Getting Back to the Basics

The Final Judgement of Baghead

It's amazing how long it took me to get this comic down. I actually had a vague idea for this story since I was about 5 or 6 years old, but never got down to drawing it. So when the time came in my comic book class at college (yes, that was a real class), I figured it was finally time to get this idea down. It's also interesting that it took me this long to do a story centered around Harold the Paper Bag Kid, even though he's my strongest character. This is also the first long comic I've done since I finished my animated video which I worked on with a friend and finished a few months ago. The video took about 14 months to make, whereas this comic took about 4 weeks.

Bubs 2012

I’ve had the idea of doing a comic about 2012 since 2009, but I only started working on it since April this year. Before I started writing the story, I did some research about different theories about the Mayan prophesies (I wasn’t concerned with accuracy, I used Wikipedia as a source for God’s sake). This comic had more planning than any other cartoon I’ve worked on, with many notes taken on different parts of the story.  The plot is mostly a retrospective of the year 2012 and focuses more on the characters, so the question of whether the world would end or not, is left open-ended until the end of the story. I included every character I’ve created up to this point, though some of them were stuck to bit parts. The drawings are a major improvement over my previous work, as I worked to not only amp up the character drawings, but also worked more with the backgrounds and the overall color. This is the biggest comic power point I've made to date, wiht over 50 slides and more than 350 drawings. To me, this cartoon has been a long time coming, and I hope you enjoy it.

 

I Kill Da Bub

     This story of this comic deals with the Shaitan cartoons I made with my friend, Matt, a while back. The humor of this comic comes from both the videos (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFuM_27cMw, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SCcqEdXutI&feature=relmfu, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx6vsdgPHJk&feature=relmfu) and inside jokes about my friends and I.
     I almost gave up on this comic seveal times, throughout my time working on it for several reasons. For starters, the plot doesn't really kick in untill about half way through the story, and the drawings at the end of the last scene weren't as good as I wanted them to be. But, since I really liked how some of the drawings came out, I decided to force myself to finish the comic, which looking back I'm glad I did because I think this is one of my better comic power points.

 

 

Bubs For President

     After my last power point, which was finished in the summer of 2010, I worked on the first three animations for my youtube channel, which featured heavily simplified drawings. So when I started this power point that December, I had to adjust myself back my regular drawing style. I was also working on another project at the time, my fourth youtube video: Shaitan Goes To Therapy. I finished this comic first, so I could have it done by the end of my high school senior year.

     As the title implies, Danielowski runs for class president, and in this comic I lampooned politics. This comic also marked the aperance of a new character: Jason Smith, a steriotypical political figure. Originally a one-time character, Jason appeared in some of my later comics, where he was reveiled to be more conservative. This was the only power point I made in 2011.



 

 

Napoleonic Bubs

 

     Made in the summer of 2010, this power point revisits the plights of being a midget. What starts off as a fun day at Six Flags, leads to Pedro realizes the short-comings of being short. He, then decides to start a club to help out midgets with the help of the new character, Sparks, who steals the show.

     Contrairy to my last comic, which was one of my longest comics, this comic is the shortest. This comic also has more dark humor than my other comics, so be warned. This comic is also the most random, and it has one of my favorite endings.

     After this cartoon, I took a break for the rest of 2010, to work on my first three youtube cartoons (http://www.youtube.com/user/BubsCartoons/videos).



 

 

 

 

Bubs Drug of Choice

     Similar to two of my earlier comics, this comic also starts of with an even older comic with the same subject as the main story. Written and drawn between January and May 2010, this comic uses the common childs love of candy to parody drug use. Since I never used drugs, most of the references come from the usual drug clichés that I've seen on tv or heard from my high school.
     Unlike all the comics I made up to this point, I didn't have an ending in mind when I started working on the story. I only had a vaugue idea of the plot, and as a result, this comic is alot longer than my other comics. Near the middle of the story, I put in my commentary on how cartoons from  the 2000s and especially now are no where near as good as the ones from the 90s. This comic also has my favorite title and Danielowski head-exploading gag.