September 13, 2005
The second issue of Radium the Robot is posted. At only four pages, this is
the shortest story I ever did for my early comics. The third issue more than
makes up for it, however, but you’ll have to wait until next month to see
Radium’s trip to Mars! Meanwhile, take a peek at my second comics story.
August 8th, 2005
My week-long EXCEL Cartooning For Comics class at Sonoma State University
went well (except for getting a parking ticket and killing my battery by
leaving my headlights on!) Once again, I learned as much or more about
myself as a teacher as I’m sure my students learned about cartooning. I will
definitely be teaching the class next year, but maybe as two classes,
splitting the age groups up, younger and older. The university wants me to
teach an adult Extended Education cartooning class next Spring in addition
to the EXCEL Saturday University one-day offering. The kids really enjoyed
seeing (and reading) the “Radium the Robot” comics I wrote and drew for
myself when I was twelve. They suggested I publish them. I explained the
realities of how expensive color printing is and how there is no mass market
for such a thing, but they did give me the idea of publishing them on this
web site! So go to
“Radium the Robot”
and see where I started. I will be
publishing an issue per month, intending each issue to “stay on the stands”
for about three months. I produced 29 issues over a three-and-a-half-year
period between November 1968 and March 1972, so there’s a lot to come.
Enjoy!
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