shwango! blog

when i was younger i was only into comics a little bit. i had a few of the usuals… spider-man, x-men, sandman, etc. and some more “unusual”, namely howard the duck. (i’m a bit odd!) and of course i grew up with cartoons on tv – tom and jerry rules! (i’ve got the chuck jones set on laser disc. now if only i had a laser disc player…)

i never felt i fully “grew up” and hope i never do and i still enjoy comics. i’m more in tune with user friendly than say, bugs bunny nowadays, but you get my drift.

i even enjoy some anime on occasion — well, cowboy bebop’s the only one i really watch.

anyway, scott mccloud has some great comics and ideas going on and books such as reinventing comics, as well as links to other outstanding and innovative cartoonists.

doodle flak is a flash-based strip with a really unique navigation system. super cool, though quite on the “wacked” side of things!

also nowhere girl seems rather interesting. i just started with a few frames and it seems cool so far… good dark mood and a smiths poster on the wall.

on a “too-stupid-that-i-shouldn’t-mention-it” note… in the sixth grade (or fifth, maybe) i actually wrote a series of comics of strange characters that came together in the world of “mv” – “music videos”, based roughly on mtv. the really sad part is that i made an audio tape to go along with it – including everything from silly voices and sound effects to bastardized versions of michael jackson songs. that tape – for better or worse – has since been destroyed. i don’t know what happened to the comics…