Strip Ten and Eleven

Strip 10:

 Strip 11:

Strip 11 is one of my favorites.

Richard Thompson Interview in the Washington Post Magazine

This was published a while ago, but it's still interesting to read. You can read the article here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/the-comic-riffspost-magazine-profile-cul-de-sac-creator-richard-thompson-faces-lifes-cruel-twists-with-artful-wit/2011/05/18/AFiNaT7G_blog.html

New Strip After Two and a Half Months of Waiting! Yippee!

So, after a long hiatus I return with a strip I considered sending to the Washington Post in that contest a while back.

Strip Nine

I like Alex's line in the second panel and how he can't concieve the fact that Miss Liz just might be into Carnage Man. You can see the "PIRATED" label more clearly here.

Here's to Cul de Sac

Remember how, on the first day I created this blog, I said that I'd put some of my favorite Cul de Sac animations? Well, here we are.







You can see other Cul de Sac animations at this address.

If you haven't checked it out already, Cul de Sac is a comic strip revolving around Alice Otterloop and her preschool friends.

I've been able to meet its creator, Richard Thompson, once, and he was kind enough to sign my Cul de Sac book.

Also, he commented here once - it's the post where I told everyone I had won the contest. He has his own blog here.

You can expect another comic of mine soon!

Strip Eight

Here we are, at the eighth comic in the first batch of strips.

I don't think I've mentioned "Carnage Man" yet.

"Carnage Man" is the superhero the kids worship as their idol. Carnage Man has his own gory TV show, several R rated movies, and a few M20+ rated games that they all play. And I came up with him myself. Maybe I can do a series of strips where I reveal the complete elaborate backstory of Carnage Man and a list of all the media he appears in. If I'm feeling really confident that I won't screw up one day, I might even draw Carnage Man.

Also, if you look closely, you'll see that the box Alex is holding says "PIRATED" over it. Looking back on this, I think it might have been a better idea to have Mike give out pirated video game add-ons, since he's an expert computer hacker and such. But I guess, to an extent, it works for Alex to give out torrents of video games - anyone can illegally download something, especially a smart guy like Alex. You'll learn about Mike and his ability regarding computers (and lethal weapons) in a later strip.

I also kinda wish I had drawn at least one "Learning is Cool" poster behind Alex, because it looks like he's in a bland setting (schools are covered with posters expressing motivation and learning). If I ever change my old strips at all, that's a change I'll make.

But you won't see a bookshelf behind him, though. I'm through with those.

Washington Post Comics

Here's a link to my comic in the Washington Post, along with the four other winners.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/WashingtonPost/Content/Epaper/2011-03-20/Yx1.pdf

http://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/WashingtonPost/Content/Epaper/2011-03-20/Yx3.pdf

They're in .pdf form. You can open them with Adobe Reader if you don't have the program already.