Tuesday, May 19, 2015

A misadventure with Mort Inkingbot, Robot Cartoonist

Hey everyone, it's your favorite cartoonist (and my boss) Mort Inkingbot!

Monday, May 18, 2015

The Paul Show #127

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

POLITICS! And Mort.

Two strips from tonight's Drink & Draw.



You probably know this guy. Or it can be a girl.

Also belted out this Mort strip.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

Buck Gator grown up.

Anyone who has known me long enough probably remembers my cartoon characters Ron & Andy, and their friend and roommate Buck Gator. Buck is based on my high school friend Henry. I met his wife Erin last year and she was under the impression that there was some wild side of Henry's that we had all seen through high school and college. Actually, there wasn't, he was just a regular (and incredibly intelligent) person, but we were happy to help perpetrate some kind of exaggeration that the energetic guy with a stocky build was some kind of reckless, drunken walking id full of exciting entertainment for his friends. I did my part with Buck Gator. Outside of maybe occasionally blurting out something obnoxious (more on Henry's part of well timed, well thought out sarcasm), and hopefully being a fun character to match a fun but otherwise responsible friend, that's about as similar as they could get. Buck was just this wacky foil to Andy in the comics, a roommate that Andy put up with while resenting Buck's academic success while acting recklessly. That was the plan for the character if not for the fact that R&A stopped existing as a strip and the characters were kinda absorbed into The Paul Show as some form (Andy becomes my best friend Bill) or another, and Buck Gator slips out of my cartooning view.

Erin had commissioned some drawings from me, but not sure what to have me draw. So I drew Erin & Henry's children, and then did a few strips where Erin & family all looked a little like Buck Gator's family. Later, I would see some conversations Erin would share online; exchanges with Henry, and then witnessed discussions among her children about life. So I thought it'd be fun to make strips out of them. For the most part, it was easy to imagine expressions and pace the dialog into my formatted strips. I don't draw a lot of backgrounds (duh) but there are enough people and dialog to take up the panels without you having to guess where they're at or what is going on. And the kids' observations, even without parental commentary, are pretty hilarious and often don't require anyone to create a punchline.

So, please check out these strips. I'll add more. Erin is aware I'm making these.