1989 [10]
THIS CARTOON reflects my biggest-ever influence upon my approach to doodling---or at the very least, a huge chunk of drawing style that inspired me to start minting my own cartoon stuff.
Many onlookers have pointed out that my B BOOMER concept is very close in appearence to the famous KORKY the Cat phenomenon: believe me, I collect reams of vintage UK comics---which I appreciate and study with much relish-------- and in all honesty, my main cat character is much more inspired by the character of PUSS out of PUSS 'n' BOOTS, a very successful cartoon strip out of SPARKY COMIC, the stories drawn by John Geering and which ran from summer 1969 on to the final issue in summer 1977, and beyond in other D C Thomson comics.
I actually had to make sure I wasn't doing an absolute carbon-copy of 'PUSS' , and I done hundreds of try-out sketches before settling on my own cat. But, I suppose Korky is a lot more famous than Puss, hence the observation...but what IS new or original in this world?
Anyway, apart from all that: this drawing is a bit dirty-looking [I used to pencil in HB in those days: very messy but great fun] and I feel it is sacrelige altering really old drawings like this, so here it is warts and all.
PUSS and BOOTS are Copyright of D C THOMSON and Co LTD, 2016.
Many onlookers have pointed out that my B BOOMER concept is very close in appearence to the famous KORKY the Cat phenomenon: believe me, I collect reams of vintage UK comics---which I appreciate and study with much relish-------- and in all honesty, my main cat character is much more inspired by the character of PUSS out of PUSS 'n' BOOTS, a very successful cartoon strip out of SPARKY COMIC, the stories drawn by John Geering and which ran from summer 1969 on to the final issue in summer 1977, and beyond in other D C Thomson comics.
I actually had to make sure I wasn't doing an absolute carbon-copy of 'PUSS' , and I done hundreds of try-out sketches before settling on my own cat. But, I suppose Korky is a lot more famous than Puss, hence the observation...but what IS new or original in this world?
Anyway, apart from all that: this drawing is a bit dirty-looking [I used to pencil in HB in those days: very messy but great fun] and I feel it is sacrelige altering really old drawings like this, so here it is warts and all.
PUSS and BOOTS are Copyright of D C THOMSON and Co LTD, 2016.
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