May 1st, 2008
Ancient Sketches 1
Hewwo fwends! I finally got my PC reformatted and can now use my scanner and printer. 6 months after I bought the thing. So last Saturday I scanned in loads of crap, 563 pages to be precise and now you’re going to be regularly subjected to the archives.
View the larger file of this here
One of my early attempts of computer rendered and lettered comics. This crappy printout is the only copy of it. 1998
1997
1997
I’ll expand on the above soon. A nutty story how I was stopped and searched by the Garda and I had 2 dead mice in my pocket. The pricks broke my glasses.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:44 pm
does that mean your finally going to post your 24 hour comic?
May 1st, 2008 at 9:43 pm
Yep! I’ll do that on Tuesday. It’s shit.
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:14 am
That 1998 one is cool man - surprisingly conventional. Shows you’ve got the range and the machinery for change baby. Is he coughin’ up a little man?
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Yeah he coughs up little monkeys that attack. By the way, check out the Amperduke animation on the clamnuts.com landing page. Comments appreciated. And pick up the Sunday Tribune, I think I’m in it
May 2nd, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Thats cool bob - did you do that? I’ll grab the trib.
May 2nd, 2008 at 11:39 pm
i`m liking those Herbie sketches the most.
and why are you gonna be in the tribune?and are going to the comic mart thingie this weekend?
Bring back the Herbie!
May 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
whoops.I meant to type “month” instead of “weekend”.
sorry about that,got it mixed up with free comic book day
May 5th, 2008 at 4:52 am
From the Sunday Tribune, the article “Unusual Suspects : The New Irish Cult Heroes”;
THE KING OF CARTOONS - BOB BYRNE
When the history of Irish comics is written, we’re hoping Bob Byrne does the drawings. The nation has produced any number of top cartoonists but Irish-produced comic books are still struggling to make their presence felt - they tend to be hit-and-miss affairs.
Then there’s the strange and beautiful work of writer/artist Bob Byrne, whose recent graphic novel Mr. Amperduke raises the bar for Irish comics forever. A wordless wonder of demented genius, Mr. Amperduke is the kind of audacious labour of love we’ve come to expect from Byrne, after his self-published free comics The Shiznit and MBLEH! wormed their way into the hearts (and pockets) of many discerning Dubs. With an acclaimed children’s book - Robot’s Dony Cry - on the shelves and a high-profile stint doing “Bob Byrne’s Twisted Tales” for venerable Brit comic institution 2000AD in the bag, the Cult of Bob is growing daily.
And he’s just been nominated for an Eagle award (the comic book Oscars). Check out his work http://www.clamnuts.com
So, how do we join this “Cult of Bob”, eh?
There’s also a photo of Bob’s ugly fucking mug slap bang in a collage of Ireland’s Cult Heroes, hahah.
May 5th, 2008 at 8:01 am
What the fuck where’s my comment gone… I posted a comment with the Tribune article in it a few hours back, but it’s not here…
May 7th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Bob. Go onto http://www.explosm.net
Its a daily (poorly drawn) webcomic site. I dont know if you’ve seen it before. Sometimes the site I just gave brings you to a completely differant site. If it does simply google ‘cyanide and happiness’ You wont be dissappointed. Its hilarious.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Ye eh. Screw explosm.net. Just google cyanide and happiness
May 7th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Man, between Cyanide and Happiness and XKCD there’s all the proof you could ever need that funny comics don’t need to be drawn well…
May 7th, 2008 at 10:43 pm
Yo! Cheers Eoin, haven’t actually seen it yet but it was read over the phone to me. Your comment was marked as spam but I found it. Now my hands all smelly, it’s like reaching into a bin.
Paul I like those comics and al the other ones, proof indeed that good writing more than makes up for lame art. But not for SouthPark, that is painful to look at AND hear.
Won’t be going to the comic mart thing, where’s it on?
May 7th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
Hands all smelly? What does your cheek smell like after rubbing up all close to John Creedon in that shot, legend of ballymount daytime radio that he is. The bang of cork offa ya boy!
Paddy Kennedy is saying you never answer your emails…..
South park is gas….
Kyle is right XKCD is brill - and that dog rape childhood story had me LOLing offa ma floor laughing……
Dot dot dot is the new comma…..
May 7th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
The Cult of Bob? Awesome stuff, I reckon members should have to make their own Devo-style hats and perhaps a facemask as well, as per some of the Mbleh! stuff.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
SouthPark is shit. If you’re going to be in this cult you have to give up SouthPark and coffee enemas. Devo hats are a possibility. Tell Paddy my clamnuts mail is spamalot castle and I’ve prolly missed them, use the yahoo one.