Archive for August, 2010

Sometimes I start a mini-comic and it gets abandoned. Whatever the reason I’ve got folders with half started comics some of them with sketches, scripts and character designs. This one features fan favorite Orson Spinwell and Greg. It was in a file called Magic Ring and had no script. Just this panel.

I have no clue what the story was going to be. But sometimes I’ll come up with the name of a mini-comic before I even write it. Because a new document or folder needs a name. The name doesn’t always stick but it usually gives me a loose direction in which to write. I wonder how many other creative works started because the file had to have  a name? I should probably finish this one.

I missed out on snagging some of the Marvel toys that were recently at McDonalds. They weren’t anything spectacular but I’ve always tried to get at least a few comic book related toys at restaurants.

I was given the heads up that Batman Brave and the Bold was at McDonalds now. I couldn’t think of who they might make for it and my ultra-fast image search didn’t even show the second wave of characters. My mom informed me that they had some stretchy guy at McDonalds with Batman. PLASTICMAN in a happy meal?! I immediately set up a dinner date with Ronald and I was off.

The probability of getting the Happy Meal toy you want the first time you try is pretty low. A part of you wants it not to be in there the first time you go so you can get one of the others you sort of want. You prepare for disappointment. Which is what I did and is what I got when a pulled a Black Manta ship from the box. I have no clue why they wouldn’t have made a Black Manta figure instead of his ship! Man I probably would have traded a Biker Scout for a Black Manta figure when I was a kid. Anyway while I was faking enjoyment of the new toy and scarfing down salty fries my sweat heart Wifey sneaks to the counter and asks if they have a Plastic Man.

For whatever reason I can never ask for a certain toy in the happy meal. I feel like a total jerk for asking them to look and see if they have the little red guy with the bendy arms. Or the ship that’s shaped like a gray turtle, black dragon, orange rock guy or whatever it is that I’m looking for. Because of course they would have no clue what the heck it is they are pulling out of the giant box this week. But my wife has a secret handshake or code speak or something and always gets what she wants there. Never fails.

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This was a comic I did for the local alternative newspaper about 10 years ago. The editor asked me and my buddy Duane Ballenger to draw a comic and we were more than happy to do it.

I decided I wanted to do something about science and that of course also had a robot in it. Basically the robot hates the scientist and is always trying to hurt him. The scientist was a typical oblivious geeky straight guy type. I never named either of the characters.

The strips name is taken from Progeria syndrome and for whatever reason I thought it was a nice name for a science comic strip. The idea was that these guys would be searching for the cure to the Aging Disease although I only talked about it in the first comic.

I added in the amoeba characters so I could do other jokes and I got to really enjoy doing their strips. They were introduced in the fourth comic strip. Enjoy the first 4 in never before seen super lazy COLOR!

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