Friday, September 24, 2010

FANFARE FOR FAILURES

It pains me to shatter your illusions, but you're old pal JOLTIN' JOHNNY doesn't always eat thunder and crap lightning.  From time to time I crap plain ol crap. 

Over the years your Uncle Jolty has been asked to produce gratis doodles for the purpose of trying out for a project.  And for reasons that are beyond the kin of big brained muckity mucks the world over, the jobs have gone to other doodlers.

The following doodles are they, and appear in no particular order.

HERCULES- A ltd series written by Frank Tierri, or however the hell you spell it.  He's a fine fella.   We've tipped many drinks.  Your Uncle Jolty has nearly piddled his pampers listening to him spin a yarn.  His Brooklyn accent wouldn't fit any better on a cartoon.

Tex did the artin' honors on the book.   He can draw like nobody's business and he's awfully big.  So, I bear him no ill will. 



DAUGHTERS OF THE DRAGON-  I couldn't tell you who wrote or drew this thing.  Did you read it?  I'm going to redraw this some day and slap it on a t-shirt.  If you don't buy one, I'll konk you in the beezer.



EVIL DEAD-  Can you believe the licensing people that Mssr. Campbell's chin was too big?



SHREK-  Who Knows what they were thinking?  Shortly after losing out on this gig, your Uncle Jolty was buried by inking work.  It all worked out.  There are happy endings outside of back-alley massage parlors.

 



DAISY'S REWARD-  A pitch illo for a Chinese funded animation anthology.   That sounds like disaster and it probably would have been,  but it never happened.  This is you Aunt Jolty's favorite JOLTIN' JOHNNY drawing.


Wednesday, September 8, 2010

JOLTIN JOHNNY IN THE HOUSE OF THE BAT (again)

Tell me, Junior Jolter, did you know Bruce Wayne was missing?  Well, I guess that makes two of us. 

Apparently, Batman's not-so-secret alter ego has been keepin it on the d.l.  Don't bother wrappin' your head around that.  Before we knew he was gone, he's coming back. 

I guess you know where this is headed?  That's right.  Your Uncle Jolty is working on a funny-book.  Now, what would be the subject of said funny-book?  That's right.  Bruce Wayne's return. 

"Bruce Wayne Returns:Red Robin" is what they're calling it.  And if you know anything about the state of modern comics, you know it's one part of a cross company event.  Ramon Bachs is back on pencils and I'm slingin' ink.  Here's a sample.




I'm not gonna twist your arm about buying every bit of it, but you dang well better buy mine.    Otherwise, it's back to the coal mine for Joltin' Johnny.  No more Him What Jolts- only Him What Dies of Black Lung.  Get out your pocket-book.