Roger Langridge's Blog, page 268

Being Winsor McCay

So I'm currently doing some creative reconstructions of some partially-lost Winsor McCay strips from 1934, the year he died, which were never finished. It's for a book on McCay's Gertie (and other McCay dinosaurs) being put together by Ulrich Merkl, who was responsible for the fabulous Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend book a couple of years back.

I'll resist revealing any of the actual McCay artwork here – it's never been published before as far as I know, so that'll be a big selling point – but here's one panel I drew, taken from the pages I'm recreating from the fragments of existing artwork and various clues supplied in the surviving pages. I'll tell you one thing, being Winsor McCay was hard work – these things are taking me an age to draw!

Brains

Pretty sure I haven't posted this before: this is a cover I did for Boom Studios' Fanboys vs Zombies by Sam Humphries and Jerry Gaylord, both splendid chaps. I think it was #5 or so.

Train Smoke

The secret to drawing trains: smoke. Lots and lots of smoke.

Jazz Fez

You'll be seeing more of this guy.

Donkeys Can Sing, Too

Dino

Not the Flintstones one, the other one.

The Walrus Sang

Here's part of what I spent today doing.



It's not a bad life, at that.

Hulky Wulky

Pretty sure I've posted this before, but I've plenty do do before I sleep, so you get what you get.


In other news: I did an interview last night - I say last night, it was 2am this morning - for the Where Monsters Dwell podcast. I think you can get that here. My thanks for a fun interview.

Rarebit

A little bit of work-in-progress. Having a bit of a Winsor McCay thing right now - two McCay-related jobs going at the same time. Life can be funny that way.

The Top Hat of Doom

Not really. Just another random sketch.

I noticed today, flipping through The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics, that the editors chose a lot of strips with Nemo-esque flying beds. There's examples from Gasoline Alley, Mutt and Jeff etc. - I'm sure this must have been deliberate.

The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics - the gift that keeps on giving...