Author Topic: The Adventures of Kris  (Read 2577 times)










Ok, so a little bit of quick backstory:

Last year was a very boring year for me. In academe (study hall) I had literally nothing but free time. I like to draw, and took a kid's persona and made it all warped, fat, a huge nose, and stupid. Now this kid has a great sense of humor, because he loved them. Perhaps he loved the idea that I was drawing short little one panel comics, and he was the star. Who knows.

Anyway, one panels progressed into multiple panels and stretched across a multitude of stories. As far as I know, there are over 80 pages of this stuff, all done, one a day for an entire year (front and back) on 8x11 computer paper.

A pencil, no straight edge, and improv and imagination fueled these comics, and now I've decided to do something with them. The comics are stored in a binder with those plastic sleeved keeping them from being damaged. I told Kris to pick his favorite series. They are as follows:

The Adventures of Kris
How Kris Saved Kristmas
K2 (a short)
Kris Season 2
Kris: The Valentines Pen Adventure (done on pink paper in pen)
Kris and the School Project (a short)
Kris Spring Special
Kris II (sequel to Adventures of Kris)
Kris: Happy Birthday (2 day special short)
Kris Season 3
End of the Year Krisapalooza (last 3 days of school special)

All of these together are roughly 40 or 50 pages of pencil (and pen) doodles. What I've decided to do is digitally ink and refurbish these comics to worthy viewing, then self publish them. However, as a special treat to you guys, I'll post a new page every time I finish one.

What I need from all of you is support. This is really a time consuming process, and I need to know if you guys like it or not. If I'm doing it for all of you, at least I have something to shoot for.

So tell me if you think this has potential, if it's total crap, or maybe this doesn't suit you, but you want to see the next issue. Whatever your beef, tell me. The more support I can muster, the more likely it is I'd finish this.

What more, if you were interested in purchasing my self published book, I'd be willing to sign copies or put your name in it or something. You know, if you'd want that sort of thing. It doesn't matter.

Oh, and as of page one here, it does get better. I suppose they are rather funny, if you like fat idiots trying to save the world. To me, they've lost their charm, mostly because of the torture they've caused making them days straight, but now even more with the inking. UUHHG.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2010, 09:48:05 PM by Swholli »


But...but my name in real life is Kris...

But...but my name in real life is Kris...

Wow. Well, then pretend they're about you.

HELL YEAH I GET TO SAVE THE WOOOOOOOOORLD.

« Last Edit: January 08, 2010, 11:18:32 PM by Kapturrith »

In my new Language Arts class, we did a story on a transvestite ape with a leopard-skin speedo, named Kris.

..Don't ask.

What I got from that:
In my new Language Arts class, we did a story on a furry, named Kris.
forget. D:

Ape=/=furry :U
But, literally, an ape. The characters were:
A ferret with dentures that was an assassin, a flamingo with a huge sniper rifle called Shanaynay, and a mole who was a detective.
It was a weird story.

In my new Language Arts class, we did a story on a transvestite ape with a leopard-skin speedo, named Kris.

..Don't ask.

hot

Update for page 2.

That's all I think I can do for 2 in the morning.

Page 2 starts to get into some story elements and the action, as well as one of the more funnier jokes.

Some of the panes are hard to tell what's going on.

Like the drawer part when he replaces his clock.
It took me a while to figure out what he was doing.

I love the artstyle, and I've always loved your humour, Swholli. It looks great!

But, sadly, the first thing I thought of when I saw a fat, blonde kid named Kris was Chris Griffin. :<

Some of the panes are hard to tell what's going on.

Like the drawer part when he replaces his clock.
It took me a while to figure out what he was doing.

Again, these are recreated from old pencil done sketches. Not that that is an excuse, but these were very sloppy to begin with. Although I could change them, the idea was to keep them as close to their original format as possible to keep their supposed "charm".

I love the artstyle, and I've always loved your humour, Swholli. It looks great!

But, sadly, the first thing I thought of when I saw a fat, blonde kid named Kris was Chris Griffin. :<

Yeah, it was never intended to be based on Chris at all. It seriously is just coincidence. There is a real person named Kris who is blonde and while isn't fat, he is beefy (he's a football player). So I took him, made him way fatter than he was, and brought his intelligence levels down a bit. It started as a joke and grew into an adventure. So, sorry for the resemblance, that really is as far as Family Guy will be concerned here. Though really, Family Guy is just a resemblance to the Simpsons, who as South Park perfectly showed us: "they have done it all". Though, you expect a show to have done it all if it's been on for 20 years.

Anyway, thanks for liking them. :D