Comments on: Humble Beginnings http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/ Thoughts and observations from a quirky cartoonist and designer. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:53:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: kartooner http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-912 kartooner Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:35:02 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-912 <strong>Seth</strong>: I think I will, once I retreive them from my old stomping grounds in California. I've got a trip planned for January '05, which would be the perfect opportunity to get them from my Dad and scan them to display on this site. Good idea, thanks man. Seth: I think I will, once I retreive them from my old stomping grounds in California. I’ve got a trip planned for January ’05, which would be the perfect opportunity to get them from my Dad and scan them to display on this site.

Good idea, thanks man.

]]> By: Seth Thomas Rasmussen http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-911 Seth Thomas Rasmussen Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:02:20 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-911 I really ought to scan some of my middle/high school comics and write up something about them... you should scan some of your stuff! I really ought to scan some of my middle/high school comics and write up something about them… you should scan some of your stuff!

]]> By: kartooner http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-910 kartooner Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:52:33 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-910 <strong>Donnie</strong>: I had a friend in high school who was obsessed with drawing shoes. His favorite, at the time, was Air Nikes. <strong>Paul</strong>: It's good to know that I wasn't alone. I like the name "Cold Cuts and Gravy" for some reason, I guess it reminds me of Chicken and Dumplings, which to me is the funniest food name ever. Your comic, "Frizzy and Friends" reminds me of a cross between Heathcliff and Domino's <a href="http://www.nesplayer.com/yonoid/noids.htm" title="Noid shrine" rel="nofollow">Noid character</a> (remember the aforementioned Nintendo game?). I should devote an article to that infamous marketing character. Your sketchbook gallery rocks! I need to set up something similar on here, with <a href="http://www.relativelyabsolute.com/spg" rel="nofollow">Simple PHP Gallery</a>, something I've been meaning to do for awhile now. Thanks for sharing your insight and memories of your "ghetto" comic book creating days. Donnie: I had a friend in high school who was obsessed with drawing shoes. His favorite, at the time, was Air Nikes.

Paul: It’s good to know that I wasn’t alone. I like the name “Cold Cuts and Gravy” for some reason, I guess it reminds me of Chicken and Dumplings, which to me is the funniest food name ever. Your comic, “Frizzy and Friends” reminds me of a cross between Heathcliff and Domino’s Noid character (remember the aforementioned Nintendo game?). I should devote an article to that infamous marketing character.

Your sketchbook gallery rocks! I need to set up something similar on here, with Simple PHP Gallery, something I’ve been meaning to do for awhile now.

Thanks for sharing your insight and memories of your “ghetto” comic book creating days.

]]> By: Paul Griffin http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-909 Paul Griffin Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:27:14 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-909 Man, I remember similar beginnings from my grade-school years. I did almost the exact same things, printing out sheets of boxes, using a stapler to make "comic books", etc. I always drew animals in my comics, starting with a poorly drawn, not-terribly-funny, 3 panel strip I drew in 6th grade called "Cold Cuts and Gravy" about a dog and a cat and their various escapades. It was incredibly lame, but my friends all said that I drew really funny pictures, so I guess it was okay. It eventually lead to a big, one-frame strip in 7th grade called "Frizzy and Friends" whose main character, a big orange cat that worked as a pizza delivery boy and rode a scooter. It wasn't very funny either, but did contribute to my barely-existant popularity in class. Some time around 9th grade, I decided that I could use my drawings to gain more popularity at school, and started drawing throw-away strips of animals finding incredibly creative and horrible ways of killing each other. (A la <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0452285186/qid=1094829741/sr=ka-1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-0850029-7301410" rel="nofollow">Bunny Suicides</a>) These were wildly popular and increasigly disturbing. Eventually, I stopped doing strips in favor of filling up sketchbooks with wierd drawings, a practice I try to keep up with today, as you can see in <a href="http://www.relativelyabsolute.com/gallery/folder/sketches/" rel="nofollow">my sketchbook gallery</a>. Eesh, I probably should have put all that in a post on my own site. Oh well. Thanks for the quick trip down nostalgia lane! Man, I remember similar beginnings from my grade-school years. I did almost the exact same things, printing out sheets of boxes, using a stapler to make “comic books”, etc.

I always drew animals in my comics, starting with a poorly drawn, not-terribly-funny, 3 panel strip I drew in 6th grade called “Cold Cuts and Gravy” about a dog and a cat and their various escapades. It was incredibly lame, but my friends all said that I drew really funny pictures, so I guess it was okay.

It eventually lead to a big, one-frame strip in 7th grade called “Frizzy and Friends” whose main character, a big orange cat that worked as a pizza delivery boy and rode a scooter. It wasn’t very funny either, but did contribute to my barely-existant popularity in class.

Some time around 9th grade, I decided that I could use my drawings to gain more popularity at school, and started drawing throw-away strips of animals finding incredibly creative and horrible ways of killing each other. (A la Bunny Suicides) These were wildly popular and increasigly disturbing.

Eventually, I stopped doing strips in favor of filling up sketchbooks with wierd drawings, a practice I try to keep up with today, as you can see in my sketchbook gallery.

Eesh, I probably should have put all that in a post on my own site. Oh well. Thanks for the quick trip down nostalgia lane!

]]> By: Dad http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-908 Dad Fri, 10 Sep 2004 02:00:15 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-908 I still have some of your 'first comic books'...I'll give them to you when you come out to see me in January. I'll also let Grandma know you gave her some credit for your art, she'll appreciate that! Check out this <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/09/frank.thomas.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">link</a>. Another great animator passed onto or into the heaven of drawings today. Keep up the imagination, the best is yet to come son. I still have some of your ‘first comic books’…I’ll give them to you when you come out to see me in January. I’ll also let Grandma know you gave her some credit for your art, she’ll appreciate that!

Check out this link.

Another great animator passed onto or into the heaven of drawings today.

Keep up the imagination, the best is yet to come son.

]]> By: Donnie http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-907 Donnie Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:38:01 +0000 http://www.kartooner.com/archives/2004/09/09/the-birth-of-art/#comment-907 That's really funny, I bought a cartoon drawing kit from some hobby shop when I was 10. I realize now what a waste of money it was. It did however provide me with hours of entertainment and a creative outlet for the stories I wanted to tell. Sadly, I cannot remember one storyline from any of my comics. I was a fan of drawing shoes. Don't ask why. I loved basketball and the shoes that one must wear to do well. That’s really funny, I bought a cartoon drawing kit from some hobby shop when I was 10. I realize now what a waste of money it was. It did however provide me with hours of entertainment and a creative outlet for the stories I wanted to tell. Sadly, I cannot remember one storyline from any of my comics.

I was a fan of drawing shoes. Don’t ask why. I loved basketball and the shoes that one must wear to do well.

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