Guess April showers are still on my mind! Looking forward to those May flowers…
Fortunately, we couldn’t have asked for better weather at last weekend’s East Buntyn ArtWalk; thanks for all of you who stopped by to see what I’ve been up to!
While I’d sketched this one up awhile ago (with the intention to save it for April), I had a stronger connection it after the rainfall Memphis (and much of the Mississippi’s watershed, actually) suffered a little over a week ago. At least headline writers have given up calling these storms “100 year” storms, even if it feels like “generational” won’t be accurate for long…
In more cheerful news, the East Buntyn ArtWalk is just 10 days away! Look for me, along with a selection of my comics, prints, and drawings, at 490 Prescott (the same host yard as last year). I’ll be paired there with mosaicist Susan Ferkin, and it should be a great time, as the ArtWalk always is! Fingers crossed for a dry weekend…
I’ve had too much going on (not to mention a nasty bout of the flu) to get new Watusi comics ready to share, so here’s an oldie but a goodie! Bit of trivia: this was only the second time I’d taken one of my starter panels and made a full comic out of it!
Another “solo” finish to my stash of jam comic starter panels from Watusi’s early years, and another stab at digital inking (I’m feeling more comfortable with it). When I started this lark of a project to see what I could come up with for the starter panels, I didn’t think I’d be at it this long… or enjoying it this much! This one had me trying to capture Chuck Jones’ Grinchy smile; kind of hard to do with my minimal linework style (and in a static format), but I think I came close…
You can read another comic made using this starter panel here.
Couldn’t pass up the chance to draw Li’l Watusi again … or to give him a more typical relationship with his mail carrier, short-lived tho it may have been!
This starter panel really resonated with me after last weekend’s snowfall. Lots of people made the best of a deep snow; I saw lots of tall and well-made snowpeople in my neighborhood and on the news!
You can read another version using this starter panel, possibly my favorite single Watusi jam comic of all, right here.
Watusi’s thankful for good neighbors, and I’m thankful for loyal readers– thanks for sticking with me and my talking dog! Hope you have a happy Thanksgiving!
This Wednesday’s my last chance to indulge in a little Halloween funnery with Watusi! I guess I didn’t get it all out of my system with Watusi #44, my recent monster-filled issue!
Wonder if that will keep Watusi from volunteering for everything every chance he gets? Smart money’s on “not”…
Watusi the Talking Dog 