It also happens to be the sidekick of the Eisner Award-Winning, Bandette by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover.
Proudly, that little dog is the star of a two page mini drawn by me:
The short story behind that is I’m a pretty incessant annoyance. The longer story…
After the Wolverine project I was bumbling around for what to do next, and I then found the most adorable Pimento comic ever, drawn by Jennifer Meyer.
So I started sketching that pup, a lot. Then after a bit I figured I might as well sculpt it. Animals don’t take that long, so I went for it.
Pimento has his stash of cash, mask, food, a golden tapir idol, and a removable treasure map with some notes on it.
I saw a sculpture of Smaug with a beaded treasure base, and really wanted to try it out. I learned that it is annoying as anything. And if you rush it, you can see all of the clay in between and the effect is kind of ruined. But I don’t regret trying it, because I learned.
Once this was sent out, I jokingly ask Paul Tobin if he’d write a story for me to draw.
…and then he did. The result is the above comic. It feels very weird to be hosted on an actual publishers site. I know it’s two pages, but my feelings rest pretty well with Bryan Lee O’Malley, “I was just supposed to draw the little pictures in the boxes and die in obscurity, I thought.”
I’m very grateful to Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover for letting me play around with their mischievous little pup.
Thanks for stopping!
