THE FLY: S.W.A.T. Team

I HAD REFRAINED from putting a FLY-SWAT related gag on this site: the idea is far too obvious, hackneyed and lacking in real imagination to really bother with----however, I reckon I have minted a fairly powerful cartoon image here, it's pretty hard-hitting stuff [quite literally]  and so after early reservations,  I decided to 'go for it' with this one.

 I still say resorting to flyswat gags is  the creed of hacks, though. There are a thousand better routes to go with this endless science-fiction  concept here.



Back in Jan 2015, somebody won a cartoon competition on a  site  I used to frequent, with their cartoon based on  sending up my drawings---I voted for it myself! Sadly I forgot to strike a copy of that cartoon  that I never drew myself .  or I might have added it on here---------it wasn't really  a bad effort,------- but I created this concept, and this is how 'The Creator' does fly-swat gags [!}


This image was originally drawn by me six months ago [January 2015] which shows just how long I tend to stockpile ideas these days: long-gone are the times when I used to struggle for the latest concept or even  one single-gag: the problem I have today is  different, one of having to sift through reams of ideas and finished line drawings, then  selecting the ones that look like they are worth finishing off properly.

I have a pile of around 100 drawings sitting here on my desk, and  these have only been seen by visitors to my house. I also avoid topical material,  like current affairs or the latest media trend, instead trying to get my stuff to look 'timeless'.


Enjoy!


PLATE ONE:


Twentieth Century Fox Technicolor


PLATE TWO:




Original sketch, without which, etc, etc........

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