Monkey Squad One #3. Pages 5 & 6.

 These are two pretty cool pages.

The 1st panel on page 5 is the first in-story title panel of the series. At the time I was listening to a lot of Curtis Mayfield. And I stole "Future Shock" from that dude.

Also in the background of panel 1 from R to L: Kryten, Cat, Some Future Chick, The Dude From Star Wars With the Robot Ear Things, A Spaceman, Geordi Laforge. And MotherFucking Donkey Daddy!

Readers of the Annual #1 might remember Donkey Daddy fighting Monkey Squad Zero back in 1995. Last time we saw him, he disappeared into the multiverse, swearing revenge. And here he is in 2029.

How he got to the future and what he's doing there will be revealed after Donkey Daddy returns in an upcoming issue. It's gonna be so fucked up.

Panel 2 (don't worry, I'll make it quick.) shows Future-Connor, who by this time was being modeled after my friend Jason D. Jason pointed out to me, after #2, that he & Future-Connor looked a lot alike. So, all the shirts Future-Connor wears are nods to Jason's shitty music taste and hippie lifestyle.

I like how in the Future they still have upright arcade games. With Ugly Betty & Punks vs. Skins video games.

Is it lame when I point out how funny I am?

Rasta Brendan is pretty funny.

So, the guy that's U.NC.L.E. Doug's boss at Future Burger is modeled after my old boss Chris. This was around the time that people began insisting I put them in the comic. And pitching me their hilarious super-heroes and villains. All the time. It didn't annoy me at all.

Anyway, if you haven't figured out what's going with this bizzare Future Earth yet, Connor explains the whole thing next week. But, like, don't build it up too much.

Thanks for reading!

Monkey Squad One #9! 4 page preview!

Holy shit!

A Quintuple Fastball Special?!

Dr. Metropolis has fucking super-powers?!

And that's just the first four pages! There's still 17 pages to go!

Read the entire issue of Monkey Squad One #9 in April!

Monkey Squad One #3. Pages 2, 3 & 4.

This is me doing some fake-Tarantino, backwards Memento bullshit.

So, this stuff is "what you didn't see" during the final scene of last issue. Future-Logan & the boys step into the time machine and next thing you know, the boys are locked up in the Restrictubes. The power goes out and the boys fight Future them. (God dammit all this just happened 2 posts ago. Go look it up.) So this prologue explains how the boys got in the Restrictubes and introduces Kaz & CJ (who we met last post.)

On a personal note. Drawing the staircase on these pages was a huge milestone for me. Then staircases made the list of things I hate drawing. After cars. And buildings.

In current Monkey Squad One news: Issue #9 is about a month out. I'll post a 4 page preview here sometime next week.

Thanks for reading!

Monkey Squad One #3. Cover, P.I.P., Page #1.

Issue 3 y'all!

I really want to point out how much the art improved between last issue and this one. But, the art gets so much better between 3 & 4 and then again between 4 & 5 that if I start with the horn tootin' now, we'll have nothing to talk about later.

And I drop the ball with backgrounds all over the place in this issue.

Anyway, I still like the cover to this one. Though I wish I would'a dropped the bullshit "Part-Time Comics" box on this issue instead of the next issue.

So, Kaz & CJ are the first totally fictional characters in MS1 (I guess the future versions of the team were fictional but I didn't make up their names or anything). They were a lot of fun to write and draw and I'm looking forward to having them back in Annual #2.

Sometime in 2013.

Thanks for reading. See you next week.


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Monkey Squad One #2. Pages 14, 15 & 16.

Dude!

Brendan steals Future Brendan in the face! Like a bad-ass! Krak!

Future Connor has no problem with kicking a 10 year old in the head! What a dick!

The MotherFucking Chill-Bro!

I'm pretty sure my buddy, Lakey, made up the Chill-Bro Ice Gun. He's a genius.

True story: When I 1st wrote this issue, I had no idea how this was gonna play out. When I write these days, I've not only got the next issue in mind, but the story arc and then the entire series. Back in '09, I was fully prepared to kill Future Logan and figure it out next issue. Which I did. Which you can start reading next week.

"Steals" is a word from the hood that means "punches".