Monkey Squad One #4. Pages 6 & 7.

This begins one of the highlights of the whole Monkey Squad One series, if you ask me.

I was just getting my bearings with writing comics and dedicating so many pages to a multiversal adventure was a pretty big undertaking for me. I ended up having a really good time with it and was happy with how the whole thing turned out.

I hope you're happy for me.

In the process of creating the Earths of the MonkeyVerse I made some Earths that I ended up not using. I'd like to put those panels of unused worlds and a few other "deleted scenes" in an Annual someday, but I imagine when it comes down to it I'll want to put new story pages in an Annual over shit that wasn't good enough to be published the first time around. Maybe that's stuff I could post here between issues. Monkey Squad Monday exclusive content? Holy shit.

The best part of making up all of the different Earths was that I'd inadvertently set myself up for stories in the future. A big chunk of what's coming can be glimpsed in this and the next few posts.

Real-life Logan really liked the Santa The Barbarian bit.

But he was 9 back then. He's 11 now.

He'll stop giving a shit about all of this in about a year. I'll still have 6 years worth of comics to make but my nephews will lose interest long before I'm done.

I'm not typing all of this cuz it's sad.

I'm saying it's awesome because my nephews will stop paying attention to this comic before the REALLY fucked-up shit starts happening to their fictional counterparts.

Thanks for reading. HollaHollaHolla.

Monkey Squad One #4. Pages 4 & 5.

It's interesting these two pages show up this week...

I'm working on the pencils for Issue 10 these days. Issue 10 has a scene where Brendan tells U.N.C.L.E. Doug the story where he zaps the time machine control panel and it turns the time-machine into a Dodge Demon. And here it is the 1st time around.

So, 6 issues and 2 years later, elements from this issue and specifically these pages are coming back to play a role in the current story-arc.

I don't know what everybody else looks for in superhero comics but I like it when shit you read 6 issues ago comes back around.

Meanwhile, drawing cars sucks balls.

I hated it then and and I hate it now.

Monkey Squad One #4. Pages 2 & 3.

Watch out, Connor! That monkey's got a shiv!

If it's hard to tell, the dinosaurs' heads flipped back to reveal goggled kitten drivers. And their belly-doors opened to reveal an assortment of armament.

This was the first issue that I used the title banner that I've used every issue since.

Fascinating, I know.

The bit where Logan says they should mummify themselves was totally stolen from a JSA story by Geoff Johns & David Goyer.

I steal all kinds of stuff all the time in this comic and I feel my being upfront about it makes it okay.

Next week: During a lightsaber battle on Bespin, Dr. Metropolis cuts off Brendan's hand. Then Dr. Metropolis tells Brendan he's his father. Brendan is skeptical and makes some pretty gruesome facial expressions.

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Monkey Squad One #4. Cover, P.I.P. & Page 1.

ISSUE FOUR, MOTHERFUCKERS!

(Sorry, but I want y'all to know how excited I am that we've made it to #4.)

I don't wanna say, "This is where it starts to get good!" Because, hopefully you've liked what you've read so far, but godammit if this isn't where it starts to get good.

I totally started drawing way more backgrounds in this one. Also, if your paying attention to this sort of shit, this is where I start to use the ever-popular "widescreen" panel style that I still use today. From the cover to every panel on page one. All rectangles. Everything looks like a storyboard. I've been trying to break this habit but I was raised on TV & movies and I guess that's just how I see shit.

Next week: Return to Dino-Island!

Also next week I'll be "blogging" from Chicago where I'll be attending C2E2.

I'll probably be super wasted when I post.

Just a heads up.

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Monkey Squad One #3. Pages 15, 16 & B4 We Go.

What an ending!

The fucking future Monkey Squad One! For realsies!

Two real-life notes (I'll make it quick): Logan wanted himself to have a mustache in the future. I aim to please. Brendan thought he looked like a nerd in the future. I thought he looked like Dr. Who wearing one of Kanye's suits. Which sounds bad-ass to me.

Try to keep page 15 in mind because in 2019, when this series wraps up, you'll see Future Monkey Squad One's side of that scene in the Giant-Sized Monkey Squad One Future Finale.

So you have that to look forward to.

The Lil' Dougie/U.N.C.L.E. Travis bit went over pretty well with readers. In real life my uncle Travis is a douche and I made him the Mr. Wilson in this comic so my mom & sisters would think it was funny. But douchery is universal & everybody seemed to get a kick out of it.

Where and When is Monkey Squad One? The story unravels next week as Monkey Squad One #4 begins! It's gonna be so awesome!

Thanks for reading!