I Be Good CARTOONIST

[Grislygus]

I managed to snag a spot at my college newspaper. It's nice to have my actual job be only cartooning, rather than being forced into an editing/managerial position.

Anyway, here's the first issue, originally inspired by my spat with kahljorn, later inspired by the comic genius of Geggy.


http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/9_27_06.gif


I'm not posting the name of the cartoon, because it's a pretty decent name and I don't want any lurking, anonymous hacks out there to steal it.

It's nice that I don't really have to be funny or original, either, seeing as how the other two strips involve injokes that no one gets, and a neutered dog quoting shakespeare as he mauls the veterinarian.

[glowbelly]

that guy in the door looks like a penishead.

[Grislygus]

This has been told to me numerous times. The next issue is definitely going to give him a side profile.

[Chojin]

make the next one about juttin.

[Grislygus]

Sorry, the next one's already booked for a Halloween theme. Maybe the one after that...

[Juttin]

I would laugh :(

[liquidstatik]

lol don't shake the pictures off your walls :O

[Juttin]

I don't even get that :(

[MLE]

:lol

[Fathom Zero]

I got it. :)

[Grislygus]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Doogan2.jpg

Here's the Halloween one, done by hand because the printer's shop COULD NOT HANDLE the cartoon done by tablet. >:

[RaNkeri]

I like 'em, you got talent.

[Grislygus]

Thank 'ee. On an interesting sidenote, as promised, I also made sure to give the majority of characters a side profile, to avoid immediate phallic imagery.

[tenno]

when you fold your dick, you get DOOGAN.

I like these.

[FartinMowler]

If I could blow my nose with my cock that is what I would describe this as.

[Grislygus]

Wow. I can honestly say that I haven't ever heard anyone say anything remotely comparable to that statement.

I salute you, sir.

[Supafly345]

These cartoons are clearly over my head.

[Grislygus]

I doubt it. I'm no good at punchlines, so I use bluntly simple ones and do my best to rely on the character's body language for humor.

It may not be a good style, but it's MINE.

[liquidstatik]

I like the way you draw, but they're not that funny. :[

Buuutt, that could just be because it's somewhat school-related. =/

gj tho :D

[Grislygus]

Not a cartoon per se, but I got to draw all artsy-like. Someone who's writing a breast cancer editorial is comparing it to "a beast that needs to be slain", and wanted me to do an illustration for it.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/BreastCancerIllustration.jpg


Yes, I know that it's crooked. I don't really care, though, because I'm quite happy with the Frank Frazetta-inspired monster.

[sadie]

it looks like the knight's trying to save the monster from that ribbon thingy over his head.

[Grislygus]

Well, the title of the article is "Slaying the Beast", so hopefully it'll clear that up.

[FartinMowler]

Slaying the beast for Cancer :/

[noob3]

my time has been wasted! more like grizlypus this shit smells like granny grizzle vagina

you should write a comic about that one

[GADZOOKS]

Shouldn't the beast of breast cancer have a rack?

The monster looks like he's in the middle of a good anecdote :lol

[Grislygus]

Shouldn't the beast of breast cancer have a rack?

If anything, he's a tumor. I'm pretty sure I would be chainsawed by the United Feminist Avenger Liasions League (U-FALL) if I drew a tumor with a hot rack.

[MrAdventure]

do it for space moose

[Grislygus]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Doogan3.jpg
Ron (On Left): "Dammit, I still can't believe the democrats got the House and Senate."
Bill (On Right):"Aw, don't feel so bad, Ron."


Bill:"Look at it this way; the political etch-a-sketch is shaken clean. Soon, the democrats will draw all new crap on it, and America will cry out for Republican leadership."


Ron: "You think so?"
Bill: "Sure, and Newt Gingrich will fly in on a magical rainbow and give everyone tax cuts."



Shameless, debatable 'humor' pandering to a liberal college readership? Perhaps, but all that I really care about are deadlines and a nice looking strip.

[noob3]

but all that I really care about are deadlines and a nice looking strip.

you don't have to tell us :lol

[Grislygus]

Yes, unfortunately, I seem to have the nasty habit of making sure I fufill my responsibilities.

[Grislygus]

Update.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Doogan4.jpg

[DuFresne]

most of your strips, as mediocre as you know they are, are actually way better than the crap in my college's paper. That last one was sadly on-par.

[sadie]

you left out a word in that first frame. how do you pronounce your first name?

[Grislygus]

Whoops.

My name's the Welsh spelling of Reese.

