Dec. 1, 2010.

For advice send an e-mail to: beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com
Or post it on this blog.

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~ for a local Northfield area merchant, store, restaurant, or watering hole ~

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Buy cool cow crap, cow gifts, cow junk, cow stuff!
Get cow gifts for the cow fans in your life, click below!

http://www.cafepress.com/leftfieldcomic

View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

Visit some of my other online stores and blogs:

http://www.heysallyfry.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/heysallyfry

http://www.cafepress.com/heyloveyourmom

http://www.heyloveyourmother.blogspot.com/

http://www.palincrapola.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/palincrapola

Contact me directly at:

sherri.faye@yahoo.com

sherrifaye.genius@gmail.com

imaginenationbysherrifaye@hotmail.com

Holiday Ad

Holiday Ad
Episode 29a of Left Field
Published December 1, 2010 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

Purchase totes, tee's, mugs, aprons and more... with Left Field comic images on them. Great holiday, birthday, all occasion gifts!

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Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party
by Sherri Faye (c) 2010

I have received a few questions from fans for Constance and her “Beef Tips” advice column. Beginning in January of 2011, I will introduce the first comic response to the selected question! You will receive a reply to each question, whether or not it is featured in a comic strip!Thanks so much for writing in. Send your questions to Constance at:

Note: In the NEG no episode number was posted. The correct "Episode" number is 29a. Episode 29b will be published Jan. 1, 2011, when the regular Left Field comic and Fodder column will resume.

For advice send an e-mail to: beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com
Or post it on this blog.

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A $15 Gift Certificate Could Be Yours
~ for a local Northfield area merchant, store, restaurant, or watering hole ~

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Buy cool cow crap, cow gifts, cow junk, cow stuff!
Get cow gifts for the cow fans in your life, click below!

http://www.cafepress.com/leftfieldcomic

View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

Visit some of my other online stores and blogs:

http://www.heysallyfry.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/heysallyfry

http://www.cafepress.com/heyloveyourmom

http://www.heyloveyourmother.blogspot.com/

http://www.palincrapola.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/palincrapola

Contact me directly at:

sherri.faye@yahoo.com

sherrifaye.genius@gmail.com

imaginenationbysherrifaye@hotmail.com

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Beef Tips

Episode 28: Beef Tips

Starring: Constance

~A Contented, Collegiate Cow of Northfield~

Constance tries her hoof at Advice Columnist...

Beef Tips

Episode 28 of Left Field
Published November 1, 2010 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

Aided and Abetted by a semi-fictional character named James Dime

Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party

by Sherri Faye (c) 2010

Advice columns have always intrigued me, and I have toyed with writing one. So, why not have Constance do it? I am particularly fond of brutally honest, witty, and direct ones. A good advice column is a bit like therapy, a best friend, a stand-up comic, the Oprah show, and common sense combined. City Pages boasts a couple of them, including “Savage Love” - that knocks intimacy advice out of the ballpark. While the hilarious guidance in the Onion’s purely satirical “Ask...” column features ever-changing titles. Ranging from “Ask A Former Touring Drummer For The Pointer Sisters” to “Ask A Conspiracy Theorist”, humor abounds. I love that the credentials for every one of the fictional columnists are exactly the same. Dear Abby and her sister, Ann Landers, paved the way for readers around the globe to publicly confess their troubles and accept the advice of a complete stranger. Comparatively dry, when held up against today’s no-holds-barred columns, they still stand as solid evidence of the human need to bare our souls while hoping a magic pill will solve our problems in the form of good advice. Throw in the humor and honesty of Erma Bombeck, and helpful Hints from Heloise mixed with a bit of Miss Manners’ direction, and the grass was truly “greener over the septic tank” of the world because of them. Now let’s see what Constance can do from Left Field, shall we?

For advice send an e-mail to: beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com
Or post it on this blog.

