the entire 7 page run of my first P.S. 666 story arc!
it's been a long time since i did a modern day slaves comic strip. i did this rather quickly (over a few nights) to keep myself sane after some long overtime hours at my present job. it's somewhat "based on true events" in dealing with my old boss from my last job and the overtime hours i clocked in with those slave drivers.
rough sketches:
inks:
detail of stan lee:
detail of mickey maus:
maybe the merger of marvel and disney will actually be a good thing...
it's been a while since i've drawn anyone in a "realistic" manner so i just wanted to keep things loose and rough around the edges. the above pic was inspired by the writings and cover photo of ames' latest book of essays, the double life is twice as good. like all his other books, it's a damn good read and an excellent jumping on point if you have not read any of his previous work.
submitted a b&w version of this to artjumble awhile back. posted above are my newer color versions. the subject was "favorite movie of all time". taxi driver is actually my fave movie of all time but the king of comedy is definitely my favorite comedy from director martin scorsese.
a few logos i designed for a friend of mine who started his own handball league in south florida.
i realize this might not be the most ideal time in history for this. the recession has fucked over so many of us it seems like having ANY kind of job nowadays is a blessing. nevertheless, there are still many of us out there who loathe the 9 to 5 rat race and yet we conform to it and the office politics simply for the paycheck.
i kept putting this off because i was really happy with the initial pencil stages (which you can see HERE) and i wanted to finish this up old school, windsor-newton brush/pelican ink style. but inking with a brush can be a laboriously time consuming task and could easily take the fun out of an otherwise fun project if one is not patient. unfortunately, my demanding full time job does not allow me the time, energy, or luxury to meticulously ink a page of cartoons the way i used to during my old college days.
there are times when i feel as if the day to day grind of the "9 to 5" work week is just too soul sucking to put up with. dealing with the arrogant clients and the ridiculously impossible deadlines they impose upon you simply because they believe your sole purpose in life is to bend to their every whim until you fucking break on a daily basis is an oppressive feeling and quite depressing.
special thanks to elgin who basically told me i'd be a fool if i didn't put this on a T-Shirt when i originally posted this on artjumble. the theme was "your job".
do i need to explain what's happening here????
i might like this version better only because the art doesn't get too lost like it does in the doughnut background of version 1.
i did all the line work in Illustrator CS.
the scanned in original pencils which i drew (traced?) over in Illustrator CS. note the upside down gun toting kid!
just thought i'd throw this up. originally posted over at artjumble for where the wild things are week.
any graphic artist working a corporate, full time gig (or worse yet is married to someone who is) knows the horrors of which i speak. kim mcgrattan, the writer/director whose name graces this b-movie schlock poster, is my lovely (and extremely patient and understanding) wife's name.
last week's artjumble topic was alan moore's watchmen. i really wanted to submit something that week so i worked up a quick pen sketch (top left corner) which eventually evolved into a quick comic strip. the entire thing (from idea to rough to pencils to ink and finally to color) took me a few hours. kind of an exercise for myself to see if i could pull off a fully realized strip in a short amount of time.
also, i submitted my much talked about (only by me) P.S. 666 story to artjumble's online web comic page comic jumble. it was originally supposed to be part of a published comic anthology entitled Cake Vol. 2 but the economy being what it is....well you know. if you wanna check out my entire 7 page P.S. 666 saga just go to artjumble.blogspot.com and click on the comic jumble launch button on the top right hand side. then click the Cake Vol. 2 tab. my P.S. 666 story's in there.
on page 4 of my P.S. 666 story there's a 3/4 splash page where most of my characters get into a big school rumble in the hallway. this little drawing i did of harrison mumford fighting is one of favorite things about this story. in the scene he's fighting with muddy lagoon who's attacking him with a trident.
this vampy racer appears on page 2 of my P.S. 666 story. in the scene she's happily speeding away after dropping her son off at school whom she leaves coughing in a cloud of exhaust.
one of the first characters i had created for use in my P.S. 666 story. but as the creative juices started flowing and i came up with more characters this poor bastard just got pushed off to the side. i wanted to use him in the class picture panel on page 1 but he didn't fit. so i used him elsewhere within my story as an "extra". i debated putting krackers initials on his forehead (KKK) but went with the pentagram instead.
another character i created that never got used or even got passed the rough pencil stage. an obvious take on malcolm mcdowell's character in the stanley kubrick classic a clockwork orange.
just playing around with some color options. (the original version is is full color.)
i've got a whole lotta nothing new to throw up here so i just figured i'd throw up something OLD... again! i'm still currently working on and putting the finishing touches on my P.S. 666 story so i probably won't have any new shit up here for awhile so get used to it! i still really like this nasty old piece so here's hoping you do to!
