{"id":3888,"date":"2012-01-23T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T14:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2012-01-22T11:25:57","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T16:25:57","slug":"o-is-for-osquip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=3888","title":{"rendered":"O is for Osquip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were a number of interesting &#8220;O&#8221; Dungeons &amp; Dragons creature choices for this week&#8217;s AlphaBeasts, but once I crossed the osquip in the <em>Fiend Folio<\/em> my mind was made up. Partially I think it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s clearly the ancestor of the watery-beer-shilling &#8220;Spuds MacKenzie,&#8221; commercial icon of the 80s. The osquip is the <em>original<\/em> original party animal.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=3889\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"196,257\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"images\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3889\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"257\" \/><\/a>Also, though, he looks a lot like the signature dogs drawn by one of my favorite <em>New Yorker<\/em> cartoonists,\u00a0 George Booth:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=3890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"366,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3890\" title=\"george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/george-booth-dog-sits-scratches-the-ground-barks-and-sits-again-new-yorker-cartoon.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Anyhoo, here he is:<\/p>\n<p><strong>O is for Osquip<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=3891\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,990\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"osquip\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip-300x297.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3891\" title=\"osquip\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2012\/01\/osquip.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.storenvy.com\/products\/243234-o-is-for-osquip\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2522\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?attachment_id=2522\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" data-orig-size=\"32,38\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2522 alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/uploads\/2010\/10\/socialNetworkIcons_storenvySM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"32\" height=\"38\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #99ccff;\">The original art for this is for sale <a href=\"http:\/\/benzilla.storenvy.com\/products\/243234-o-is-for-osquip\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There were a number of interesting &#8220;O&#8221; Dungeons &amp; Dragons creature choices for this week&#8217;s AlphaBeasts, but once I crossed the osquip in the Fiend Folio my mind was made up. Partially I think it&#8217;s because he&#8217;s clearly the ancestor of the watery-beer-shilling &#8220;Spuds MacKenzie,&#8221; commercial icon of the 80s. The osquip is the original &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/?p=3888\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_bluesky_dont_syndicate":"","_bluesky_syndication_accounts":"","_bluesky_syndication_text":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[34],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p46veT-10I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3888"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3893,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3888\/revisions\/3893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benzilla.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}