Season 2 “The Saying” Part 2
Season 2 “The Saying” Part 1
Season 2 “The Games” Part 5
And here is the whole page.
Season 2 “The Games” Part 4
Above is the next row of panels. Is the Devil finally getting a conscience? And below is the page so far.
Season 2 “The Games” Part 3
Sorry I have been dragging this one out, folks. I will have the rest of this page and the exciting conclusion of “The Games” episode soon, I promise!
Season 2 “The Games” Part 2
If you thought my bit on proctology went too far in the last strip, you may not want to Google the phrases “furry” and “fantasies” together. And what is up with that president? He can’t ever seem to keep his shirt on. What happens next? You’ll have to come back next week to see.
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Season 2 “The Games” Part 1
Last Saturday I felt like I was in a time machine. It was a Saturday morning and I was watching Animaniacs on TV, and it wasn’t on demand. It was playing on a cable channel, and I was laughing out loud. Why was Animaniacs so good? I guess it’s kind of why the original Looney Tunes were so good. It was silly fun that made references to classic works of film, television, and culture, but also made very current references as well.
I think I can now put into words what I have grown to dislike about shows like Family Guy. When Seth McFarlane does parodies of the Crosby and Hope’s “Road” movies, I am in awe. But when Family Guy goes for obscure 80’s references that only have non sequitur shock value, I can laugh the first time I see it, but I don’t laugh again seeing a second or third or fourth time. The episode of Animaniacs I saw made references to and made fun of Cher, Latoya Jackson, facelift surgery, it had an extended scene with Ernest Hemingway. The first time Family Guy made a reference to Joyce Dewitt from Three’s Company, I did laugh. But I feel it loses 99% of its comedy value after one viewing. In contrast, I will laugh every time I see Bugs Bunny recreate the scene with Humphrey Bogart in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Am I biased? Of course, but it has made me more confident in making very current references to things like the 2014 Sochi Olympics as well as established movie, TV, and cultural references. Have you guessed what comedy film I am referencing in this scene? Is it obvious or subtle? Is the movie a “classic” or just some movie?
QUESTION: Should cartoons and comics make specific references to current events / movies / TV shows / culture? Or does that run the risk of making the cartoon / comic “dated” at some later time? I’d like to hear what you have to say.
Season 2 “The Con” Part 3
The moral of this story: it pays to double check your reservations. This is Part 3 of “The Con” and below is the collected three posts that make up this one-page episode.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I wanted to publish this as soon as I got back from the “real” SPX in Bethesda, MD in September 2013, but time got away from me, and maybe that was for the best. So, this is being published on the final day to enter the SPX lottery for this year’s event. Wish me luck, because if I get to table there, I will be sure to bring collected issues of the adventures of The Devil & Mr. Gandhi.
Season 2 “The Con” Part 2
I am still figuring out how exactly to roll out these multi-part, row by row comics that add up to one whole episode/page, so please be patient. So, above the strip for Wednesday, and below I will put the first two together so you can see where this might be going.
Season 2 “The Con”
We’re back! It’s time for Chapter 2? Season 2? The Devil and Mr. Gandhi 2.0, 2014 edition? Not sure, but either way, this is the first new adventure of The Devil and Mr. Gandhi for 2014, with plenty more to come. You might notice that there is no punchline in this strip or segment, no resolution, no real problem that is explicitly delineated, right? Well, there is a reason. I was hoping to put out this comic on a weekly basis, and make it FULL–COLOR! But I am not a good colorist. I find it difficult, frustrating, and time-consuming, in part because I still use a mouse and PC, and not a tablet. I also thought that to keep myself motivated and keep the tweets rolling along, I might try a new schedule of putting out a whole page piecemeal, dropping one row of panels every couple of days and then posting the whole thing later. Still not sure I know what I am doing here, though, so bear with me.
I originally intended to post this comic hot on the heels of attending SPX in the Fall, but the Fall was quite busy and the Winter even more so, so here we are. In a pleasingly odd twist, posting this comic in February has added an element to making this comic funny (I hope). Tune in soon for parts 2 and 3 of this episode entitled “The Con.”