Sunday, January 29, 2012

Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 12 & 13.



"This is all very confusing."
I guess I knew it at the time. But was the type of fake-comic-writer that got a story in my head and then I'd make it work in the comic. No matter how clunky that shit was.
On page 11 we saw Future Logan take the team into his time-machine to 2029. Then up there on page 12 the boys are locked in the Restrictubes.
I thought I explained what happened well enough but I got a couple of complaints from "readers" (which really means "people I work with") that they didn't understand what was going on.
It bothered me so much that I wrote the scene between pages 11 & 12 into the intro of the next issue.
So you have that to look forward to.
Anyway, check out Connor on page 12. He's already figured out the secret to this story-arc!
I, on the other hand, had yet to figure out the secret behind leaving space in a panel for word-balloons.
Thanks for reading!

Monday, January 23, 2012

Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 10 & 11.



Future Logan's boots are hilarious.
Anyway, I noticed it a couple of weeks ago and again today. I was struggling with finding the individual voices of the boys. I had these character themes (ninja, army guy...) but I had a hard time working out what their fictional personalities were gonna be like.
I ended up with: Brendan is serious and responsible cuz he's the leader. Connor is stoic and dark because he's like a samurai. And Logan is a goof cuz he's a total goof.
Well, most of the Connor dialogue is bad. "It will not bleed. By bullet or by blade." Yeah...
Real-life Brendan had to tell me he thought his character was lame before I realized that he was right. I always made Brendan the uptight/responsible one instead of a fun-loving cool kid.
Logan was the fun one to write. He still is.
I have nailed down the character personalities a bit more these days.
So, no more samurai talk for Connor and Brendan gets to be a smart-ass 24/7.
Which is pretty close to his real-life counterpart.

Next week we journey to the future but it takes place in a garage so it's kinda hard to tell.
Thanks for reading.
 

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 8 & 9.



I really try my hardest to not talk shit on my art in these early issues. If anything, I believe I'm constantly growing as an artist and hope to be continuously embarrassed by my art from previous years. But holy shit. Look at that control panel in the U.N.C.L.E. Jet. It's a checkerboard. The buildings, the cars, the jet...I'm just saying. Holy shit that sucks.
But I like the part with Connor calling leader. And Dr. Metropolis carrying U.N.C.L.E. Doug out of the burning wreckage. That shit's awesome.
No matter how bad the art is.
I feel like I should post something recent to show any random blog readers that Monkey Squad One is bad-ass, so here's a preview pic from the upcoming Issue #9.
See you next week!

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 6 & 7.



What the hell!?!
2029? Future-Brendan's garage? Logan is super-swolled? It's like this was being made up as it went along!
It kinda was.
My big plan was to shock my real life nephews with a horrible glimpse into their possible future. Brendan becomes a fat, bald, dick. Connor is a dirty bum and Logan turned into a super stud (which is funny because in real life he's like a boy twix't with a ham).
 I did not have a plan for issue 3 when I made this comic (keep that in mind when this issue ends). I just thought it'd be funny for the boys to be old and shitheads.
Dr. Metropolis becoming a good-guy is the best thing that happens in this issue. But as I typed that I thought of all of the other major story developments and character introductions that happen in this issue. A.U.N.T. Brandy. Granmonster. The Future-Earth story and Dr. Metropolis giving up villaining. All of these plot lines grew from here and are HUGE parts of the future of Monkey Squad One.
Next week, the tragic destruction of U.N.C.L.E. Jet One!
Thanks for reading!

Monday, January 2, 2012

Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 4 & 5.




Yeah. Granmonster is my Mom.
If she finds out her blog debut is today she WILL post a comment.
So, by the time my Mom turned into a blood-thirsty monster here in issue 2, I began to see the pattern I'd already fallen into. I'd made every woman in my family a villain. But it's not like I stopped doing it. We still haven't met my sisters or my aunt but let me just say, you will NOT be surprised by their roles. If you know me, you know I'm no woman-hater. But my own comic book is not helpful evidence for my defense.
I guess it gets better. Current readers know the status of the Agents of S.I.S. But the boys are still the stars of the show. Their name IS on the cover.