Comics @ SuperSpud.com by Daniele Rossi

Testing testing… 1, 2, 3

Daniele — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:37:54 +0000

Hi there!

Thanks for checking out the rough copy of my graphic novel(la). Too long to be a comic book, too short to be a graphic novel.

Anyhoo, these are just the rough drawings. A few panels (a few?) need to be redrawn but other than that, I’d like to know what you think of the story. Anything unclear? Inking advice welcome (as you can see, I need a lot of practice).

Anyhoo, so far the title may be as boring as Spud Meets The Sodium Bicarbonates. Suggestions?

1. Click on the big graphic below to read the comic.

2. Then fill out this form to let me know what you think.

Roderick in Finding Spud

Daniele — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:05:39 +0000

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Somehow Spud Became Overlord of the Earth

Daniele — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:48:00 +0000

Spud goes on a hot date which his ex crashes

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:10:12 +0000

Back in the day, I had improv comics here on superspud.com. Actually, I still do in a different form (see the footer below). Anyhoo, this was the 1st improv comic, originally titled Spud Goes On A Hot Date.

The winning suggested topics came from Twitter; French Canadian, Canadian Idol and the Littlest Hobo.

This comic was drawn and posted in 2 days (as shown by the quality. My apologies.).

Spud’s ex tries to get a man through her home project #2

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:02:09 +0000

Back in the day, I had improv comics here on superspud.com. Actually, I still do in a different form (see the footer below). Anyhoo, this is improv comic #2, originally titled Willomina’s Home Project #2.

My original blog post: Improv comic #2 is finished, uploaded and all about Willomina’s incessant search for a man. It’s called Willomina’s Home Project #2 correctly implying that she does this often (don’t think for a moment there are only two projects).

This time around, I received suggestions from my Improv Comics Facebook group. I asked for a food item and a mode of transportation. I got Nutella and a unicorn!

Spud gets his own cooking show

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:55:36 +0000

Back in the day, I had improv comics here on superspud.com. Actually, I still do in a different form (see the footer below). Anyhoo, this is improv comic #3, originally named Cooking With Spud.

Way, way back in November [2007], I asked for an era, a musical instrument, a sport and a Hello Kitty object (ex: Hello Kitty Toaster, Hello Kitty golf clubs). It took a while because I was engulfed in too many frivolous things like my day job, eating, lifting weights and my illustration work. Also, it was hard to create a comic that combined Medieval England-ish, a Fender Telecaster, roller derby and a Hello Kitty tailpipe!

I couldn’t delay it any further so here is a very rough comic from my sketchbook which I worked on over a few days at my day job during lunch.

Spud runs a side business offering Vengeance 2.0

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:51:03 +0000

Back in the day, I had improv comics here on superspud.com. Actually, I still do in a different form (see the footer below). Anyhoo, this is improv comic #4. I chose “bride forgets panties in best man’s room” and the theme from Sesame Street. Pardon, um… my comic’s condition. I drew it pretty fast and once again, I gave myself too many things to do and really, really wanted to get this comic up before PodCamp Toronto [2008]! :)

Um… I also forgot to include the Sesame Street theme. Oops.

We travel back in time to take a peek at Spud’s history

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:37:59 +0000

Here is a short 12-panel mini-comic— fragment really— from one of the back histories of my upcoming graphic novel. It was made in my watercolour Moleskine sketchbook.

I had posted each panel day by day on my previous recent doodle blog giving readers the chance to figure out what is going on (there is no dialogue).

Can you figure out what’s going on?

Telegraph love song

Daniele — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:32:27 +0000

Here’s a cute little ditty I tried while not adhering to the lines of the staff. It’s Spud kicking it really old skool in sending a love note via telegraph. Can music actually be played from such chaotic sheet music?

Speaking of old skool, yeah, that’s Spud sending Willomina a love note. They used to be an item back on their lunar homeland. In fact, they were one of those annoying, overhyped celebrity couples all the tabloids tried shoving down everyone’s throats.

Good thing Spud came to his senses and dumped Willomina. Or was it she who dumped him? A future comic will explain everything.

The pdf is 136 kB.

Spud’s birthday goes boom

Daniele — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:27:09 +0000

It’s Spud’s birthday and the Sodium Bicarbonates (the musical cat group you see in the comic) surprise him with a nice, big cake!

The pdf is 240 kB.

Here is a concept drawing I did in my moleskine sheet music book. It’s too small to draw clear drawings but it’s not bad for a beta.

Since I have no clue on how to write music, I’m choosing notes randomly. That’s part of the fun :) But at the same time it needs to work for it to be fun.