Boy, naming a comic sure is hard. Why, it’s much harder than naming a part of your anatomy or a child. You really got to live with it forever.
Other titles I have kicked around: ‘Rashy Rabbit in Mutiny On The Booty‘ or just ‘Rashy Rabbit’s Droppin’ Anchor’.
What do you think, dear reader(s)?
“Latta’s background in animation really shows through in things like character design, great gestures/expressions, and a wonderful sense of timing–and it all works great on the printed page.” – Ben Towle, cartoonist.
Some things the Belgians will always be better at doing than us, like waffles and uh, more waffles. Oh, and cartooning. The best cartoonist in the world seem to all come from that tiny, little European country. Today’s case in point: André Franquin (January 3, 1924 – January 5, 1997) could be the finest draftsmen to ever dip his pen in the ‘bigfoot’ well.
Franquin cut his teeth on children’s comics,from a early age, first appearing in the pages of Spirou from the 40′s through the 60′s, drawing and scribing such hits as Spirou et Fantasio and Gaston Lagaffe.
After Franquin’s second nervous breakdown (cartoonist are the neurotic types), he started work on his finest and most personal strip yet, Idées Noires (aka “Dark Thoughts”). It’s a shame these strips haven’t been translated into English, or actually, the shame is that I don’t read a word of French.
Despite my lack of worldliness, I really connect with these strips, and if you read my blog, chances are, you will too.
So, this is how the magic happens, how the fudge is made, how the, uh,um. I guess I am all out of analogies now. Here’s another super-secret sneak preview of the STILL untitled 7th issue of Rashy Rabbit. I am almost done with the thumbnailing process. I guess I have to start writing a script. I am thinking of just blowing these up, printing it as blue line art and inking directly on the bastards. That’d save me the process of tracing in pencil. I really need to speed this crap up. I got many Rashy tales to tell and not much time. Y’see, I am dying. Not really. Well, one day I will.
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Shhh. Don’t tell anyone. Here is a super secret sneak peek of what’s happening to your pal and mine, Rashy Rabbit in his still-untitled 7th issue.
I am about halfway through the thumbnailing stage which just means that I have to write the script, blow up the thumbnails, trace the thumbnails in blue non repro pencil, ink them, scan the pages and then print the comic. *sigh* Why do I bother?
Anyway, I am surprised it’s taken me this long to draw a comics with a character lost at sea.
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Tagged comics, comix, Rashy Rabbit, sketch book, sketchbook
Would you look at that? Richard Krauss of Midnight Fiction awarded the latest Rashy Rabbit adventure, ‘A Rabbit In King Arthur’s Food Court’ an MF favorite for 2010!
I gotta say that I am super flattered, because I know that Richard has read hundreds upon hundreds of comics this year alone.
What makes it a fave? According to Richard, “A favorite is a favorite—a reading experience that delivers something extra.”
Thanks for the award, Midnight Fiction!
“Latta’s work has that underground feel to it in its tension between slacker sleaziness and cute figure work.” -Rob Clough
Rashy Rabbit Droppin' Anchor.
7"x8" 32 pages B&W $4.00
A Rabbit In King Arthur's Food Court: A Rashy Rabbit Adventure
7"x8" 32 pages B&W $4.00
Redskin Rashy
7"x8" 32 pages B&W $4.00
