Monday, July 09, 2007
Ratty Things in Mania 75!
Also in Mania, #75 (out now) are The Ratty Things in their 5 page debut, as an extra comic (along with Moth & Tanuki - see below). I put a few panels from the original version of this story up for the topic of Run for Illustration Friday last year, but here's all of page 2, which serves as a reasonable introduction to their world.
I like the idea of there being an underground mammalian sub-culture happening through the Ages of the Dinosaurs. I have played a bit fast and loose with some elements in this story, but I may tighten this up in future, if I do more RT stories.
Of course, they're not really rats, but some other sort of primitive mammals. Maybe they're multi-tuberculates (though they became extinct, so possibly not), but you've gotta admit "The Ratty Things" is way catchier than "The Multi-Tuberculates" :).
They're not without friends in this world though...
The original 4 page version of this story (which has a totally different ending) was done as flip comic for Adam Gunn (of Camel Comix)'s anthro anthology - a project later abandoned. Here's a cover picture that Gunny drew of them - I reckon he captures the essence and energy of this strip, which I intended to be a bit like a Saturday morning cartoon in comic form.
I'd like to do some more Ratty Things at some point! So this month's Mania 9 pages of my stuff in it, which is more than I've had in most pure comic anthologies I've been in, and it's in colour - please consider!
I like the idea of there being an underground mammalian sub-culture happening through the Ages of the Dinosaurs. I have played a bit fast and loose with some elements in this story, but I may tighten this up in future, if I do more RT stories.
Of course, they're not really rats, but some other sort of primitive mammals. Maybe they're multi-tuberculates (though they became extinct, so possibly not), but you've gotta admit "The Ratty Things" is way catchier than "The Multi-Tuberculates" :).
They're not without friends in this world though...
The original 4 page version of this story (which has a totally different ending) was done as flip comic for Adam Gunn (of Camel Comix)'s anthro anthology - a project later abandoned. Here's a cover picture that Gunny drew of them - I reckon he captures the essence and energy of this strip, which I intended to be a bit like a Saturday morning cartoon in comic form.
I'd like to do some more Ratty Things at some point! So this month's Mania 9 pages of my stuff in it, which is more than I've had in most pure comic anthologies I've been in, and it's in colour - please consider!
Labels: Mania, Mania August 2007, Ratty Things
Moth & Tanuki in Mania 75
This month there's 9 pages of my comics in the current issue of Mania, #75, August 2007 - the regulars, Moth & Tanuki, in a 4 pager, plus another 5 page comic! More on that in the next post. If you like my comics and haven't bought Mania before, this one's a good place to start!
This episode of "Moth & Tanuki" kicks off with a familiar setting - Mothy's father's Invention Room - though evidently some time has passed between this and the last time it appeared (actually in OzTaku #1.2, which has also recently come out).
Yep, here comes that kid again - some people never learn! I'm trying to work him in every third or fourth episode as he brings something different to the strip. He's in the one I'm currently working on, which is different to anything I've ever drawn before and he even gets a name!
Here's a quick throwaway panel from this same story, which I'll elaborate on in another post. I imagine a lot of people (in Australia) fondly remember cereal toys.
But wait, there's more...
This episode of "Moth & Tanuki" kicks off with a familiar setting - Mothy's father's Invention Room - though evidently some time has passed between this and the last time it appeared (actually in OzTaku #1.2, which has also recently come out).
Yep, here comes that kid again - some people never learn! I'm trying to work him in every third or fourth episode as he brings something different to the strip. He's in the one I'm currently working on, which is different to anything I've ever drawn before and he even gets a name!
Here's a quick throwaway panel from this same story, which I'll elaborate on in another post. I imagine a lot of people (in Australia) fondly remember cereal toys.
But wait, there's more...
Labels: Cereal toys, Mania, Mania August 2007, Moth and Tanuki
