Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #13 A ReQuack

This Duckie continued the arch of running from the law. My favorite parts are actually at the start where Duckie ignores Rock's sarcastic comments. I remember the bus panel was slightly tricky, the shocked look from the passengers was worth it ;)

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #12 A Re-Quack

Here's the Calvin and Hobbes influence in full force. I thought Duckie dreaming in completely different artstyles would be a fun twist. Also you'll notice here that Rocks sleep. Why they need rest is anyone's guess.

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #10

Hey guys, here's the first Duckie of the year:

This one make more sense if you read the last one here: http://pavementart.blogspot.de/2012/11/duckie-self-aware-duck-9-re-quack.html

This one took a few goes to get right, I always liked the stories that have an ongoing but could stand on their own. The challenge in that though is getting everyone up to speed on what happened in the first on or two panels and in this format, space is very precious.

This Duckie cartoon is one of the ones that I find more funny than the reader I think. The expression in the 2nd panel was really fun to draw. Rock's thought balloon was redrawn several times.

Happy New Year all :)

Lately....

After a short trip to Budapest. Here's what I've been up too:

3 Green Bars series 4 trailer:

I create a series called 3 Green Bars which looks at different fighting game communities around the world. Here's the trailer for this season.

My wife thinks "Just 99 more of these and I can start my new life" is funnier.

I actually love Disney franchises, they just have so many so I thought I'd poke a little fun

Between editing, parenting, teaching, drawing there's been a lot going on at the moment. I'll post some more updates next week.

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #8 A ReQuack

Sorry about the lack of updates been in Budapest. Here's Duckie 8

One of my top 3 Duckie's basically sums up the comic in on strip. Does an even better job than explaining the premise of the comic than the first Duckie in my opinion.

We used to walk past a duck pond to our fish and chips shop every week and I would get a lot of ideas from there. Ducks would randomly quack at you for no reason and seem to have a lot of intent behind their quacks which is what inspired this strip.

 This is the first Duckie strip to have humans in it and it took a couple of tries to get their style down. After this comic the stories came think and fast and the world seemed a bit more realised.

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #7 A ReQuack

Here's Duckie 7

I remember this one going through several versions, trying different setups and punchlines. The idea was since Rock could talk Duckie assumed most things could talk. It was going be a story arch where Duckie would try chatting to various things. One thing that's never really explained his how Rock moves. You see in later Duckies, Duckie carries Rock. Here Rock appears behind the tree, how he got there is anyones guess. 

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #6 A ReQuack

Here's the last in the get to know Rock arc:

Easily in my top 10 Duckie's of all time. Duckie puts Rock in his place not even meaning to hurt his feelings. 

Duckie The Self-Aware Duck #5 A ReQuack

Here's Duckie 5:

These Rock comics read best close together in a series. But like most story arcs  I made sure each little strip can stand on it's own.

Duckie The Self-Aware Duck #4 A ReQuack

Here's Duckie 4:

Rock starts to show his personality. I've always liked how polite Duckie is :)

Duckie the Self-Aware Duck #3 A Requack

Rock makes his first appearance. Duckie needed someone to talk too. Duckie comics explores is about being misunderstood and isolated and having a Rock as the only "person" who communicates with Duckie further explores these themes.
Also talking Rocks are funny.