TitleAnatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of a WerewolfDescriptionA silver colored wolf-man stands on his back wolf legs, human-oid arms with talons stretched out in agony. His bare human-oid chest has white hair stretching down from his neck. His wolf head roars, mouth open and eyes wide. Dark grey coloring stretches from his nose, down his back and on to his tail, that’s finished in white. His legs and hands are white fur. He stands on a rocky ground.JokesThe Origin: You become a werewolf when ANOTHER werewolf bites you. Then YOU bite and make ANOTHER werewolf… it’s like multi-level marketing, but less skeevy.Aesthetic: His overall aesthetic is “Muppet that has SEEN some things.”Movement: He moves like an unbalanced washing machine.Scent: And smells like bowling alley carpeting.Identification: (points at neck) “Collar I.D.”Snout Utility: (points to head) The perfect snout to get that last Pringle.Dental Work: (points to head) His teeth are arranged with all the precision of a medieval village built without permits.Schedule: He only shows up once a month. …but that’s still better than Congress. ZING!Fashion: Thank God he got the Levis with the lycra.Aging: (points at tail) He still “Marks his Territory,” but ever since he turned fifty, it just takes longer and longer.
The alt text for the "Anatomy of a Dragon" comic by Dave Kellett is broken down into a title, a visual description, and a list of the jokes included in the illustration:TitleAnatomy of Monsters; Anatomy of a DragonDescriptionA green, scaly, four-legged creature with giant bat-like wings sits on a glistening gold dirt. His head is covered in dark spines, heavy eyebrows cover his eyes. He has a heavy chin and smoke protrudes from one of his nostrils.Jokes & AnnotationsClassification: Remember, Kids! - A dragon has 4 legs/2 wings. - A wyvern has 2 legs/2 wings. - A wyrm has 0 legs/0 wings. - And a WORM is the same as a wyrm, but without the hardcore name.The Vaping Dragon: Smoke constantly drifts from his nostrils like a teenager trying to hide a vape pen.Nature's Balance: Every dragon is born with one armor scale missing, for the benefit of talented archers. (It’s nature’s balance.)Dietary Habits: Practices the “Five-second Rule” for dropped sheep.The Landlord Look: The eyebrows of a grumpy landlord (…who also happens to be a nuclear weapon.)Culinarily Correct: Is convinced that shiny armor is just “Stay-fresh” Packaging.The Proverb: Believes “revenge is a dish best served at 3,000 degrees.”Social Media: Spends his weekends swiping right on pictures of unprotected royal treasuries.
The alt text for the "Anatomy of a Sasquatch" comic by Dave Kellett is structured as follows:TitleAnatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of a SasquatchDescriptionAn ape-like man stands in the classic Big-Foot stance, mid-walk. His arms and legs and shoulders are covered in fur, his hands, feet, biceps and chest are flesh. Behind him is a forest of trees.JokesThe Ultimate Cryptid: He’s the ultimate American cryptid!Posture: (pointing to the previous joke) …with the posture of a middle-aged dad trying to find his glasses.Strength: He’s super strong! He can bench 150! (An F-150)Fur Texture: Fur has the texture of shag carpeting that’s been left in a damp basement since 1974.Hands: Knuckles for DAYYYYYS.Build: His build is the perfect blend of “powerlifter” and “dude powering through a few sleeves of oreos.”Shoulders: Don’t think of it as “Hairy Shoulders,” think of it as “Natural Rain Poncho”Origin: He was made famous by a 1967 filmstrip of what is clearly a dude-in-a-Gorilla-Suit.Stabilization: (pointing to previous joke) (Someone ran the film through modern film stabilization software. It is HILARIOUS how much it's a dude in a suit.)Legs: His calf muscles look like four angry raccoons fighting over a corndog.
TitleAnatomy of Monsters: Anatomy of Baba YagaDescriptionAn old lady with a long crooked nose, white scraggly hair held down by a red head scarf, wide eyes, mouth open in a witchy cackle, walks along a path. She has a brown leather bag across her shoulder decorated with bones. Her dress and cloak are brown and tattered. Behind her is a cottage held up by chicken legs.JokesRole: Part forest-guardian and part local terror, she’s a Slavic witch who rewards the polite and (accidentally!) eats the rude.The "Accident": (pointing to the previous joke) “Accidentally” is doing a lot of heavy lifting, there.Reasonableness: As far as witches go, she’s reasonable! Provided you can survive her easy-to-remember 608-step chores.The Name: If you pretend you’ve never heard it before, doesn’t the name BABA YAGA sound like a Swedish band that won Eurovision in 2009?Real Estate: (pointing to the cottage) Her house walks around on giant chicken legs. Which, Honestly? In this housing market? I’d make an offer.Transportation: She doesn’t ride a broomstick! She rides a mortar-and-pestle.Tech Gap: (pointing to previous joke) Which is fun for her, because everyone born after 1810 has to Google what a “Mortar-and-pestle” is.The Fence: Famously, her house is surrounded by a fence of human bones. Which is an aggressive way of saying “kick that ball into my yard, you AIN’T GETTIN’ IT BACK.”
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