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Making a More "Appealing Design"

Okay; so, as you can see--these are hideous, hideous drawings. I guess when I first developed this idea I was in an "ugly drawing" phase. YOU know what I'm talking about. I also wanted to make Dodger Dare a kid that looked ambiguously from the 1950's. It was Mike Moon (who was by then) at Disney that encouraged me to redesign these suckers. I was furious at the time about all the late nights (ok, one) spent on some of these already. But, when compared side by side, I understood (just how bad I sucked! haha).

more side by side...

The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare OR "How I Got To Meet Lisa Loeb"

Here's a little diddy I'm currently doing fo Disney. It was an idea spawned way back, but, dispite better judgement, it really was best suited for "the mouse". I also took this opportunity to incorporate a voice talent I've always wanted to...er, meet: LISA LOEB. Sigh. Oh, does Dodger's friend, "Beauty" LOOK like her?? Hm, hadn't noticed.

hehehe

She does an AMAZING job (of course) V.O.-ing, and should be working more!

*Perhaps I'll post some of the ORIGINAL designs if anyone's interested--that is, if anyone's seen this blog besides Phil!

FREELANCE

Since that is how I'm eeking by now that PLASTIC MAN didn't get picked. This was the one image I felt worthy to post out of over 50 or so drawings I did for My Gym Partner is a Monkey.

Interstellar Paperboys!!!

Here's a little pitch I did with Todd Casey awhile back. It was pitched only once: to Clasky Csupo--whom said they loved it, kept it, then told my agent every week that they were going to call one week later to make a deal. That was almost a year ago.

Sigh.

Anyone else want it?

Max Beckmann

So Max Beckmann is a German Expressionist painter I came across while in art school in Detroit so, so, so many years ago. At first he (and all German Expressionists) touched (me where I pee) and haunted me. Literally. I had incredible, horrible NIGHT TERRORS after reading before bed! Then, after living and performing in Berlin for 5 months (in THE RUDY COBY SHOW), I got to see a retrospective on him and George Grosz. Changed my eyes forever.

Wow. I sound like a total pansy.

Lobster Boy

Since being technically inemployed, I've had time to do what I dare say, "what I love most". I'm still trying to figure out how to take better pictures of my work. My old friend BOB SELF (www.babytattoo.com) wrote me when I sent him this: "I can't stop thinking about how scary it would be to be a passenger in that
boat."

Slippery Eel

Jack Cole's 1949-50's Plastic Man Comics, Eel's road to redemption and fun: Mine and Tom's inpiration.

DYNAMITE!

Here's some pix of something I'm developing over at BET. What?

Dynamite! Jones was a character I very cleverly removed from any Plastic Man bible materials (he was originally going to be Plas' boss). Dynamite is my not-so-subtle homage to LUKE CAGE: Power Man! More on this later, but I will say he drives around in a '79 Lincoln Towncar that has the voice of Abraham Lincoln (ala Kit in Knightrider)!

PLASTIC MAN PILOT

I'm sure you've heard...or the two people reading this are close friends already, but the Plastic Man pilot I worked on for so, so long--didn't get picked up. Sigh. I would or should take this moment to rant; but perhaps I'll save it for another time. As you might also know, it's something I pitched with TOM KENNY over 5 years ago (YES, PRE-KYLE BAKER!). It's developement process was a rollercoaster and I know your Uncle Phil said he'd do it different--but I'm here to tell you it was the CLOSEST thing we could get to our own vision while accommodating so many notes: from Cartoon Network and their myriad, ever changing developement teams, WB Animation, to DC Comics.

More on this later. I'm going to go cry.

http://www.comic-scans.net/wp/2006/08/30/review-the-plastic-man-pilot-2006-that-warners-rejected/
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24282

BUY THIS COMIC!

...whenever it comes out.

After 6 or so years out of the game (thanks to WWW.DRAWN.CA for remembering BIGHAIRPRODUCTIONS from Image), I've teamed up with writer JOE CASEY (X-Men, etc.) to do CHARLATAN BALL, published by IMAGE COMICS. Here's a couple misc. images. More info and art to come!

Yes. I like JACK KIRBY. Yes, I love JACK DAVIS. See any other influences? (Prison comics?)

Another Idea Nobody Wants...

So I thought I'd like to open up a debate about why no networks want a show about a 50 year old Italian organ grinder and his monkey. They love monkeys, right? They have TONS of shows showcasing simian shennanegans. Well, this was called "GIUSEPPE AND TODD: Agents of the Macabre, Experts in the Occult, Exterminators of the Bizaar!" C'mon, kid's LOVE immigrants! hahaha
That being said...look at SUPER MARIO BROTHERS

I too, like to draw!

Well; here's my first "official" post. Let's see if this bitter s.o.b. can post his art--like Uncle Phil taught him. Oh God, I'm talking in the third person...just like an old girlfriend/stripper (same difference), named Gia.

On another note: if you accidentally type in http://andyupdates.blogpot.com/ like I just did, you might be enlightened. I emplore you to do so.

Dad?