Alternate titles included “Cocoa Catastrophe” and “Choc-nado of Marshmallow Mayhem.” Herb looks on as Joey surely commits a hot chocolate crime here… although it begs the question: are there really any rules when it comes to hot chocolate? I think this is a beverage where anything goes. Carry on, Joey.
Here’s a little peek behind the curtain to see how a Planet Joey comic comes together. I start out creating old school – drawing in blue pencil on paper – and finish the comic digitally, tracing over the drawing with a Wacom tablet in Adobe Photoshop.
My #ArtVsArtist2023: It was a turbulent year on the employment front, so I wasn’t able to do as much drawing and comics as I would have liked, but things stabilized as the year went on and I ended up with some momentum, including appearing on my first podcast/interview to discuss my work!
“A Special Christmas” is the animated holiday feature released in 1981 based on Johnny Hart’s comic strip “B.C.” It’s the story about two unscrupulous cavemen who think up a great scheme for Christmas that is worth checking out if you’re a fan of comics.
In “Peanuts,” Linus quoted from the Gospel of Luke on December 20, 1959. His dialogue in that strip was later used in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” in a scene that Charles Schulz had to fight to include, and it became one of the special’s indelible moments.
Planet Joey creator, author and Cartoonist David Brown appeared on Michael Grassia’s livestream/podcast Get in Toon! to talk shop.
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