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Trick Or Tweet

by Frank on October 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Trick Or Tweet

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

Since my weekly Monday comic posting was gonna hit on Halloween I had no choice but to make it about this holiday. It’s a little lighter fair than usual. I guess the spirit of the season mellowed me a little.

Although I have never witnessed or heard of kids doing this on Halloween I have to believe it has happened in some capacity. Social media is just too ingrained into our youth to think otherwise.

As you can see, I colored this week’s strip. I decided on this as I was creating the comic in a more rough style and thought one or more color might look cool. I really like the result but it took a lot longer to do than I would have liked. Such is life. That aside I hope the comic reads well and gives a few smiles.

I hope everyone has a great Halloween! Until next time!

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So Many Choices

by Frank on October 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
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So Many Choices

This was based on a sketch I did at all places – a coffee shop.  I tried to keep this to a 4 panel comic but I have a feeling it would have played better strung out over 6 or 8 panels rather than having the all the dialogue bunched into 2 panels.

I went back and forth on this comic so many times; stopping and starting it again.  I think the body language of the guy came out good but the overall comic is so so.  Been one of those weeks but you have to get through the not so great stuff to reach the great stuff so it is all good.

I’ll post some quick comics during the week or at least some other cartooning art work.

Have a good week.

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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.4

by Frank on September 26, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.4

So here it is the final chapter in this strange story.  It was fun to play around with and I learned a lot about what I do and don’t like about creating stories/comics as well as other things.  I think this last chapter is the best of the 4 and I hope the jokes read well and are funny plus people get the Susan Lucci joke.  I was originally going to have this end with the Beard battling with the Tsar but after this story and posting stated to drag on I knew I had to finish this up faster.  If I could have been able to finish more chapters during the week and posted longer chapters that would have been ideal but time was just not on my side.  The amount of time it took just to complete this chapter is scary.

My next few postings will be much shorter (about 4 panels) to free up more time to commit to ’30 Characters in 30 days’ which I really wanted to do to force me to play around with character design and color more.  This is a fun challenge that is open to everyone.

Thanks for reading and have a great week,

Frank

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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.3

by Frank on September 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.3

Sorry, but you will need to wait a little longer to see that door open.  I originally intended part 1-3 to be posted in 2 parts and by part 3 you would see who was behind the door but now it looks like I’m milking this thing but I swear that was not my intention.

To be honest this whole thing is one giant experiment.  It started with a little gag about a man parting with his beloved beard and the beard taking on human characteristics and then ballooned into a small little story.  Hopefully my jokes do not slow down the pace of the comic too but this does become more of an issue due to the fact you have to wait a week to read what happens next.  Ah, the trials of making a weekly comic.

Curious to know what you think.  Have a great week.

Frank

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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.1

by Frank on September 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Mystery Of History “Beast of Beard-en” pt.1

This is a semi ‘mash up’ post between “On This Day Cartoon” & “52 Villains” although the ‘villain’ part does not happen till after part 1.  I also Incorporated the idea of “mystery” or “Mysterious” which is the topic of the week for Illustration Friday.  If you do not know about Illustration Friday you really need to check it out.  It is an amazing site where artist of all different levels get together and create illustrations (or comics) based on a new word every week.

Thank you for visiting.  Have a good Labor Day.

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52 Villains – #2 ‘Mrs. Clean’ – Part 2 “Disguise”

by Frank on August 29, 2011 at 12:01 am
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52 Villains – #2 ‘Mrs. Clean’ – Part 2 “Disguise”

Here is part 2 of the Mrs. Clean story.  All villains can have problems coming up with their “disguise.”  Just think bout the pressure in such a image conscious society.

I had a rough time coming up with a part 2 for some reason.  Wish I could talk about it more but right now I get some sleep.  I’ll post more about it later in the week.

