Thursday, August 4, 2011

Show Me The Way To Go Home!

UPDATE: Have a new poster available: ET + Garfield

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After my Raiders/Popeye (still available) strip was so well received I decided to try another combination. After a failed attempt at another combination I decided to try mashing up 2 of my all-time favorites: Spielberg and Benchley's Jaws drawn like Schulz's Peanuts. 
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Like the last mashup, this one does not try to tell the whole story but rather depict a some of my favorite scenes.

I am a big fan of Peter Benchley who wrote the original book and actually appears in the movie as a TV reporter. Last summer I read almost every Benchley novel. There are still a few I haven't read but they were all super entertaining if a little dated. Obviously people know Jaws the movie so I did my best to stay faithful to both the movie and Peanuts.  I hope it worked and is fun to look at. I did 7 strips in all and you can see them all below. Like last time, I am offering a print of all 7 strips.  You can find it in the Oily Boutique.  I ship them in tubes so they arrive undamaged (I hope). This was really fun to do, I hope it's fun to look at.  I do these for fun but also the last one got me through a tough time financially.  While I am not in the same dire straights as I was last October things are never easy with me and money. If these things make some money they help me mind rest a little easier and they allow me to free up space in my brain for things like my new comic book, Celebrated Summer.  I am really happy about the way it is going so far and I have much more exciting news about that book at a later date. I want to get the thing finished first before I talk about that too much. But look here for periodical looks at that panels and pages as I work on it.
I wish you well.


Oh yeah! Here is a look at the whole thing:





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11 comments:

  1. Pure genius. I wish I'd thought of it.

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  2. Well, yes, except shouldn't the punny Schultz title be "Paws" ?

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  3. *lol* Oh, this is awesome on multiple levels! Worthy of Mr. Shultz work himself. ^_^

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  4. This is entirely brilliant.

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  5. The Thing:

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  6. You're really brave to attempt a Schulz parody - the drawing doesn't let you down (even the lettering feels right)! LOVE IT!

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  7. Charles, How did I miss your Jaws? Just slow on the draw, I suppose.
    Hope to see one up close when you are home sometime.
    U. Chris

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  8. Best thing I have seen all year!!!

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