Big Monster Inked!
Shaenon: The penciled and inked version of the first two pages of “Big Monster!” This is another case where I was going to come up with a more complicated character design, then decided the doodles in the thumbnails were pretty good. I’m a lazy, lazy cartoonist.
Channing: Alternately, you may just have really good first instincts.
(TUNE: “Mellow Yellow”, Donovan)
Sunday’s page is a filler,
Where a tale will be told!
Sunday’s story’s a thriller …
Author’s seven years old!
She’s Maura Manganello!
(Cute story)
She’s Maura Manganello!
(Quite gory)
She’s Maura Manganello!
Jack’s a very bad monster …
Big, but not very bright!
Jack, that very sad monster,
Doesn’t know how to write!
Like Maura Manganello!
(Creating …)
Like Maura Manganello!
(Narrating …)
Like Maura Manganello!
[instrumental break … everybody dance!]
Valentine’s disaster,
That’s this here plot device!
Missed that day, went past ‘er …
What comes next isn’t nice!
And Maura Manganello,
(She tells it!)
Yes, Maura Manganello!
(Sarge sells it!)
Yes, Maura Manganellooooo …
That’s the sweetest filk of a song about a dildo that I can imagine. Now do the entire Steely Dan catalog!
I agree this above even your usual efforts E-
Wait, what?
Wish I could see the whole of the alphabet—I like the “B is for ‘Bat'” bit.
@Robert
I can’t see them all, but from what I can figure out:
B – bat, C – cat, D – dragon, E?, F – Frankenstein(‘s monster), G – ghost, H?, I?, J – jack-o’-lantern.
The details are wonderful.
E is for (Evil?) Eye, I think.
Or both.
Good first instincts + lazy is the best combination. You get to be lazy and still do good things!
I now have a math version of the Monster Mash stuck in my head
But a good, good artist as well. Knowing when to stop is half the battle.