Return to Comic Color

I’m not actively working on these comic pages anymore (or rather, I’m taking a break to work on a prose version of the narrative).  But I might as well post what’s already done.  Everything that’s posted so far is here.

Color comic book page.  Panels feature an intense boxing match between a grey squirrel and a bobcat.Color work starts to get a bit …candy-ish around here.  But, hey!  Color.  Don’t see too much of that around my blog.

Cover Page for a Pitch

Bit of commentary from the future here, but man oh man is this hard to look at now.  Scratch that.  It was hard to look at when I originally drew it!  Below is a cover to Ghost Squirrel‘s original pitch, back when I was trying to convince people that is was a nice and cheery kid’s show.

ink and digital color illustration showing a squirrel and owl standing in front of a forest and city under a bright sky.It’s just so… uncharacteristically friendly.  

Oh well.  Still has merit.  Nice coloring for example.  Read on for the original text that accompanied this image.

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Comic – Circus Insurance

UPDATE: This is the old version of the comic.  The finial version can be found here.

A six page color comic informally called “Circus Insurance”

Comic book page showing an exterior of a house with a circus in the background, then a close up of a stressed pigeon comic book page showing a sequence where man watching a newscast about an escaped lion hears a sound at the door.  He prepares to attack the intruder. comic book page showing man opening door to reveal lion eating his pet pigeon. comic book page showing man running away from door to take refuge in the kitchen only to be greeted by a golden monkey comic book page revealing that there are three golden monkeys in the kitchen.  They hand the man a card saying "Circus Insurance" and then go to attack the lion Comic book page showing one of the monkeys throwing a grenade at the lion.  The man ducks down as the explosion hits.  When the smoke clears, he calls the number on the card