[RaNkeri]

Great job :)

[Grislygus]

Thank'ee :)

[tenno]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/BreastCancerIllustration.jpg

see, I see the monster is like signaling the knight too, "Come over here and look what I have to sell you." And the knight is clearly like, "Fuck you I'm going to kill you Cancer!" and the Cancer symbol is his lock-on and reason for living. Cause this is an EA game.


But i like the pic.

[Grislygus]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Martians.gif

GIF format-induced shittiness aside, Whadda y'all think so far?

[noob3]

Feces comes to mind!

[FartinMowler]

I kinda like it.

[Noodles]

I like all of them... im sure some people out there are douting terrorists and blaming martians for 9/11. :/

[Grislygus]

This one's for a three part serial I'm doing for the paper.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Illustration.jpg

[Grislygus]

...And, I'm finally finished with the new Doogan.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Doogan5.jpg

Frame 1
Jeff: "Hello?"
Phone: "Hey, man, it's Bill. Did you get the gift?"
Jeff: "Uh, yeah. It's a real nice aquarium. Thanks."

Frame 2
Phone: "What about the snake?"

Frame 3
Jeff: "What snake?"
Phone: "Crap, did it get out? Don't worry, it isn't that big."


Why the fuck this one was difficult to do, I'll never know.

[liquidstatik]

i can't read such light print ;<

[Grislygus]

EDIT: Awright, I made some changes. The joke still sucks, but hopefully I helped it somewhat somewhat.

[sadie]

i wish we had artists on our staff. do you have to write any at all?

[Grislygus]

As a cartoonist, no, but the three part serial I mentioned is a story I wrote. (Which I only did because the idea was whizzing around in my head, and refused to shut up.)

I asked the head editor to proofread it for me, and she asked me if she could run it in the paper. So while it's not my actual job, I can write if I want to (especially when an issue has a lot of unfilled space)

[sadie]

do they assign you cartoons to draw? how often do you guys publish?

this year, we've only got eight on staff. last year was my first here, and last year's staff was used to doing nothing for a grade. so when i came in and insisted they get off their lazy butts or fail or get referred to the office, they bucked. needless to say, all but a few opted for other classes this year.

i'm working on building the staff for next year, but a big drawback for students is the amount of writing it requires. it would be nice to have a large-enough staff to have some students who are solely illustrators or photographers or graphic designers. maybe eventually.

it's a newsmagazine format, and we publish once per six weeks. (well, this year, they didn't get anything done while i was on maternity leave, so we've still got four issues to put out...advertisers, you know...)

sorry to go on and on, but it's on my mind atm.

[Grislygus]

Well, as for my cartoon, I have complete creative control (as long as it's not obscene or ridiculously offensive). My only actual job is to have a cartoon done by deadline. Of course, I love drawing for the paper, so I'll always do illustrations and what not if they need it. As far as I'm concerned, what I need to be doing right now is commission work. It's not like any real paper will let me draw for them right now, so I might as well bust my ass for the college paper while I have the chance.

As for publishing, we do one to two issues per month.

this year, we've only got eight on staff. last year was my first here, and last year's staff was used to doing nothing for a grade. so when i came in and insisted they get off their lazy butts or fail or get referred to the office, they bucked. needless to say, all but a few opted for other classes this year.

Heh. You teach a high school class, right? I first joined journalism my Junior year, and the class was awesome. It was chock full of every person that I would want to hang out with, the editors were damned good, everyone was enthusiastic, and the advisor was pretty relaxed (until I single handedly enraged the entire Associated Student Body, but that's a long story).

Then my senior year, I was going to take a web design class, until the journalism advisor (also a good friend of mine) called me up and basically ordered me to sign up for another year in journalism. Only two people had re-enrolled and the rest of the class was filled with lazyass freshmen. So, I basically ended up as staffer/writer/business manager/associate editor for a paper where I had to harrangue the freshmen until they wrote something. It sucked.

You'll have good years and bad years, the only advice I can really give is to actively recruit tough editors, so you're not fielding everything.


i'm working on building the staff for next year, but a big drawback for students is the amount of writing it requires. it would be nice to have a large-enough staff to have some students who are solely illustrators or photographers or graphic designers. maybe eventually.

it's a newsmagazine format, and we publish once per six weeks. (well, this year, they didn't get anything done while i was on maternity leave, so we've still got four issues to put out...advertisers, you know...)

sorry to go on and on, but it's on my mind atm.

You know, I need commission work and experience. If you need an illustrator, I'd be more than happy to work for you in exchange for the resume filler that I desperately need (info about the paper and school, maybe listing you as a reference, etc).

