Anyway, one of the offshoots of this was that I decided to draw a few comics. Now, I've always really enjoyed Calvin & Hobbes, The Far Side, Bloom County, and Get Fuzzy and other, more "traditional", print comic strips. Growing up I read them every Sunday. Was there really any other use for the newspaper for a child on a daily basis? When Berkley Breathed retired Bloom County from circulation, I told my mom and she told me "Well, I suppose should draw your own strip then, huh?" It didn't really take in any professional manner. But there were moments. I tried to draw cartoon-y characters in my doodles pretty much all the time. They kinda sucked. I still do, actually. Though, I must say, they have become less crappy in their doodleosity. I had even drawn a few for pitching to the Purdue student newspaper, The Exponent. Umm, they were never accepted...and for good reason. I'm not bitter. They just weren't that good. The strip was called "Señor Bob." They were about a guy named Bob and his girlfriend/wife (I hadn't really worked out their relationship, but they lived together) Janey and the wacky adventures they got into in their daily life. it was crass. It was perverse. It was funny to me, but I guess not the Purdue student paper, and that's okay. I drew them in my break time as a janitor at Purdue to pay for school. That's not the point of this post either, just a little side trip, day hike into my history.
Anyway, maybe one day, if I find them, I'll scan them in and post them. Not today though.
Today I have something more special-er for you, Dear Reader. Today I dig deep into "The Archives" of these files I have on my drives and let them see the light of the web for the first time. To you, Dear Reader, today I present the webcomics I drew in the style of Natalie Dee, xKcd, Sinfest, and all the rest. Here is the first of the Awesome Qat Butcher series:
more tomorrow...
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