I recently bought and watched “Sam and Max: Freelance Police”, the animated series on DVD. I always loved Steve Purcell’s comic by that name, and was intrigued with how they might translate some of his zanyness to the small screen. TO my pleasure, they did an okay job. Watching it with my ten year old daughter, it was cool to see that the occasional gag/story/personality trait that they left in from Purcell’s comics were the very things she laughed at the hardest. WHY some of the backgrounds are done in a completely different style than the characters, I will never understand. And even though I’m sure they added the little girl computer whiz for kids to relate to, I found her a needless addition. I mean, come on, you’ve got a dog and a bunny-thing… kids love animals, so why do you need the girl? Those criticisms aside, I think the show is a pretty decent intro for kids into the world of these great characters.
But if you want REAL Sam and Max, then track down the comics!
Show and Tell: Live Draw
Show and Tell: My Sketchbook!
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For the first “Show and Tell” Feature back at my Blogger blog, I figured I’d let you know about MY sketchbook. Hot off the presses:
Lately I’ve had the chance to work on some projects that I’ve had going on for years, that have been “on the backburner”. Little things like a graphic novel (70+ pages so far….might be finished in the next decade…LOL), and my first sketchbook! It’s full color, and comic sized. The work in it is all from my live gigs, and from life drawings in my personal sketchbooks. It’s all in my character design/animation style that I’ve been doing for so many clients these past few years.
I decided to do print the sketchbook through my good buddies over at www.ka-blam.com . They’ve got a great print on demand service, their books are gorgeous, and you can order it directly from their site at this link:
http://www.indyplanet.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1671
Let me know how you like it! ( I also just added a permanent link to it on my sidebar).
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