"Field Sobriety Test"

Not ever haven taken one of these personally, I seriously doubt my ability to pass any part of a field sobriety test in any way on any given normal day. Nomatter the season, as one can see the original variation depicted a winter scene instead. Further down this post I uploaded a good example of how sometimes editorial decisions are made on the fly, whist inking over the penciled panel - which in itself was a deviation from the originally doodled concept and also in the ballpoint pen rough done in sketchbook.

Also, with the benefit of hindsight, I can really see how this particular panel just doesn't work. As in, it's not funny. Not in a bad way, it's just that there's no joke, no gag, nothing witty, wonderful or wise. It's just me, drinking in a field. Passing the test I guess. Definitely doesn't send any sort of a positive role model message to community youth, who look to the weekly Nugget as a signpost along the road of Responsible Growth and Maturity.

They say that distracted driving from cell-phone usage (surfing, not talking on the phone) is as bad as Drunk Driving and Drowsy Driving as well - it's like driving the length of a football field blind. Amateurs - you really wanna see some skill, try sketching while driving: when the idea is so good, so hot, you gotta catch it quick before you forget. Which could possibly explain how the doodle was done so stylistically spontaneously with such a raw, organic quality.  cough... cough...