Consider this: A pale-furred, jowly dog who speaks with a country accent. He goes adventuring with his pal, meeting talking machines, creatures out of Fable, and other beasties.
This could describe Reddy of The Ruff and Reddy Show (original airdate 1957) or Jake of Adventure Time (original airdate 53 years later). Only Jake is shorter and bald, and his eyes look like corrective lenses for extreme nearsightedness.
I propose they are one and the same. Between visits with Ruff in the Old Age Home for Toons, an aging Reddy goes adventuring with Finn under the name “Jake.”
Big News from Wikipedia. The theme music for the old sci-fi sitcom “My Favorite Martian” was performed on an electro-theremin by Paul Tanner, a former member of Glenn Miller's band. That spooky sound persuaded Brian Wilson to ask Tanner to work with the Beach Boys on "Good Vibrations."
Meanwhile, in the episodes themselves, I always noticed a painting hanging on the wall of the main apartment set. In my surreal imagination, I assumed the painting showed some sort of mutant kiwi bird with a trunk, pecking across the sands of Mars.
For better or worse, the internet has set me straight. It was a normal bull, upside down; in a reproduction of an 1801 woodblock print by Sawa Sekkyo. Thanks to J.H. Harison on her site http://members.tripod.com/~jhh_2/TVMFM.htm
Pam of Pamosworld.com had some questions about page 2.5 and before (and about the page numbers themselves).
"There were some scenes I didn’t quite understand like the one where he finds his “kickstart” money. (That joke was funny but I didn’t get the long scene.)
"Also, I didn’t understand the nomenclature (.5?) on your Archive page."
The Snoof was just philosophizing to himself about his solitary situation. Ultimately he decided that buying a TV and stopping thinking was the best plan.
The page numbering is for my benefit (I draw two cartoons on one piece of art board, so 2.5 is the bottom half of the second board). If it bothers more people, I will have to rethink.
I just saw the MINIONS movie. Although it has some good moments, I am not convinced by the Minions' origin. They are obviously not products of Earthly evolution (unless you can use a squirrel or gecko as a glow stick, too). The Minions were probably cooked up by Dr. Nefario.
Letters pages are fine things. For years, I’ve written letters to comic books, like Thor, Supreme, and Savage Dragon.
I’ve also answered them. From 2004 to 2010, I compiled letter pages for comic books in the DC Comics' line, like Scooby-Doo and Teen Titans Go -- I was Johnny DC!
If you have comments, questions, or wise counsel, you can write me using the form on the FEEDBACK link. I’ll post some of the letters here, with answers.
But if you're reading the strip silently, that's cool.
As a child, every cartoonist starts out writing AND drawing -- putting down characters with balloons over their heads. (I used a #2 pencil on typewriter paper.)
When we start to play with others or, worse, try to go professional, we’re often asked to specialize -- write OR pencil OR letter (or do “flats” whatever the heck they are).
So I’m excited to be writing AND drawing again. Hawk quill pen and Photoshop are a little more complicated than #2 pencil and typewriter paper, but they do expand the reach to the audience.
P.S. Updates will be erratic, which I blame on my day job.
