Smars Comics

APPLESEEEEEEEEEEEEED! I wanted to change it up a little from silly post about how far I'm along in colouring pages for the next issue or what ever and actually post about something that is also a part of my creative process.  my inspirations.  i have quite a few that you may notice by looking at this influence map  (a meme) that i put together on my dA page . one of my biggest influences in comics creation is the Appleseed series from Shirow Masamune. I know, you're wondering why i didn't say Shirow was the influence... and that's because this particular series had a greater impact on me than any other work he has ever created. an Art Adams cover for the US release I first came across Appleseed in 1991 in a random comic book store,  and the only reason i picked it up was  1. it had an Art Adams cover (the Eclipse comics version)  and 2. I couldn't read the title font initially and thought it said DippSpeed.  I ...

Trongo Bots. I've been drawing these goofy looking mech suits for so many years. I'm a big mech, super giant robot enthusiast. seriously. I spent a huuuuuge chunk of my childhood reading watching stuff like Voltron , Tranzor Z (or Mazinger Z if you want to be a purist about it) and yes... of course, Gundam .  but of all the mechs and robots out there i say that i was most influenced by Shirow Masamune's Appleseed  manga series when i was a kid, which was filled with all these wonderful personal sized mechs he called landmates. Shirow would used these really great organic shapes that often reminded me of insects, and that just pulled me in further into his magic. seeing smaller, one man, personal mechs was a revolution to my mind, and I immediately was drawing personal mechs in everything I created. with Munch Chunky i wanted to continue with that tradition, but since MC is a lighter more fun story i didn't want the designs of the mec...