Newspaper Comic Strips

There came a point where I thought, ah yes, why not try something simple. Maybe a three frame comic strip. For a time I turned my hand to creating simplistic designs for characters and placing them in funny situations. I think it was because I was going through a phase of reading Garfield the cat, and enjoying Jim Davis's sarcastic, lighthearted comedy on the funnies pages of the news paper, as well as the cartoon, Garfield and Friends, Orson's Farm and all that. Its what appealed to me at that time. 

This was my answer to the news paper comic strip. Simple humour added to which appeared to be a cartoon duck in a superhero costume and mask, made these even more fun to create. I really wanted to try something new, and the comic strip approach seemed the way to go. 

Also created Hero Hare and Rebel Rooster to add to the shenanigans.  

Thought they were good for a giggle or two. 

 Then the whole thing started to loose its initial appeal. I guess I wasn't happy with the thought of having to come up with something funny every day, and having to keep the ball rolling with it. In the end I reverted back to story telling. 

Though the humour was fun, the fear of keeping the same pace and being able to maintain and keep churning these out indefinitely gave me pause for concern. I wondered how the cartoonists who created such popular strips as Hagar the Horrible and Garfield the Cat managed to do it. In my opinion it would take a prolific amount of energy.     

So there's another venture that got scrapped before it ever got off the ground. To use a colourful expletive, Duck it! I'll try something else tomorrow.