to celebrate the 56th anniversary of the birds, the bees & the monkees, i decided to release my 4th newsletter on this special day.
she's been a long time coming… i've started writing and collecting my research all the way back in january and i couldn't have done it with the wonderful community of monkees-fans i've met along the way. i want to give a special shoutout to my friend @wutheringdyke, who's been there since day one.
sending lots of love to the people mentioned, my readers and of course: davy, peter, mike and micky. 🌻💛
where big time rush goes wrong is that they focus too much on the music. where the monkees went right is that you could turn on the television and see four guys in a band never play music but somehow take down an entire foreign spy operation. that’s what it’s really about
Anyway I've had so much fun drawing the boys. Peter was fucking DIFFICULT though. I think it's because in my brain he's this soft squishy little jello but irl he's actually got sharp features, lol. BUT ANYWAYYYY Nez was easily the most relaxing to draw. Something about those eyes. Mm.
This clip from The Monkees will always fucking kill me
There's just... so much going on
• Mike's undies saying hello as he starts off the struggle cycle by getting his leg caught and then trying to transform into a bat until Davy helps him stand up properly (and for a brief second he's rocking a crop top)
• Peter just giving up halfway and letting gravity take over (also rocking a crop top) before he grabs the ladder again and does a split in the air before getting down
• Micky going down the ladder like it's a fireman's pole and landing on top of Peter while he's still struggling to get his head out of the ladder
• Davy carrying Micky bridal style to help him down while Peter still fumbles with his shirt