I’m very pleased to announce that Glimpses of Life #6 is now at the printer and is available for pre-order our store! For this issue I developed what can only be described as my origin story for creating comics. I spent a lot […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is a piece I will be displaying this weekend at Wild Goose Collective’s show “Grow Up” which starts this Saturday, October 7th. If you’re in the Columbus, Ohio area, you should stop by and check out all the work by talented local artists around the theme of what it means to be a grown-up.
This is a comic I drew when I was around 9 0r 10 years old. This as far as I got (well, this and the cover, which is how I know the comic was about Super Yoshi). I found it while going through a bunch of my old childhood drawings. I’ve translated it below from the horrible childhood spelling errors.
Panel 1: On a famous Hawaiian island
Panel 2: An unscheduled eruption occurs
Panel 3: Followed by uninvited visitors
Panel 4: “I am Lavaman, you human slave!”
Another childhood comic I found, this one stars my pet hamster who through some series of experiments became a superhero. I do love that first page, it’s a great villain origin and pretty much sums up how ludicrous a lot of superhero origins are. I’m not sure how the A-bomb gave Chicken Zone a gun, but it is pretty badass.
Another childhood comic I stumbled upon recently. When I was a kid my friends and I used to play comic company, this is one of the stories that came out of that. If memory serves me correct, this comic was made in my friend, Jeff Westlake’s, basement. We set a card table up in the pantry room and everyone worked together to create a bunch of superheroes. Jeff and Kenny August did the lettering and inking (not sure which did what) and Jeff’s brother, Danny, did the coloring.
I personally love that God says “..or else.” A vengeful God indeed.
To clear up something that may be confusing to the causal reader, Snake Hand’s weapon is actually a pen with two buttons on it, one can turn people to stone and the other shoots pea soup at people. I’m not entirely sure how I still remember that after all these years.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way, it should be obvious that I went through a box of childhood comics the other day and stumbled upon this one (and some other treasures I’ll be sharing soon). As with most comics from my youth it’s filled to the brim with ideas and nonsensical plots that I’m certain were very logical when I was a child. I love looking back at these comics, they’re just pure imagination.
I remember this comic was based on a very vivid dream I had and I think it may in fact be one of my great unfinished works. Although, “Got you sucker” is a pretty good line to end on;)
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