Puppets: A Graphic Novel

Early production art from Puppets with Cement and Miette. Early production art for Puppets blocking out the basics of form, grayscale tone and scale. Cement is 6 stories/65 feet tall and Miette is barely 4 feet tall so getting them into the same shot/frame was one of the first challenges. Reviewing Godzilla, King Kong and Gamera movies (which I somehow have all of which on VHS and VCD) saved me a great deal of time. Looking at the composition of the screaming crowds or Faye Wray and Naomi Watts has helped me structure my shots and lay out. On the Mittman Street Bridge Cement faces off against Ratso and his horde. Looking at my own unlikely combination of very large and very small characters make me feel like there is a unique "middle ground" created by this combination as if the two would be radically different w/out each other's company. Miette alone would be an vague, indie Ghost World rip-off. Cement alone would be a Concrete/Godzilla clone. Together they ar...

Great Caesar's Ghost, man - this sketch is 1 years old! Working from pages of some seriously scrubby lookin' pencils I've managed to sketch out a few key scenes in the graphic novel. These scenes revolve around a giant named Cement and a little girl named Miette as they stomp downtown area into rubble. This book started a big pile of rats and kaiju. The characters are all sketched out. Also, is it uncool to say "mon" a lot? I mean, if I am a white, middle-class cartoonist from Indiana? No? Ok, then. Fasten them selt-belts, pards. It's on like Cheech Marin said. Bad-ass galore and a inverse mohawk. Some fella, hear tell. "Mondo" bizarro. Internet viewing audience. Copy code to add Puppets to your site: Copy code to add Roaches to your site: