Here's two new pages from the first Nechradon rampage sequence from my forthcoming graphic novel Mr Amperduke

I've around 115 pages completed now and am adding bits and extending certain scenes. I've been talking to a decent bloke called Al about exhibiting the story in a gallery setting. I'd love that.

So feast your eyes on the gore above and get ready for a shitload more.

There used to be a large tattered Richard Scarry's 'Busy World' book in my classroom when I was 6. I loved it so much that I stole it, I couldn't cope with other kids looking at it and I wanted it all to myself. It then reappeared in the communal book place so I stole it again. It reappeared again so I stole it again and again and again until my teacher told my folks that I could keep it.

One reason I loved his books as a kid was that he'd have a skyscraper or large building in the background then all the wacky stuff and cross sections in the fore ground, it was an endless source of wonder for me to imagine what was happening inside all the different rooms in the skyscrapers. By age 7 I was hoping for rain during breaktime so we'd all have to stay in and draw where I'd strut my stuff with a rip off of Scarry called 'the Busy Bears'.

Years laters, as a bigboy, my first stab at a long comic story was Clam Land which was heavily influenced by Scarry's work.



Now as I'm rapidly approaching my 30's and with kids being imminent, I've started to stock up on reprints of Richard Scarry's books. I came across this last night, a revision of the 1963 original books. Its sort of funny, scary and depressing. Fireman is now FireFighter, yellow ribbons are tacked on to men to make them look like women, all references to Native American
are gone, etc.

Below is an example. Spot the difference. In the 1991 version they added a husband bunny to the kitchen scene.

Great piece and well worth a look from an editorial, artistic and I hate the New World Order point of view. Click here

A few months ago I was sent this comic strip by email.


There was no info or link to it so I spent a few days searching the net for leads. No joy. But by sheer fluke, a few days ago a friend sent me a link to the PBF Archive; the wonderful fucked up world of Nicholas Gurewitch's painfully concise and beyond funny comic strips. The Perry Bible Fellowship.

Even a quick skim through the PBF's will leave you happily confused and giddy but read them all and you will see a true master at work. The fact that he hits such punchlines in the newspaper strip format is amazing and inspirational.



Mr. Gurewitch was kind enough to give me an interview, annitgo a lil sumtin lack diss.....

Bob: How many publications are your comics in now? Have you gone down the self syndication route?
NG: The PBF appears in at least 20 different publications that pay. I share it
with a bunch of college papers too. I'm also very excited that it's running
in my old high school's newspaper. There's no syndicate involved in the
syndication. The Universal Press Syndicate called me a while ago, but they
were looking for something with less violence & no sex.

Was is tempting to try something tamer in the hopes of getting your work to
a wider audience?

There was no strong temptation. If I can't laugh at an idea, I'm rarely
inspired to capture what makes it funny. The comics would not come out well.

You work in a variety of mediums; traditional water colours and computer
rendering. When you get an idea for a strip do you immeadiatley know which
colouring method you're going to use or is it decided after it's drawn?

After penciling a comic, I usually get a strong idea about whether I want
the comic to look dirtier, cleaner, prettier, or looser. I usually decide
how I want to colour it then.


Have you worked on any longer comic stories other than the PBF format?

Yes. I did multiple long-form stories in college. One involved an elven
woman and her serpent lover. I thought it was pretty sexy, but I had some
friends that openly abhorred it.

The Matrix sequels were shit. Discuss:

It seems to me that artists struggling to be heard have much more
consideration for their audience than artists who have already struck it
rich. The Matrix sequels are probably phenomenal (I couldn't tell), but
maybe the Wachowski's weren't inspired to let everyone know.

Having a large body of your work available online, your comic archives and
short films, what's your take on the whole file sharing/internet piracy
thing?

I don't mind sharing. Holding back, to me, indicates that: 1) I'm not gonna
be phenomenally fucking rich someday, and 2) I don't want people seeing my
art. Both indications would be so very false.

What's your take on the blog revolution thing? Are there any you read
regularly?

Nope. Though I'll plug my friend/sometimes-PBF-collaborator Evan's blog
because I find it very funny: http://antireptile.blogspot.com/

What was the worst movie you've seen this year?

I was pretty stunned by the ending of War of the Worlds. Too call it a bad
movie isn't fair, but it was just...the worst.

I hear ya bro.

Back to your strips, do you draw everyday? Do you work on a few at a time or
just the one?

I draw everyday, though sometimes on comics that I don't end up finishing.
I've taken to drawing several at a time lately, to take advantage of the
clarity one gets from being "away" from a piece for a while.


From the archives, are there any strips that that took longer than the
others? In terms of finding the right style or the right punchline?

Of course. Sometimes I'll work on an idea (after it's "done") for days,
trying to find the right words, the right frame layout, or a better joke.
This often involves redrawing aspects or entire frames.

It's been said that 20% of the American public believe that the moon
landings were faked. What think ye?

I don't believe it was faked, but even if it was, the nation that can fake a moon landing deserves glory.

Glory indeed. Thanks Nick.

Check out The Perry Bible Fellowship for yourself here where you can also go take a peek at Nick's short films and other stuff.

Also, read my PBF inspired comics here. Lame but I like them
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