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Pup! #3: "Eats"

Poor Pup! Even the poo worms are crying.

Pup! #2: "Tuesday"

Pup! #1: "Pals"

On Sunday we went to the comic book store, and as is my wont I looked at small press publications, trying to find one that might be a good match for my comic book. Only, I think I'm barking up the wrong tree with wordplay, history, and true tales, as everything I picked up seemed to be cute stories about poop. Cute stories about poop in sepia tones, with adorable animals and disgusting situations. So I thought, if you can't beat 'em...

Here for your enjoyment is episode one of PUP!

And to amp the indie artie cred even farther than poop, sepia washes, cute animals, infantile text and tentative linework take it, the damn thing's drawn in a moleskine. Cool? You betcha.

Comic Book Cover

Cover design for issue one. I've got 2 more pages to do (the inside covers) and then it's time to start submitting this project to publishers! Neat!

Or, I could just keep working on issue two, because I hate rejection. That sounds good, too. That sounds really good.

Black, White and Grey!

Another page from the FourEyedBat comic book!

Tarantula Grandma

I seem to be on a roll with birds and worms and nasty treats; so here's another two pages from my comic book to keep the theme going.

Werewolf Bongo Party

I did this for a show at DVA last year; I did actually watch "Werewolf Bongo Party", too. Pretty silly stuff.

Fee Jee Mermaids are cool, and so is the Creature from the Black Lagoon. I figure they must have hooked up at some point. After all, the hip people all know each other, so the hip monsters probably do, too. Fee Jee M. is the Paris Hilton of the Monster Club.

This is a watercolored print; the original is rapidograph on paper, done to the size specs of a page in "FourEyedBat; Mostly True Facts for the Modern Age", my unpublished comic book. It's sort of a "Highlights" magazine for adults, I guess. I've put a few pages up over at Seven Deadly Sinners, and Swivel magazine printed one story and will perhaps do a couple more in the upcoming issue, with any luck.

Right now it's my Big Project, while I'm in exile waiting for the slow wheels of immigration to turn. I've got issue one (24 pages) just about finished, and issue two planned out. Fascinating subjects like "Why You Should Fund Bad Art" and "How to Win an Oscar" will be included in the second installation. Stay tuned!