World's Lamest Super-Heroes

Years in the making - literally.  What's more important, getting it done or making it as good as possible.  For me, both, apparently.

I learned a lot doing this, including first use of background layers and gradients.  Dedicated to all those old heroes with dumb superpowers, who I loved so much (Legion of Superheroes, cough, cough).

And of course to my cousin Susan, the original inspiration for Capt Coaster...

Pretty Much Every Dude in the Weight Room at My Health Club

Existential Comics

Another old one cleaned up and recolored.  This was definitely in the queue, but I moved it up when I saw the outstanding "The Germans Play Monopoly" comic by @ExistentialComics.

I had fun working on this, but it's easy to spend too much time tinkering at the computer, rather than drawing.

Like most people who want to do comics, I idolized Schulz as a kid.  But I also think I sometimes over-identified with Charlie Brown, and that's what 'Blockhead' is about.

Concentration

Another old picture.  An ink exercise that turned into a color exercise.

I was completely absorbed in this, and so called it Concentration.  By the end I was having strong emotional reactions to these colors; the story of the picture ended up being the gradual defeat of the green!  I'd like to try it with different color palettes.

Hilariously Funny Comics

Another old one.  Newly re-colored, which I am still learning how to do!

Grad School Comics #2: Yo, Foucault!

"Mercy Flight" - Early Toth comics story

"Mercy Flight" p 1

"Mercy Flight" p 2

"Mercy Flight" p 3

"Mercy Flight" p 4

"Mercy Flight" p 5

And now for something completely different.  I scanned this out of a rapidly-deteriorating copy of New Heroic Comics #44, Sept, 1947.

Somewhere along the line, I picked up some information that this was among the first pro comics work by the great Alexander Toth.  And the first page is indeed signed "Sandy Toth"!

I like to think there is at least a hint of the great "wet black" technique that emerged later.  Certainly the art is head and shoulders over the rest of the stories in this moldering old pulp magazine.

I've been meaning to scan and post for quite some time, and have finally done so now that the blog is back up and running.  I think I have another issue of New Heroic with another Toth story.  Will see if I can find, especially if anybody out there is interested!

Oedipus Rocks!

Starting to re-color some old art.  I have learned to do a few (very) basic things with layers that will let me freshen these up.

This page came out of a discussion about Freud with a psychologist friend.  I never quite understood why Oedipus would just take his fate lying down.  But I guess maybe that's why they call it fate...

Dog Comics

Dumb dog jokes.  That is, the jokes are dumb, not the dogs.

Like "Marvel's Ginkiest" below, this was a short-lived attempt to scan and work with things directly out of my sketch book. Sort of kind of worked...

It's God!

Well, that's the most Catholic cartoon I ever expect to draw. This was going to be a rough, but I might just leave it for now.  Note heavenly plop take!

Of course it's really not so much about God or religion as it is about the gospel song...

Regrets, I've had a few

This is to remind me not to be on FB/Twitter so much.  I am also making a concerted effort to develop my "Plop Take" technique!

I wanted the colors to be simple and drab, also not to spend too much time on them.  I found this "Hospital Green" color on the invaluable www.colourlovers.com/, where it has zero "loves."  I bet if it was called something like "Thin Mint," everybody would love it. 

Paolo Friere Comics

Idea that came out of nowhere. I was just looking for an "quote" that would fit, but I find this one pretty apt.

Thought of having them meet in the men's room for a hand-washing joke, then thought of not doing that.

Cartoon Hell

Second cartoon of the day, just popped out while playing with a brush pen.

If only he had a copy of the New Yorker to read

I had this idea the other day while reading the New Yorker, for reasons that should be obvious. It is probably the exception when there's an issue that doesn't have both a desert island cartoon and a death cartoon. I guess if I wanted to try to hit the trifecta, I could add in a hot dog stand.

May try to redraw sometime soon...I would love to develop some ink wash skills.

"Fat Guys" was an idea I had years ago, but never did it because I used to think everything needed to be perfect. >:(

Fat Guys at the Gym

There is always somebody fatter than you.

Marvel's Ginkiest Comics

Marvel's Adjectivest Comics

I Don't Think Anybody Anticipated the Breach of the Levees

I am getting my old Doofy Comics blog back up and running--Not that I ever did much with it.

Shows you how old that old blog was

Much more to come as I post new comics and transfer old stuff!  Hopefully also make blog more prettier, but we will see about that.

Internet loves cat pictures