Subverso-O-toons [2] : KOONG KING


Slightly risque imagery here as we see celebrated 'BIG APE' KOONG KING studying the contents of a 'racy' gentlemen's magazine..........dubbed 'OOMPH!' in this case.


OOMPH! does not actually spring from my demented imagination, but is lifted, I believe, wholesale from a brief shot in an early M-G-M Tex Avery cartoon, in which one of Tex's characters views this ficticious mag momentarily.......I forget which cartoon it was [I've seen 'em all!] was, but the idea has clearly stuck in my memory, and I'm glad to resurrect it here.

Another cityscape view, which so peppers the highly visual World of BABY BOOMER and his pen-and-ink companions, this is yet another recognizable backdrop that offers up great potential for muchos experimentation and visual exuberance.....in fact, there is no way I will be able to find the time to put together all the gag ideas I have written thus far: the skill is in selecting suitable material worthy of adaptation.


Overall, I'm fairly pleased with this drawing/idea, it's a fairly restrained and printable gag that doesn't overstep the mark. Pretty subdued in many ways: it's so tempting to go overboard with vulgar imagery, but true restraint in cartooning [when appropriate!] is the hallmark of a dedicated 'toonsmith....



.......or should that be Toon SMITH?

Comments

  1. blaing196513 April 2011 at 02:21

    Rab, I think it was Red Hot Riding Hood read by the man hungry Grandma.

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  2. Rabsmith13 April 2011 at 02:53

    cheers, blaing! I respect your knowledge on Tex cartoonery!

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  3. john13 April 2011 at 07:26

    Nixed job,why don't you colour it !!!!

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  4. Rabsmith13 April 2011 at 11:51

    I am just about to experiment with Digital colour very soon, John.......I've a lot to learn!

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