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A $15 Gift Certificate Could Be Yours
~ for a local Northfield area merchant, store, restaurant, or watering hole ~

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Buy cool cow crap, cow gifts, cow junk, cow stuff!
Get cow gifts for the cow fans in your life, click below!

http://www.cafepress.com/leftfieldcomic

View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

Visit some of my other online stores and blogs:

http://www.heysallyfry.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/heysallyfry

http://www.cafepress.com/heyloveyourmom

http://www.heyloveyourmother.blogspot.com/

http://www.palincrapola.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/palincrapola

Contact me directly at:

sherri.faye@yahoo.com

sherrifaye.genius@gmail.com

imaginenationbysherrifaye@hotmail.com

Hi M.O.M.

Episode 27: Hi M.O.M.

Getting ready for a Halloween Costume Party...

Enter: Conrad, superhero.

Hi M.O.M.

Episode 27 of Left Field
Published October 1, 2010 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide
Aided and Abetted by Matt Scheisl

Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party
by Sherri Faye (c) 2010

Holy Cow Capes, Batman, have I ever wracked my brain for over a year figuring out how to incorporate Malt-O-Meal into my comic strip! Many moons ago, a friend of mine suggested that I drum up Left Field mayhem featuring the beloved cereal company. Matt (said friend) and I occasionally hoist a brew or three at a little hangout in Dinkytown, known as the Blarney Pub & Grill. While recently enjoying a barley pop together we talked about how much we love the smell of the Malt-O-Meal factory. Matt descends upon Northfield for business from time to time. He described it as a very pleasant, almost popcorny smell wafting through town. Some days it has a delectable chocolatey scent - that’s my favorite. I think Malt-O-Meal lends itself to Northfield in an almost “Willie Wonka” kinda way. Can’t you just picture it? Imagine rivers concocted of breakfast food running through the place. Gondola’s careening about that are constructed of giant cereal bowls, with big ol’ spoons for oars. I bet some wild-haired guy is in charge of the whole shebang, with little Malt-O-Peeps scurrying about doing his bidding. Oh, the things we can think! I wonder if I can get a tour? Maybe Malt-O-Meal will have a golden ticket in a box of good ol’ fashioned hot cereal.

Buy cool cow crap, cow gifts, cow junk, cow stuff!
Get cow gifts for the cow fans in your life, click below!

http://www.cafepress.com/leftfieldcomic

View the published version of Left Field in the Northfield Entertainment Guide magazine. Check out all the events going on in greater Northfield - you might be pleasantly surprised!

http://www.northfieldguide.com

Contact Constance (or Conrad) for advice:

beeftips.leftfield@gmail.com

Visit some of my other online stores and blogs:

http://www.heysallyfry.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/heysallyfry

http://www.cafepress.com/heyloveyourmom

http://www.heyloveyourmother.blogspot.com/

http://www.palincrapola.blogspot.com/

http://www.cafepress.com/palincrapola

Contact me directly at:

sherri.faye@yahoo.com

sherrifaye.genius@gmail.com

imaginenationbysherrifaye@hotmail.com

Got Bail? or Mug Shot

Got Bail? or Mug Shot
Episode 26 of Left Field
Published September 1, 2010 in the Northfield Entertainment Guide

Simply Fodder For Your Next Cocktail Party
by Sherri Faye (c) 2010

Does anyone else use the “Cow-On-A-Stick” as a directional tool to and from the Northfield area? I realize it’s not a cow, but for both obscure and obvious reasons, the phrase ‘cow-on-a-stick’ simply flows better than ‘bull-on-a-stick’. I get a kick out of it... this bovine beast hovering above the land. It’s unique, hilarious, and makes an otherwise non-descript landscape become an intersection boasting a landmark of Paul Bunyonesque proportions. A bit further down the road is the side of a building advertising three products in a run-on sentence of sorts. You know the one, boldly proclaiming “Apple Cider Cheese Fudge”. My daughter, Staci, and I always chuckle, remarking something to the effect of “Hmmm, must make for an interesting flavored fudge.” I love anomolies that set a place apart from the rest o’ the world. I also immensely enjoy annual town festivals. Among my favorites - The Strawberry Festival in Pungo, Virginia. And, of course, The Defeat of Jesse James Days! This year, Left Field will be there with cowbells on! (literally) We’ve secured a craft fair booth. See you there!

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