Monkey & Bird.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Shawn-2\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Shawn-2.jpg?resize=425%2C436&ssl=1\" "\\"Shawn-2\\"")
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Here’s a couple of sketches of Shawn the beleaguered waiter based very loosely on our friend Shawn from Support Your Local Gunfighter. I started to doodle in my sketchbook, and this fellow took form. 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Here’s a couple of sketches of Shawn the beleaguered waiter based very loosely on our friend Shawn from Support Your Local Gunfighter. I started to doodle in my sketchbook, and this fellow took form. He could have been a yak or a sloth, but a hippo came out.<\/p>\n