Monkey Squad One #5. Pages 15, 16, B4 We Go & Back Cover.

I know that posting 5 minicomics in 2 page weekly increments isn't any sort of grand accomplishment. But I'm poor and work in a grocery store so FUCK OFF THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME! I'm proud of my rinky-dink comic and I'm stoked that people can read this stuff without me actually having to meet them.

Anyway...
The 1st appearance of Monkey Bot One!

We'll learn more about it soon enough!

ISSUE 5 IS POSTED!

 NEXT WEEK: ISSUE 5 SPECIAL FEATURES!
(I got some good stuff!)

Thanks For Reading!

Monkey Squad One #5. Pages 13 & 14.

ISSUE 5 PENULTIMATE POST!

If anybody's counting, this is the first time I used the codenames since Issue 2.
I was kind of embarrassed of them. Then I got over it.

So, I didn't get to it last week (because I spent so much rambling on about other shit) if you take a look at the poster Connor moves, you'll see it features superstar rapper Trik Erl Dub a.k.a. Trik EZ. 

Hard copy readers know that Trik EZ co-stars in Monkey Squad One issues 7-9, but this is the first reference of him in the series.

Real-Life superstar rapper Trik EZ has a new video for his song "Smoke My Life Away".

Check it out:

NEXT WEEK!
THE CONCLUSION OF ISSUE FIVE!

Monkey Squad One #5. Pages 8-12.

HOLY SHIT!!!!

I HAD to post all 5 of these pages! I was just gonna post my usual 2 pages, but there was no place to break up the story without it totally busting up the pace.

Plus, this week marks the completion of Monkey Squad One #10 and I feel like celebrating so I threw you some extra pages.

But for realsies, it's 5 pages so you know this commentary is gonna be ridiculously long.

Page 8: I was trying to do some off panel dialogue from Brendan in panel one and with the caption boxes in the same panel, it all just comes out confusing. It's a lot like the structure of that last sentence.

Also, Real-Life Brendan told me he thought his character was a nerd. In the MonkeyHouse scene, he's doing research and worrying about U.N. C.L.E. Doug while Connor & Logan played Playstation.

Since then, I've been writing him like a dick.

 PS. I know how to spell "apparently" now. Or, at least, I have SpellCheck now.

Page 11. Panel 2: If you look closely, you'll see two Monkey Squad One villains running away from Mega Granmonster. Donkey Daddy is 2nd from the left (throwing you off the scent by wearing an "UNCLE DADDY" T-shirt) & 7 Bricks of Fury (who was nice enough to wear a T-shirt with his name on it) is the bald guy up front.

Hard-copy readers know that both of these villains seemingly debuted in 2011's Monkey Squad One Annual #1 but Donkey Daddy 1st really showed up in MS1 #3 (You can look at it here: clickity-clack) and 7 Bricks of Fury's first appearance is REALLY right here.

What they were doing in Downtown St. Louis as Granmonster grew hundreds of feet out of nowhere is another story all together.

{Comic book bullshit aside: Donkey Daddy is played by my buddy Dan & 7 Bricks of Fury is played by my friend, Steve. The panel of them running from Granmonster was just me using my friends as extras (Mike Lakey on the far right, y'all). I later decided to turn them into actual characters in the comic and figured I could use their earlier appearances as extras to my advantage. I figured out how to put all the pieces together and have worked all these appearances into the greater story. You'll see.}

Next week: There's almost some fighting. Almost.

Monkey Squad One #5. Pages 6 & 7.

Holy shit!

It's Granmonster!

If you're just new to MS1 or just some kinda burnout & don't remember, you can check out the 1st & only appearance of Granmonster right here: clickity-clack.

I know I usually ramble on but I'm kinda busy these days, cuz...

In current Monkey Squad One news: after a few days of re-writes, I'm wrapping up the last few pages of MS1 #10!

This will be my 2nd issue of 2012 with 5 months to finish #11 (if I want to publish 3 issues this year).
I should be printing in about 10 days (MAYBE 2 weeks) and I'm really happy with how it turned out.

If you want one (or ANY issue of Monkey Squad One), just email me at
monkeysquadmailbox@gmail.com & I'll hook you up.

Thanks for reading!

Monkey Squad One #10! 4 page preview!

Return to All-Girl Earth!

I'm sure every single one of you remembers Monkey Squad One's journey through the Multiverse in Issue #4. During the adventure, the boys passed through an All-Girl Earth. Briefly. I'm talking one-panel brief. If you wanna look at that panel: clickity-clack.

Ever since I drew that panel of All-Girl Earth in early 2010, I knew the characters would HAVE to find a way back. It took a little while to figure out how to get them there but it turns out I'd given myself a precedent back in Issue #3. If you wanna look at that page: clickity-clack.

If you didn't know, in Monkey Squad One, EVERYTHING comes back around.

Monkey Squad One returns to All-Girl Earth in July 2012, for part 1 of the 3 part story "HollaHollaHolla" in Monkey Squad One #10!