I know… sometimes cartoonists produce a ‘toon that some folks just don’t get. Friday’s ‘toon involving Imps might just hit some of you that way.
Imps are classified as “Nature Spirits” which is to say they are inhuman, nonphysical entities of legend that are a part of the fairy realm. The imps (ympes) are small, mischievous, fairy demons. While, not particularly threatening, they can be a pain in the backside since they are full of beans.
Folklore claims these boogers are trainable as they are gregarious and like attention so much they will actually attempt to be helpful and “do good deeds” to win over friendship. The alchemist Paracelsus apparently trained his own imp. However, their trickster nature overcomes this and they always wind up starting trouble.
Thus, they were the perfect sort of critter to insert into Entities-R-Us. A ghost hunter office ought to be haunted. (Aside: The lead investigators of my team have a home that is haunted. The ghosts actually comment on the investigation evidence. EVPs have proven this – cool, eh?) I wanted to include nature spirits, not only because it offers more paranormal humor possibilities, because there is a whole other realm of stuff we just don’t get, yet.
And so, Entities-R-Us headquarters is haunted with Imps. There is a whole description of my imp characters in the “About” section of this website.
Eat Cookies, Keep an Eye Out for Imps,
Tj
