Saturday, April 28, 2012

Comics: Prehistoric Middle School Pages (Some of my earliest cartooning work) Before I "Sold Out and went all detailed"

Okay, I don't know who knows about this early stuff I did, but I used to draw really, REALLY humorously and cartoonishly, and there was a time when I wanted to emulate shows like Jeff Smith's Bone, Tiny Toon Adventures and Fox Kids in my comics, and wanted to be the next Jeff Smith, back in the middle of the 90s when I was in Middle School. I don't remember whether I drew these pages in 98 or 93. Beats me. So long ago it was. I used to NEVER strive for realism. That was when I NEVER felt pressure about drawing! The good old days. These layouts are simple, but there's a reason for that. Though at the time, when I was a kid still, I mostly drew to please my friends and family. I had a desire to get published even when I was 13 (when I drew these, before the Detail Era), but I do recall mostly drawing them to please myself. This was simply the way people drew in America back then...in the 90s era. 

The premise of this ancient comic book work, you ask?

Simple. I called it ZOUNDS!, inspired by the Calvin and Hobbes Spaceman Spiff sequences Calvin had. ZOUNDS! Is the protagonist. A stiff browed Alien who happened to wear a kilt every day in his time off. As a job he worked for the FBI (an alien), and he would hang out at the barber shot with his friend, the wise talking robot, florkie (always spelt with a lowercase "f") who has super reachy and wrap around eye sockets, arms, and legs (that's his power, to stretch his appendages). The Dynamic Duo, the Two Heroes of this cartoon world, Zounds and florkie would fight against the Evil ruler, Pumpkinhead, and his lacky, mechanical builder and semi-evil genius, Dunce, a gnomish looking fellow.

HA HA! Had a BLAST with that series. If it were animated today it would probably having timing like Family Guy and Spongebob. Yes, I too used to draw like that, I'm not ashamed. Even back then, when my style was cartoonish and simple as all FUCK, I still placed an emphasis on cartooning action and adventure, even if it WAS cartoony. I am very violent.






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