Fortress is one of my oldest creations that I began just after getting out of High school. This strip is actually going to be a page, from the never published comic book series, each week. I had kinda smoothed out my style by this issue- done in 1990. A couple of years ago, I did new Balloons for the dialog and put the tones on it. Many of the stories were adapted into the Audio Adventures we do sometimes.
The Sons of Thunder is my version of the weekly adventure strips that were more common during my childhood. I began it in 1988. As you might note, it is a little rougher than the more recent drawings. This is because these were done before most folks even had a computer. To create these comics- I would draw the rough sketches with the story. Then I would draw the comic page -then ink it. After this, I would go to my old church and use their copy machine to copy the page. Then I would go back home and apply a sticky clear spotted tape to give the page "tones". (You can see it behind the figures in S.O.T.. I then would take a knife and cut around the figures and peel away any of the tape I did not want to stay on the page. Then I would drive to the church again and make a copy of this. I also would use the Churches typewriter to type the words- arranging them into shapes that would fit into the balloons i would have to put on the pages. Then I would go back home and draw the circles around the words. Then another trip to the church to copy the circles with the words in them onto address labels (the only sticker paper you could run through a copy machine back then.) A trip back home to cut out each of the circles--peel the paper backing off and stick them to the latest copies of the comic page. The larger lettering had to be done by rubbing each letter off of a page of a tattoo-like sheet of letters- because, back then, copy machines did not enlarge to any size you wished like they do today. After all of this was done the final trip to the church was to copy the final version of the page. (Looking back, I don't see why I went though so much trouble! But When you love doing something- I guess you don't mind the burden.)
The Captain Can-Do strip began when I first came to Stock Creek Baptist. I used to dress as a superhero called Captain Can-Do to greet the children as they came to The Club. I would put reminders in the Vision newsletter with drawings of the Cap to catch the kid's eyes. Then Cap became the figurehead that appeared in a series of bulletin inserts that told about the following weeks Can-Do topic. Finally he became a comic strip character telling the story of the "real" Captain Can-do.
Drawing Parallels is actually a strip for grown ups that ran in the Vision while we were going through a period with no Pastor. I purposely did it as quickly as possible and made it so other artists in the Can-Do Crew could use their own God-given gifts. It's purpose was to compare things we go through today with things the folks in the Bible went through. And That, hopefully. explains the less than professional looking comics strips presented here every week. If you like to write or draw- I would love to see your work! Who knows? We might even put it up on this blog!
A little about these comics:
ReplyDeleteFortress is one of my oldest creations that I began just after getting out of High school.
This strip is actually going to be a page, from the never published comic book series, each week. I had kinda smoothed out my style by this issue- done in 1990. A couple of years ago, I did new Balloons for the dialog and put the tones on it. Many of the stories were adapted into the Audio Adventures we do sometimes.
The Sons of Thunder is my version of the weekly adventure strips that were more common during my childhood. I began it in 1988.
As you might note, it is a little rougher than the more recent drawings. This is because these were done before most folks even had a computer.
To create these comics- I would draw the rough sketches with the story.
Then I would draw the comic page -then ink it.
After this, I would go to my old church and use their copy machine to copy the page.
Then I would go back home and apply a sticky clear spotted tape to give the page "tones". (You can see it behind the figures in S.O.T..
I then would take a knife and cut around the figures and peel away any of the tape I did not want to stay on the page.
Then I would drive to the church again and make a copy of this.
I also would use the Churches typewriter to type the words- arranging them into shapes that would fit into the balloons i would have to put on the pages.
Then I would go back home and draw the circles around the words.
Then another trip to the church to copy the circles with the words in them onto address labels (the only sticker paper you could run through a copy machine back then.)
A trip back home to cut out each of the circles--peel the paper backing off and stick them to the latest copies of the comic page.
The larger lettering had to be done by rubbing each letter off of a page of a tattoo-like sheet of letters- because, back then, copy machines did not enlarge to any size you wished like they do today.
After all of this was done the final trip to the church was to copy the final version of the page.
(Looking back, I don't see why I went though so much trouble! But When you love doing something- I guess you don't mind the burden.)
The Captain Can-Do strip began when I first came to Stock Creek Baptist. I used to dress as a superhero called Captain Can-Do to greet the children as they came to The Club. I would put reminders in the Vision newsletter with drawings of the Cap to catch the kid's eyes. Then Cap became the figurehead that appeared in a series of bulletin inserts that told about the following weeks Can-Do topic.
Finally he became a comic strip character telling the story of the "real" Captain Can-do.
Drawing Parallels is actually a strip for grown ups that ran in the Vision while we were going through a period with no Pastor.
I purposely did it as quickly as possible and made it so other artists in the Can-Do Crew could use their own God-given gifts.
It's purpose was to compare things we go through today with things the folks in the Bible went through.
And That, hopefully. explains the less than professional looking comics strips presented here every week.
If you like to write or draw- I would love to see your work! Who knows? We might even put it up on this blog!