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I always liked breaking down the fourth wall, but usually it was done by addressing the viewer from the art. In this case, the characters in this drawing are looking out of the page at a viewer on the other side of the page than we are looking through. You can even see the text on the page. (I guess that means we're looking through a fifth wall.)
I also liked pastiching other artists' work. The characters here include Saara, one of Heywulf/Ken Fletcher's wolf-like critters, one of Marc Schirmeister's lizard men (whose name I forget), a Jerry Collin's character, a skunk in Tim Fay's style (or so I supposed it to be at the time), and Stu Shiffman.
Why is Stu human? I wanted to include him in the group, but while Stu did funny animal characters, he seemed to have none that were regular or even had names. I had him hanging a photo of Vaughn Bode, the putative godfather of funny animal cartooning. I'm not so sure I would honour him in that role these days, but changing the art is harder than changing your mind.
I also liked pastiching other artists' work. The characters here include Saara, one of Heywulf/Ken Fletcher's wolf-like critters, one of Marc Schirmeister's lizard men (whose name I forget), a Jerry Collin's character, a skunk in Tim Fay's style (or so I supposed it to be at the time), and Stu Shiffman.
Why is Stu human? I wanted to include him in the group, but while Stu did funny animal characters, he seemed to have none that were regular or even had names. I had him hanging a photo of Vaughn Bode, the putative godfather of funny animal cartooning. I'm not so sure I would honour him in that role these days, but changing the art is harder than changing your mind.
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I think I remember this drawing from back when. Still a great concept, and I like your pastiche -- you manage to capture the essence of the artists' style, if not the artists themselves.
Stu Shiffman! I haven't seen him in ages. He was one of the funniest artists I've ever met.
Vaughn Bode might be putative the godfather of MODERN funny animal cartooning, and there is much to support that opinion. But the genre has evolved greatly from the late 1970's. It's a "furry" world these days, yet I still see influences that can be traced to Bode, and even back to the grandfathers of the tradition (Clampett, Avery, Jones, Disney, Fleischer, and those other pen-and-ink rogues).
Stu Shiffman! I haven't seen him in ages. He was one of the funniest artists I've ever met.
Vaughn Bode might be putative the godfather of MODERN funny animal cartooning, and there is much to support that opinion. But the genre has evolved greatly from the late 1970's. It's a "furry" world these days, yet I still see influences that can be traced to Bode, and even back to the grandfathers of the tradition (Clampett, Avery, Jones, Disney, Fleischer, and those other pen-and-ink rogues).
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