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52 Villains – #2 “Mrs. Clean”

by Frank on August 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
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52 Villains – #2 “Mrs. Clean”

My second of 52 Villains and this is a 2 part story and this first part is an origin story.

This is my first 2 part story on Animatic Press but I like the idea of the origin set up for this because I think the back story was important to the overall joke of the villain.  There are not as many jokes or absurd behavior in this comic as my others and writing style is different too in this one.  Not sure what to say about this except that it is important to try and see what works and what doesn’t sometimes.

The “52 Villains” series is fun but it is challenging in ways I never thought it would be but hopefully I will come out the other side of this a better writer and more seasoned at creating characters that are entertaining and fun.

So tune in next week for part 2  (I always wanted to say that).

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On This Day Cartoon July 25th

by Frank on July 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Comic
On This Day Cartoon July 25th

July 25th 1965 – Bob Dylan Goes Electric at the Newport Folk Festival

Although it seems hard to believe now but the night Bob Dylan played an electric music set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 the folk music scene blew up in a mountain of controversy and may have altered Bob Dylan’s musical career forever.

Dylan’s performance is caught on numerous documentaries and the boos can be heard all through his set which began with his song “Maggie’s Farm” which is why I used that in my cartoon.  The reason Dylan did this has been debated but Dylan obviously knew what he was doing and rehearsed the night before after coming up with the idea for doing it.  And before this happen Dylan had been strictly acoustic folk singer and a darling of the folk music scene and Newport Folk Festival had even helped further Dylan’s career but all that changed in an instant with just a few amplifiers.

In my cartoon I just wanted to have fun and blow the whole thing way out of proportion and make it completely absurd which I love doing.  I had fun drawing the crowd; with each person responding differently to the music. I also exaggerated the guitar playing and amp’s by making the amps enormous an giving Dylan a Eddie Van Halen style guitar.   I hope it gives you a laugh.

To find out more about this actual event check out these links:

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/07/july-25-1965-dylan-goes-electric-at-the-newport-folk-festival/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dylan_controversy

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dylan-goes-electric-at-the-newport-folk-festival

http://www.elektra60.com/news/5b3787-the-night-dylan-went-electric-newport-folk-festival-1965/

 

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On This Day Cartoon July 11th

by Frank on July 11, 2011 at 12:01 am
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On This Day Cartoon July 11th

July 11th 1804 – Alexander Hamilton (former Secretary of the Treasury) and Aaron Burr (sitting Vice President of the United States) had a duel mortally wounding Hamilton who died the next day.

This is probably the most famous duel in U.S. history and the outcome killed one of the founding fathers of the U.S. and charging another one with murder in New York and New Jersey, although neither charge reached trial.

There is a lot of dispute over who shot first or how exactly how this all went down except most historians believe Alexander did fire his pistol but it is unclear if he intended to hit Burr or toss aside his shot.

Regarding the art – My original intention was to make a traditional comic about this event as I have done with other ‘On This Day Cartoons’ but somewhere along the line I liked how these three drawings of Alexander and Aaron came out and decided to create a fake movie poster instead.  I have always loved making phony posters and movie headlines for some reasons.  They are fun to come up with and love to see when it is done well by others.

Please let me know what you think.

Have a great week.

 

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Tao Te Jetpack

by Frank on July 4, 2011 at 12:01 am
Posted In: Comic
Tao Te Jetpack

Happy 4th of July.  Here is another Metaphysical Monday cartoon.

Many times when we are told what it takes to improve our situation or mood but we don’t listen or try and find a workaround. I think most of  us want to find a shortcut to success or to life in general and make it all about getting to the finish line when that is not what is truly important.

This very popular expression is actually part of the verse #64 in the Tao Te Ching written sometime in 500 BC.  There are many intelligent verses in the Tao but they can be very difficult to understand sometimes due to the writing style and references choices used at the time it was written.

I know I should have taken advantage of today being the 4th of July by making a 4th of July cartoon but I didn’t as you can see.

Have a great week.

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