Hello all. I write knowing that some of you are seething from the long interval between my posting these drawings and this, the exciting revelation of your incorrect answers.
And so to agitate you no more than I already have, I will dispense with further preamble and get right to the business at hand.
I gave you this little treat.
Notable errant guesses included Hilary Clinton, Glenn Close, Michelle Bachmann, Ann Romney, J.K. Rowling, Cyndi Lauper, Cate Blanchett, Meredith Viera, Michael Jackson, and “Ol’ Whats-his-face from “Kung Fu: the Legend Continues.”
I’m pleased that six of you correctly identified Meryl Streep, though one of you couldn’t resist suggesting that my drawing made her look “tired.”
Guesses for this fellow had a decidedly political bent.
Noble, but wrong, bids included Rick Santorum, Paul Ryan, David Gregory, Stephen Colbert, John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, Jim Bob Duggar, Paul Ryan, Tony Robbins, George Stephanopoulos, Matt Lauer, Mitt Romney, “generic newscaster,” “a skinny John Madden,” and “some sort of British royalty…”
As it turns out, this final guess was the closest. One among you correctly identified this toothy chap as Prince William.
As for this sweet little flower…
Several of you guessed Sara Jessica Parker, while several others insisted that this was Snookie.
Others ventured J. Lo, Helen Mirren, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce, and Shakira.
But five of you correctly guessed the one and only Kim Kardashian.
For the final challenge, I gave you this disaster of a drawing.
He is not, as you suggested, Tim Robbins, Beau Bridges, Rip Torn, Bill Murray, Russell Crowe, Ronald Reagan, Bono, Howard Dean, Walter Matthau, Mel Gibson, “Sylvester Stallone trying to be a politician,” or “someone from a Cohen Brothers movie.”
One of you, somehow, improbably, and probably by hooking up sensors to my skull while I slept and reading my brainwaves, correctly guessed that my model was none other than Charlie Sheen.
Fortunately, that person got the other three wrong, so we won’t have to turn over the deed to our barn just yet.
As for the bonus question, we asked:
If any of these people were to play a doctor on TV, who should it be, and why?
Here are a few of my favorite responses.
- Rick Santorum, because he looks like he uses a lot of mouthwash. Good breath is important for bedside manner.
- Snooki. She could play a rehab doctor
- #4: Because he looks like he has just come out of the operating room after a very long, first-ever-in-the-world medical miracle…Tune in next week and see if Sally and Omar will be rescued from the cave.
- J.K. Rowlling, because all doctors should have British accents. : )
- Number 1. she looks like she could carry a drama based in a hospital.
- Probably number 1, because let’s face it, number 2 makes me want to punch him in the face, number 3 is too close to a zombie for comfort, and number 4 is probably an alcoholic.
- Is number four a disheveledy doctor man? If not, he ought to be. Americans like their doctors with many a hair out of place and a loose-cannon-cop kind of attitude. Take out my spleen!
- Snookie because it would be hysterical.
- Bono. For the accent.
- Quite clearly, Michael Jackson. No explanation necessary.
- Cheekbone. She can use her cheekbone as a scalpel.
- All of them. Preferably with a volleyball scene with all of them in the opening credits.
- I wouldn’t let any of them come with 100 feet of me with a scalpel!
- Obviously, Meryl Streep. Not only can she do accents, which would be entertaining, but she’s a classy broad.
- #3. A doctor who is a recovering plastic surgery addict – that’s why she looks that way.
- My contractor. Because he is so good at delivering bad news.
Thanks, all who threw their hats into the ring. I’ll try not to let nine months pass before the next edition of Matthew Draws. It will, after all, be the 15th installment. We’ll have to think of something special. Perhaps reader-submitted subjects? If there’s anyone you’re hankering to see me draw, drop me a line.












To be fair, I offered the barn to anyone who got that particular drawing right.
Please come forward to claim your prize!
Included in this showcase prize package is: 1 barn, 1 dog, 2 geriatric cats, 3 kids, 1 writer, 27 cases of paper and a leaky faucet. Also note that occasional weekend visitation rights are granted to 1 illustrator, who will otherwise be living in Hawaii.
To be clear, even if the barn changes hands, I’m not leaving. Further, I firmly subscribe to the mantra of “no pants after 5:00pm.” Whoever you are, weigh this carefully as you consider claiming your “prize.”