[sadie]

that sounds like a plan. i'll talk with my editors and see what they think.

yes, it's high school. i advised a small newspaper at my former school for about five years, and ended up advising the yearbook also the last two. i'd taught the kids on staff since they were freshmen, though, so they knew me and what i expected, what i'd put up with and all. i had a reputation, so to speak. i guess you could say i'm gaining the same at my new school, but i know it takes time.

finding students who are responsible and capable is hard enough; finding students who are able to motivate others to be seems almost impossible. i don't guess i'm even really great at the cheerleading part of teaching/advising, especially when someone is just-plain-lazy or has a bad attitude. that brings out the hard arse in me.

[Grislygus]

The teachers I knew who would try to "cheerlead" were generally pushovers.

[Grislygus]

News break. I'm sick of churning out shitty Doogan cartoons so I can try to mature. I'm unceremoniously dumping it and going back to my brand of stupidass humor.


http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/ModernMedieval_1.jpg

Sadie, if you want to show your editors any halfway decent work samples, this is probably it.

[FartinMowler]

why does it look like a fish net in his mouth?

[Grislygus]

That would be cross hatching.

[noob3]

ogres arn't that huge i thought?

[Grislygus]

Their size depends entirely on the country and time period in which the story/fairy tale/whatnot was being told.

Of course, that's utter bullshitting and I made them that big so I could have them eating knights like a bowl of crawdads, but whaddayagonnado?

[noob3]

why didnt you just write "giants"

[RaNkeri]

Heh, that is probably one of your greatest sofar, keep 'em coming!

[zeldasbiggestfan]

Gus how old are you?

[Grislygus]

Eighteen.

[noob3]

i took the basic idea & improved on it

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r87/noobandjen/shells.jpg

[Grislygus]

Get your OWN cartoonist thread, I can't have you in here showing me up.

[noob3]

dude it was inspired by yours i don't even make comics i was making like a guest alternative excuse me

bitch

[kahljorn]

i thought the thing inside his mouth was a cheese grater for when he wanted some shredded horse with his knight ;9

[MattJack]

Noob's cartoon made me lol

[xbxDaniel]

That reminds me a lot of a Gary Larson Comic I saw a long while back. Instead of ogres it was Dragons though.

[Grislygus]

I'm not surprised, I'm a huge Far Side fan, and this cartoon was inspired by the one where the cavemen are feasting on a mammoth. (One is telling the other not to eat the parsley, because it's just garnish.)

I've got the complete collection, so I'll have to browse through and see if I can find it. The only dragon cartoon I can remember him doing is the "minty fresh" one.

[bigtimecow]

more prz

[Grislygus]

The next illustration for the newspaper is postponed at the moment, seeing as how no one in Coos Bay sells the type of pen that I need. Not even STAPLES.

[Grislygus]

Pens obtained, illustration and new Modern Medieval finished.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/ModernMedieval_2.jpg






http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/Illustration-1.jpg

[Supafly345]

Hahahahaha!! I get that last one!

[Grislygus]

Quick promo for a local event that no one really cares about. The printed version will undoubtedly look worse, but I'm actually kind of happy with how Quixote turned out.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/JobFairPromoFullcolor.jpg

[arg_zombies]

Dude, I made you a komikz!

http://file023a.bebo.com/1/large/2007/04/05/11/18056423a4017720947b611361697l.jpg

[Grislygus]

Tain't no comic, that be ona them thar single panels. Also, it's in red, you godless commie bastard.

[arg_zombies]

Tain't no comic, that be ona them thar single panels. Also, it's in red, you godless commie bastard.


it's a komikz, and it's in brown, so nerr nerr

[DuFresne]

I actually thought for a second that the things in the ogres' mouthes where nut crackers, which would have been a nice touch of irony.

I know that comic's old news but I haven't read this thread since before then so fuck you >: >:

[Grislygus]

I defy you to prove to me that it's brown, zombie. Two hundred words minimum.

[arg_zombies]

How about I do it with a photo:

*got rid of picture - too big*


yeah, step off!
BIGGUP THE ZOMBIE MASSIVE!

[arg_zombies]

Wow, that's bigger than I expected :eek

[arg_zombies]

Ah!
http://aycu25.webshots.com/image/14424/2001058806577780353_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2001058806577780353)

[Grislygus]

Only twenty eight words. I remain unpersuaded.

[arg_zombies]

Fine then

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oooooh yeah

[Grislygus]

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n157/grislygus/scan0002.jpg

[arg_zombies]

:eek
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I'm an Atheist, so I'll burn in hell either way :tear

[Blake Stamper]

dork...