SEQUENTIAL ART: Phineas and Ferb in "Home Makeover"

I drew a lot of Phineas and Ferb and this is my favorite story I drew for the original P&F Magazine!

"Home Makeover" was written by P&F's story editor, Scott Peterson, and has all the hallmarks of a solid, entertaining story! I love the opening page and the total panel-to-panel storytelling throughout is clear, concise and fun! The final color job was superb as well!

The one addition I added that wasn't in Scott's original script was Perry suddenly appearing in the last panel of the comic as I figured he would have just arrived back home after defeating Doof. "Oh, Perry, there you are!" was what I was going for as he appeared out of nowhere.  

The only thing I wish was that they used bigger a bigger font and word balloon, but all comics seem to use a smaller font these days. 

Anyway, here is the whole story for your enjoyment! 

SEQUENTIAL ART: Ed, Edd, n Eddy in "Where Is My Ed?"

Here's another Ed, Edd, n Eddy comic story for you to read! 

One of my favorites that I drew and it's titled "Where is My Ed?" Never drew a giant clam before, but it was a lot of fun. The original script for the story was titled "Where's my Ed?" which I think works better, but one of those little editorial tweaks made at the end during final approvals before it was sent off to printer.

This story is also the last story I drew for the Eds as Cartoon Network Block Party was ending as a series. I liked the short story format for these characters as they're a quick in-and-out commitment for the artist and a nice change of pace from something else you were working on at the same time.

Towards the end of the CNBP series, one of my contributions to the Eds comics was creating a separate credits box which would be on the title page of each story. The upside down art of the Ed's poking their heads into the panel was modeled and based on the animated show's opening title sequence!

Eagle-eyed readers will also note that the "END" at the end of the story was the same "END" for most of my Cartoon Network comics I did. I added it to the art to show it was the actual end to the story. When you held the original artwork in your hands, it was purely visual with no word balloons and you could get the impression that there might be more to the story.

 

SEQUENTIAL ART: Courage, The Cowardly Dog in "Psyche Out"

This is my personal favorite Courage, The Cowardly Dog comic that I drew! I did quite a lot of Courage stuff and while all were different and fun, this one was my favorite. 

"Psyche Out" was from Cartoon Network Block Party #13 and the storytelling is really solid from panel to panel. Plus, I really like the little alien that interacts with Courage. The panel with them both running around each other in circles really works and is my favorite part of this story. 

One of the best things about drawing Courage was that anything could show up on the farm and you could come up with literally anything design wise as long as it matched the look of the show. As an artist, these comics were nice as they were a short, quick commitment and were usually always fun to work on. The short page count kept the stories tight and focused.

Here's the whole story for your reading enjoyment! 

SEQUENTIAL ART: Ed, Edd n Eddy in "An Ed For An Ed"

Here's another Ed, Edd n Eddy comic I did that was a lot of fun. It was titled "An Ed For An Ed." It was a busy script with a lot going on even though it all took place in Ed's basement bedroom. Page 2, panel 5 took some time in planning out as I had to draw multiple Edd's cleaning Ed's room which was a single background plate. As with any Eds script, there's a ton of "squash and stretch" exaggeration going on at all times. 

Drawing the Eds took some time but I normally could do a page/a page and a half a day. Inking the art was much faster as you had to match the loose "boiling line" look that the cartoons had and I could ink it all in a day if I had to. Everything, including panel borders, were done by hand. No rulers needed and that made doing the Eds comics a lot of fun! Usually I would ink half the story and then scan those pages in, digital clean them if needed, and then format them in the template. I liked breaking up the job into segments to keep things fresh. Nothing is more boring than a full day of constant scanning and file prepping.

Here's the whole story for your reading enjoyment!  

SEQUENTIAL ART: Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy in "Model Citizen"

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy was another cartoon series that appeared on Cartoon Network and was part of what I consider to be the second "Golden Age" of animated cartoons. I have a lot of sketches that I had drawn of Grim as there was a lot of exciting visual poses you could do with him and I took full advantage of it during my morning sketch warm-ups.

Here follows a short comic story that I had drawn and my favorite part of it are the opening panels at the local mall where the characters are hanging out. A lot of planning went into it visually that wasn't in the script and it was a lot of fun to design. Also, I needed to create a magical creature that was made of wire clothes hangers. That was quite a challenge and I went through a lot of scrap paper sketches before I settled on the final design! Enjoy this blast from the past!

SEQUENTIAL ART: Ed, Edd n Eddy in "Spare Ed"!

Here's one of my favorite stories I drew featuring the Eds for your reading pleasure! As with a lot of comics based on animated cartoons, the script was rather wordy and I had no control over the placement of the word balloons or sound effects. I did draw the "END" at the end of the story and it was a thing I did to show a defined ending.

I sold the original artwork many years ago but have scans of it here. Overall, I still really love the original final art and layout for the story. The inks were super clean and the storytelling was clear and readable. There was a lot to get into the panels but it all works really well. The word balloons, however, killed some parts of the art though in a lot of spots. One such spot was the word balloon covering up the broken wood leg on the ground on Page 4, Panel 3. You see them all reacting to what happened but you don't see the actual broken wood leg until the next panel. So, I'm posting the original scans of the final inked artwork I did so you can see it in its glory. Enjoy! You can click on the pages and see the art in a bigger format!

As a final note, I used to love working on the Eds as the loose ink line was fun to do. It was freeing in a lot of ways and the Eds always had a lot of "squash and stretch" to them which pushed you to exaggerate the characters. I must have done it well because they kept offering it to me to draw.