Thursday, February 18, 2010
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
FoxTrot - lost strips
The next batch of Jack & Tyler is below this post...
Anyway, FoxTrot.com was a different website years ago than what it is now. For one thing, it had the extras page where they posted some of the proto-FoxTrot strips that Bill Amend sent to syndicates back in the '80s. Thanks to the wonders that is Internet archive, I've managed to find some.
To start off with, here's a sample of a comic strip Bill sent to syndicates before "FoxTrot". It was called "Bango Ridge" and it was about a explorer who was in a jungle full of talking animals. All the syndicates rejected it, but one encouraged him to come up with another.
With that note, Bill came up with the early version of "FoxTrot".
This is probably the only time you'll see Jason without his glasses.
Here are some strips with strange Bloom County-like designs.
At this point, Bill was getting a hang of his style. This is pretty identical to the version that was published in newspapers.
Anyway, FoxTrot.com was a different website years ago than what it is now. For one thing, it had the extras page where they posted some of the proto-FoxTrot strips that Bill Amend sent to syndicates back in the '80s. Thanks to the wonders that is Internet archive, I've managed to find some.
To start off with, here's a sample of a comic strip Bill sent to syndicates before "FoxTrot". It was called "Bango Ridge" and it was about a explorer who was in a jungle full of talking animals. All the syndicates rejected it, but one encouraged him to come up with another.
With that note, Bill came up with the early version of "FoxTrot".
This is probably the only time you'll see Jason without his glasses.
Here are some strips with strange Bloom County-like designs.
At this point, Bill was getting a hang of his style. This is pretty identical to the version that was published in newspapers.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
JACK AND TYLER by Mark Tonra
Some of you may be familiar with Mark Tonra. He did a strip called "Top of the World", and after that, "James". However, before those two, he had one really short lived strip called "Jack and Tyler".
Jack and Tyler was syndicated by King Features and ran for only a few months (from September 18, 1995 to May 5, 1996). I managed to find some strips through the Deseret News archive.
My plan is to post some strips for the next few days. Enjoy!
Jack and Tyler was syndicated by King Features and ran for only a few months (from September 18, 1995 to May 5, 1996). I managed to find some strips through the Deseret News archive.
My plan is to post some strips for the next few days. Enjoy!
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