Ye Old Pirate Comix

Torplexed · 08-10-06, 10:07 PM

Recently came across some old photostats of a pirate comic strip idea I originated in high school. This was back when I thought I was hot stuff cuz I owned a technical pen set for doing straight lines. W00t!
The pirate captain's name was Fatbeard. In retrospect, I should have named him Shortbeard. His crew was incompetent, jaded and bored. The sharpest of the sorry lot was a rat. Sort of a sea-going version of Crock. Most of the gags were at best lame and juvenile. Nice to know some things never change.

Oh well....at least it's a brief antidote to all the heavy political stuff on this forum.

Bort · 08-10-06, 10:53 PM

:rotfl:Those are very funny, nice job, and good drawings too.

Yahoshua · 08-10-06, 11:02 PM

Yeah......some of the stuff you've got is actually pretty good.

Try doing some more and show us what you got.

TteFAboB · 08-11-06, 06:06 AM

:rotfl: That's really cute.

Love them cartoonists.

Takeda Shingen · 08-11-06, 07:41 AM

Those are not bad at all. The placement of the ship and crew in clearly modern times is paradoxically comic. You should not sell short your works, for if published, I would read this strip. If you were to update to your now, more sophisticated sense of humor, I think that this would be a possibility.

STEED · 08-11-06, 07:58 AM

Makes a change to see something funny on here for a change.

:rotfl:

JJ · 08-11-06, 09:31 AM

Hahaha.. Excellent, Torplexed. You should definitely do more.

Came to think on a comic like that it'd be neat if the skull on the captain's hat would change it's expressions depending on the situation

Onkel Neal · 08-11-06, 09:34 AM

It's better than 90% of the stuff I read in the newspaper.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: get an agent and get syndicated. Pirates are really popular subject matter, there isn’t a nationally syndicated pirate strip, you know the material very well, you have wit and skill….. You are missing your claim to fame, Craig.

Takeda Shingen · 08-11-06, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

It's better than 90% of the stuff I read in the newspaper.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: get an agent and get syndicated. Pirates are really popular subject matter, there isn’t a nationally syndicated pirate strip, you know the material very well, you have wit and skill….. You are missing your claim to fame, Craig.

Not to lay thickly, but I agree. At this point, Craig, all that you truly need is a comedic agle, such as the ID-dominant humor in Dilbert, or the masterfully-done extistentialism of Calvin and Hobbes. You are very close to having something here.

08-11-06, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

...there isn’t a nationally syndicated pirate strip...

Actually there has been one for years, called Overboard.
http://ucomics.aolsvc.aol.com/news/overboard/

But I love Torplexed's stuff.

WutWuzDat · 08-11-06, 01:17 PM

great stuff Torplexed....

Onkel Neal · 08-11-06, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

...there isn’t a nationally syndicated pirate strip...

Actually there has been one for years, called Overboard.
http://ucomics.aolsvc.aol.com/news/overboard/

But I love Torplexed's stuff.

Never saw that one before. Torpy's is better

Torplexed · 08-11-06, 08:22 PM

Thanks for the compliments guys.

Actually I did try to get it syndicated years ago but no one was interested. They seem to feel it was too derivative of what was already out there. Been a long time since I tried drawing these characters anyway.

Used to be more but all I can still find are some old ink studies.

Bort · 08-11-06, 08:51 PM

There are only nine pins in the last comic...

Could this be subliminal messaging of some kind?:hmm:

The Noob · 08-13-06, 12:44 PM

:rotfl:

Those are Priceless!

Love it.

08-10-06, 10:07 PM	#1
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Ye Old Pirate Comix Recently came across some old photostats of a pirate comic strip idea I originated in high school. This was back when I thought I was hot stuff cuz I owned a technical pen set for doing straight lines. W00t! The pirate captain's name was Fatbeard. In retrospect, I should have named him Shortbeard. His crew was incompetent, jaded and bored. The sharpest of the sorry lot was a rat. Sort of a sea-going version of Crock. Most of the gags were at best lame and juvenile. Nice to know some things never change. Oh well....at least it's a brief antidote to all the heavy political stuff on this forum. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili-- Last edited by Torplexed; 08-11-06 at 07:54 PM.

08-10-06, 10:53 PM	#2
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	:rotfl:Those are very funny, nice job, and good drawings too. __________________ GT Aerospace

08-10-06, 11:02 PM	#3
Yahoshua The Old Man Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,493 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yeah......some of the stuff you've got is actually pretty good. Try doing some more and show us what you got. __________________ Science is the organized unpredictability that strives not to set limits to mans' capabilities, but is the engine by which the limits of mans' understanding is defined-Yahoshua

08-11-06, 06:06 AM	#4
TteFAboB Admiral Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,247 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: That's really cute. Love them cartoonists. __________________ "Tout ce qui est exagéré est insignifiant." ("All that is exaggerated is insignificant.") - Talleyrand

08-11-06, 07:58 AM	#6
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Makes a change to see something funny on here for a change. :rotfl: __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

08-11-06, 07:41 AM	#5
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Those are not bad at all. The placement of the ship and crew in clearly modern times is paradoxically comic. You should not sell short your works, for if published, I would read this strip. If you were to update to your now, more sophisticated sense of humor, I think that this would be a possibility.

08-11-06, 09:31 AM	#7
JJ Helmsman Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Oulu, Finland Posts: 106 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hahaha.. Excellent, Torplexed. You should definitely do more. Came to think on a comic like that it'd be neat if the skull on the captain's hat would change it's expressions depending on the situation

08-11-06, 09:34 AM	#8
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	It's better than 90% of the stuff I read in the newspaper. I've said it before, I'll say it again: get an agent and get syndicated. Pirates are really popular subject matter, there isn’t a nationally syndicated pirate strip, you know the material very well, you have wit and skill….. You are missing your claim to fame, Craig. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

08-11-06, 01:17 PM	#11
WutWuzDat Planesman Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: I can't remember... In front of a PC? Posts: 185 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	great stuff Torplexed.... __________________ - Adam ©1988 - 2008. All rights reserved. Life is like a roll of toliet paper, the older you get, the faster it goes!

08-11-06, 08:22 PM	#13
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the compliments guys. Actually I did try to get it syndicated years ago but no one was interested. They seem to feel it was too derivative of what was already out there. Been a long time since I tried drawing these characters anyway. Used to be more but all I can still find are some old ink studies. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

08-11-06, 08:51 PM	#14
Bort Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Studying in Atlanta Posts: 919 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 0	There are only nine pins in the last comic... Could this be subliminal messaging of some kind?:hmm: __________________ GT Aerospace

08-13-06, 12:44 PM	#15
The Noob The Old Man Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: de_dust2 Posts: 1,417 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	:rotfl: Those are Priceless! Love it.