October 9th, 2008
Remember when I used to draw comics?
Wahey! It’s Thursday and I’ve a got a hot shit in the chamber!
I’m working on a NEW Amperduke 6 pager for The Judge Dredd Megazine and it’s going to knock your socks off. It’s another glimpse into the weird going ons in that dark basement we’ve all come to love. It’s a really sad story though, I got all choked up writing it.
Check this nonsense out. The first one is from the original Mister Amperduke 6 pager in 2003 and the other one is from last month. Spot the difference. It was a killer finishing the graphic novel because it was only in the Epilogue that I finally figured out how to draw the main character.
Remember when I used to draw comics?
It’s been a month since I’ve been able to draw any comics and it’s driving me nuts. After the holidays, moving house and my graphics card going gay on me, I haven’t been able to work. I’ve been drawing on paper like a madman but doing no story telling.
It’s a massive pain in the hole. I genuinely get anxious and depressed when I can’t work. There was a horrible time in my early 20’s when I just couldn’t get it together and was just pissing away my time with undesirables and I never felt so depressed. Heh, there was a thing in The Irish Times last weekend about me and today my inbox is full of messages from dopes and tramps from that era.
I have to try keep up with what’s happening in the news. Apparently all the banks nearly collapsed last week? I’m amazingly out of touch of world events, makes me wonder if there were people around in 1939-45 who had no idea of a World War raging around them. Some dopey Italian who lives alone in a basement fixing bike chains or something.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Yeah I saw the article, did they send out a photographer or was that your mate or something? Tight tee shirt.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Yeah they sent a photographer. I look like a fucking Texaco Art Competition winner holding up two comics. Not very inventive or fitting. Tight shirt? Nah, muscley bastard.
October 9th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Congrats in any case man! (its was tight)
October 10th, 2008 at 1:56 am
cheers for linking to the times piece hon, I asked a friend to get a copy on saturday as I was away. Figured they’d forget but god bless them they remembered but they picked up the Indo rather then the times. I didn’t have the heart to tell them they’d got the wrong one. Great write up.
October 10th, 2008 at 2:48 am
Good stuff, again, Bob. Only picked up the novel last week. Makes me a bit depresssed that I never had the discipline to do these things meself, but feck it, at least I’m doing SOMEthing to get my demons out for other people’s amusement.
It IS nice to get some recognition for what we do though, innit?
One day, when I’m famous and obnoxious, I’m gonna do my biography as a graphic novel. Lots of sex scenes, an’ all!
October 10th, 2008 at 11:36 am
Well, there were those Japanese soldiers on random South Pacific islands who lived in hiding for years because they didn’t know the war had *ended*. Some U.S. Navy dudes show up in 1950 and they’re like, “Oh hiya. You need a bath.” Then it’s like, “BONZAI!” (wack) (NINJA’d) (*smack*) (Judo’d) And the U.S. guys were like, “Why so aggro? Don’t you know the war’s over? We won.” And the Japanese dudes were all, “Holy crap! No way! (sniff) (cry)” Then the American dudes were all, “um… we’re going back to Tokyo now. Wanna come wif?” The Japanese dudes were like, “OMG. Wait, let me get Wilson. WILSON!!!” and they come back with their volleyball head people and they’re all, “Ok, we’re ready.” Then the U.S. guys took them back to Shinjuku and reunited them with their families. (yay) (*clap clap*) At least, that’s how I think it happened.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Cheers all. Yeah I’m happy with the article EXCEPT I’m the only person to get my name in the title other than Tharg.
Bonzo, you’ll always be my hero. I got a deadly book called ‘Real Stuff by Dennis Eichorn’ that you’d be into.
Spearfish, yeah that story made it’s way into Flying Colours, that School book with all the short stories in it. They would only surrender to a Japanese colonel or something. Or Pikachu, one or the other.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
(i tried to post this already)
Bob Damo actually appreciates your artwork now because he saw it in the paper. He was like ‘look at the detail’ and i was like ‘duh’ and he was like ‘whatever’ ya know…
And for what it’s worth i still can’t believe you’re in 2000ad. You fucking sick fucking legend - and the top was too tight and too green what the fuck where you thinking, your lothario rating has plummeted.
Spearfish that’s the most entertaining comment I’ve ever read, (yay) (clap clap) ever (yay) (clap clap).
October 11th, 2008 at 1:52 am
The second image of amperduke shows more confidence in the lines. First one has its charms too, mind.
October 13th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Uiscebot you fag, whats with the clapping all typed out?
Yeah Salvo, the second one is just a rough, expect it to be ‘graphically awesome’ as my boss says.