A Night in the Life...

This really happened to us, one night Ms. Cornpoppy and I were downtown having dinner and drinks at the Dizzy Cactus (now closed and something else), dining al fresco on the patio when this kid walks by on the street, stops and quickly asks us some questions:

It took place before we're married. I managed to sketch it up after that night, but only inked it recently as I've been going thru my stuff selecting pieces for Limp Lungs 3. It's rough but it gets the point across.

My Morning Coffee

Happy Nude Year! First post of 2012. My girlfriend's dog, Xena, getting up in the morning.

Get Sunny

More Sunnyland from the archives! I know what yer thinking; "When is he gonna start posting new comics? All these strips are dated 2007 and such." Well, good question. All these 'From the Archive' posts are as much a refresher for you as they are for me. It seems like I've been away from working on these fun, short strips and that I myself must get reacquainted with the characters and scenarios all over again. Plus, (and I'm sure other comic creators will agree) it's fun to create comics, post 'em, forget about 'em, and then come back to 'em just to be blown away by your own creation. Not only that, but these archived strips serve to familiarize the new audiences with my world and my characters. I thought you woulda figured that out by now.

Next up, Rob and his appointment:

 

Rob and Shelly head for the cinema, online to have an anti-piracy yes-man get in the way. You can tell this one's dated by the mentioning of Bush. Although, has much changed since then?

 

This next one is for the old school gamers. What fun!

 

WOULD YOU?

Last one for today shows the trouble with tropical storms. Currently, there's a drought here in Houston so I think this is something we all look forward to right about now!

'Til Next time!

Soak Up Some Rays

Hey folks! I'm back with more sequential goodies! As I delve into the comic archives of my old site, in an effort to bring new readers up to speed, I've rediscovered another title worthy of a retrospective. Sunnyland started out as a strip in the University of Houston paper when I was a student there, and ran for about 6 semesters. Originally, the concept was the misadventures of the roommates who also work together as caricature artists at a boardwalk attraction in the fictional city of Sunnyland.
Rob, tall and constantly wearing sunglasses, is the chain-smoking, drug-addled alcoholic who represented a more free-spirited approach to situations. Arnie, short and stumpy with his hair slicked back, represented the more rational side to what was going on. Throughout six semesters, these characters along with many other supporting ones graced the pages of the Daily Cougar 5 days a week, getting into adventures including (but not limited to) chasing leprechauns, riding out storms, going to rehab, drinking mysterious potions that made you gigantic, and just commenting on a lot of the silly stuff going on in the world at the time. Sunnyland also gave a home to many other characters I had previously written about in the issues of Chingazo (my comic zine) and presented ways for me to incorporate them in a new setting.
Sadly, at the dawn of MY last semester as a student Sunnyland was cut from the paper when a change in editors took place, and I didn't "reapply". As a result I didn't give Sunnyland a proper send-off to the UH audience. But I did continue to draw the strip for my own site, complete with themes and language I couldn't previously use. Here we go into the archive of post-Daily Cougar Sunnyland. Enjoy!

 

 Sometimes, Sunnyland veered off into funny unrelated anecdotes.

This one features Juju and Hambone, regular characters in my Chingazo series, and friends of Rob and Arn.

It's fun to use your comic strip to act out behavior you probably wouldn't do in real-life situations.

At one point Rob went to rehab. There he met Shelly, an ex-heroine addict and they hit it off ever since. Shelly's cool in that the addition of her character now allowed me to narrate and comment on my own relationships in real-life.

Okay, more Sunnyland next time!