A Kid wiggles his fingers in the UK and causes changes halfway around the world. Funny how those things work. And, no - we're not talking vague theory here. It happens all the time, and happened around here just in the last 24 hours.
Of course, the nature of chaos systems is such that while we can predict an effect, predicting the exact nature of that effect is near impossible. (And it certainly doesn't help when you toss my old peripatetic mind into the mix)
So, less babble, more specifics, eh?
Comments with Kid on yesterday's post led to thoughts of a painting of Mel Tormé. Gordie left visions playing in my head with Mel in a giant mushroom forest, brightly colored rain falling - the drops in the shape of music notes. Eventually i sat down to start doing some layouts for such a painting.
I'm not entirely sure what happened next, but i wound up with a new character in Kelly's game instead...
...yep, the Velvet Frog is now walking around town; and performing on the weekends.
And, no - that's not just static drawing, the animated model is now hanging out with the rest of the cast...
There are actually 3 viable already-existing potential explanations for his existence within the game. Rather convenient, that.
You may perhaps recall from a previous pic of the GC Rejects that the Penguin surrogate in this world is played by Howard The Duck in the role of Señor Oswald...
This neatly fills a plot gap for me. I needed an obsession for Oswald, and trying to steal the Velvet Frog away for his SOT Border (South Of The Border and get sotted) club fits in perfectly.
By the way, the merging of Kelly's Game and This City finally has a name, and temp title screen - ever growing...
I figured a crowd shot was the simplest way to go, and a lot gets coveyed with that crowd. There's about 60 figures currently, but at least half of the main characters aren't included yet. I suspect that before long we'll pull the camera back and start re-arranging while jamming in a few score more.
Okay - enough babble on The Third Colony, on to more, better Velvet Fog. While we're talking about Mel Tormé, did you know he had a few comic book appearances hiding in his past? (So many of the greats do, it seems)
Let's head on back to 1948 for the first of them - Juke Box Comics #2, with Jerry Fasano doing the artwork...
Mel also made a few more single panel appearances over the next few issues...
...including a record review -
Two years later, he appeared on the cover of Youthful Romances #10 -
Okay, technically he was on the cover of Juke Box Comics #2, but that was just his name in a slot on the jukebox. It was really a Dinah Shore cover. So i didn't include it.
He was also the narrator/star of the lead story in that issue of Youthful Romance, with art from Harry Harrison and Bob Bache (writer unknown)...
...and they dedicated the postal required text pages to the Velvet Fog -
As near as i can tell, that's the complete comic book career of Mel Tormé. But it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find him hiding in other pages.
Of course, the nature of chaos systems is such that while we can predict an effect, predicting the exact nature of that effect is near impossible. (And it certainly doesn't help when you toss my old peripatetic mind into the mix)
So, less babble, more specifics, eh?
Comments with Kid on yesterday's post led to thoughts of a painting of Mel Tormé. Gordie left visions playing in my head with Mel in a giant mushroom forest, brightly colored rain falling - the drops in the shape of music notes. Eventually i sat down to start doing some layouts for such a painting.
I'm not entirely sure what happened next, but i wound up with a new character in Kelly's game instead...
...yep, the Velvet Frog is now walking around town; and performing on the weekends.
And, no - that's not just static drawing, the animated model is now hanging out with the rest of the cast...
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| (Yeah, he's a Ladies' Frog) |
There are actually 3 viable already-existing potential explanations for his existence within the game. Rather convenient, that.
You may perhaps recall from a previous pic of the GC Rejects that the Penguin surrogate in this world is played by Howard The Duck in the role of Señor Oswald...
This neatly fills a plot gap for me. I needed an obsession for Oswald, and trying to steal the Velvet Frog away for his SOT Border (South Of The Border and get sotted) club fits in perfectly.
By the way, the merging of Kelly's Game and This City finally has a name, and temp title screen - ever growing...
I figured a crowd shot was the simplest way to go, and a lot gets coveyed with that crowd. There's about 60 figures currently, but at least half of the main characters aren't included yet. I suspect that before long we'll pull the camera back and start re-arranging while jamming in a few score more.
Okay - enough babble on The Third Colony, on to more, better Velvet Fog. While we're talking about Mel Tormé, did you know he had a few comic book appearances hiding in his past? (So many of the greats do, it seems)
Let's head on back to 1948 for the first of them - Juke Box Comics #2, with Jerry Fasano doing the artwork...
Mel also made a few more single panel appearances over the next few issues...
...including a record review -
Two years later, he appeared on the cover of Youthful Romances #10 -
Okay, technically he was on the cover of Juke Box Comics #2, but that was just his name in a slot on the jukebox. It was really a Dinah Shore cover. So i didn't include it.
He was also the narrator/star of the lead story in that issue of Youthful Romance, with art from Harry Harrison and Bob Bache (writer unknown)...
...and they dedicated the postal required text pages to the Velvet Fog -
As near as i can tell, that's the complete comic book career of Mel Tormé. But it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find him hiding in other pages.
H'mm, I'd have to say that I prefer him as a singer over being a 'star' of comicbooks. So when can we see 'Mushroom Mel'?
ReplyDeleteYeah. I'd put actor, story-teller, gun collector, and quite a few others ahead of his comic book accomplishments. But since we were on topic, and the body of work was so small, i figured "Go for it!"
ReplyDeletePlus, after that lead-in, it's got to look good.
I can't answer that last question - i only have influence on that answer. You saw what happened when i tried, but yes - i'll be trying again soon.