I got my copy of Dose issue one in the mail today from Brendan McGinley along with two sketches I requested of characters from a post-apocalyptic comic project that kind of went south. I have to say, he did an amazing job. Especially on Sidney (pictured right, click for fullview). He really captured her demeanor well in this pic. A mix of boredom and begrudging duty. Lovely.
But looking at these pictures made me realize just how much I missed that project and how much it’s haunted me when it became clear that it might not see the light of day. It was such a great world and had some amazing fucking characters in it. Primarily the two leads Edward and Sidney. Edward was a quirky dude who sported a gas mask, duster jacket and a bowler hat. He loved life and loved plantlife even more. Sidney belonged to one of the tribes out of California and was a great hunter/warrior. She has some BEAUTIFUL tribal/futuristic tattoos and is incredibly skilled with weapons both simple and complex. She’s a smartass and likes things like porn and old music.
That’s all I can reveal at the moment. I don’t want to give their origins away or what kind of quest if any they are on. This is because well, something might be in the works for this. I’ve started typing more and more and looking at the specs and I think, with the right artist, there might be life in the old bastard yet. I’m thinking web comic and eventual publishing. This thing WILL make it. It’s too good not to.
The problem is, as always, finding an artist. I’ve dealt with a couple on this, but life got in the way and things just drifted. I’m not angry about it since this is what happens when a bunch of people get together and do stuff for free. Paid work and life in general take priority over the free work. It happens. But if there are any artists out there who are reading this who are interested, let me know. I know a couple artists who read this, the rest of you SPREAD THE WORD PLEASE!!!
My e-mail is wornoldhat@gmail.com Let’s make this work.
Dear Odin, I’m doing an actual review on something current. Next thing you know it pigs will be flying around shooting rainbows out of their asses and Jesus will be coming back as a London mobster named Charlie (Or Chaaaaalie as they pronounce it in those glorious films).
past tense, make recollections etc.). And for one week I can’t do anything nerdy (no comics, no sci-fi/horror/fantasy/science/history movies or documentaries, no video games, no cartoons etc.). Now…on the surface it sounds incredibly stupid (and it is) but this is to help our friend and maybe if he sees that he’s not suffering alone, he’ll kick the smokes. I’ve been taking it fairly well as time goes by. The first day I was a wreck, almost desperate to click on my beloved daily links or watch a particular cartoon. But now I’ve gotten better and seemed to have transferred the nerdy lifestyle with a kind of healthy/hippy one. I’ve been working out, going for walks, eating lots of fruit, getting back in to yoga and have been coming up with some amazing vegetarian dishes. I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather for the past couple of days, but once I’m better I think I’m going to make this healthier lifestyle permanent (with some nerdiness thrown in of course. I’m only human).
“King Curly” was born of the desire to right wrongs and to punish evil. In that respect, his spiritual forefathers are Robin Hood, Batman, Moses and all of the rest of that head-kicking crew. When I first conceived the character – in the songs “King Curly” and “Curly and Sue” – Evil was enjoying a stronger-than-usual stranglehold on the world and I was working in the public service. King Curly was a drab little man in a drab little job – circumstances curiously similar to my own. But unlike me, King Curly had a dangerous and wonderful secret: on his R.D.O’s he was raising an army of outsiders – lepers, failed artists, amputees, frustrated adult film producers and marginalised school bullies to set right the many wrongs of the world.”
