Scatterday Morning Post

Apparently today is Scatterday. Every time i try to focus on something, thoughts skitter off in multiple directions. I've started three different posts this morning, and the ol' peripatetic brain wandered off in the middle of each.

So, let's go back and check in with some old faves.

What's Don Newton up to...?

Umm...

Maybe it's not a good time?

I'll try again later.

damnfoolery by Don Newton from Return Of The Skyman (1987)

Ant Boy - The Origin!

Okay - enough clamoring for more information on Matt Feazell's odd little Ant Boy and how such a thing came to be. (Or was that just the voices in my head?)

Here we have it - the epic two-part origin of our Formicidaean Hero -

And yes, as the closing note indicated, he did get a solo title - only two issues featuring mostly reprints from Captain Confederacy, but still...   not bad for an ant.

pages by Matt Feazell for Captain Confederacy #s 6 & 7 (1987)

The Adventures Of Ant-Man When He Was A Boy?

Oh, no - that would be too easy. Too... sane.
And an entirely different sort of Odd, given that over a half century back we saw that Hank took his first trip down the anthill as an adult.

And yet...  Ant Boy!

From Matt Feazell, the mad genius who brought us Cynical Man and Anti-Social Man (true Hermit heroes!), and scholarly author of Understanding MiniComics, comes the tale of "an abandoned child raised by ants!?". Ant Boy got his full sized comic debut in Captain Confederacy #1 (Shetterly & Stone's great alternate history comic that's been on the topic list for ages)

Here are three short strips, his 2nd-4th adventures:

Have a day.

it's all by Matt Feazell from Captain Confederacy #s 1 & 3-5 (1986-7)

Fleener Fun & Games

My head may yet be scattered outside my skull, but at least this time i know that a week has passed, and it's once again time for

We're going to stick with the only thing that's managed to catch my focus for any length of time this week - more Mary Fleener, featuring her Destiny Tattoo Game-

To many players, the rules may seem obvious and easily inferred. To others, the board may seem quite obtuse. Fortunately, we have some pages that may help -

Oops! Wrong Game.
Hang on a moment...

Ah! Here we go -

...and a good time is had by all!

pages by Mary Fleener from Fleener #1 and Weirdo #21 (1996 & 1987)

Blue Mary Finale

Welcome back to our Blue Monday celebration of Mary Fleener's work - step right in!

Before we take a look at some of her covers, let's take a quick peek at a few comics.
This one seems right at home with Fleener's visual style-

NOTE: The following 2 pages, and much of Mary's artwork below,

 contains nudity and has been moved to our back room for adult content.
Please follow this link to The Other Voice Of ODD! archive
of the original post to view the artwork.

How's your Lawrence?

Confused?
The Swiss publication, Das Magazin, has a feature entitled Werke der Weltliteratur (Works Of World Literature) in which they ask artists to translate a classic novel into a single comic page. As might be expected with such an endeavor, it helps tremendously if you're familiar with the original material.

Here's a couple more from Mary:

Yes, she does use words! (In case you were starting to wonder)
Of course, she may incorporate said words into the art...

Mary's works are as uniquely personal expressions as her artwork might suggest. The source material is often her own life and surroundings, and the events shaping her world. So, it might help a bit to know a little about her, eh?
Let's let her tell it:

I can relate. Creating my artwork is my best therapy. (I sure hope we get that system fully functional soon so i can resume therapy)

You were promised Covers with you Comics, so let's view some now.
Here are 10 covers from Mary Fleener -

Mary is the kind of Twisted Sister i quite enjoy. We'll look more at some of her longer comics on another day - we've already got a pretty full post with three cubed pics.
So let's wrap with a just few more bits & pieces of Fleener flair -

I'm so feeling the Coppertone.
I may have to use that last piece as a colouring book page and have fun with it.

While i'm doing that, you can learn more about, and see more from, Mary Fleener at her website. Perhaps more importantly, you buy some of her original paintings, too.

all artwork by Mary Fleener for various, mostly shown above (1987-1997)

Who's Your Funnies

Winter is here, and i seem to be in hibernation mode. Doing double duty on the sleeping. Urg.

I find myself nodding off after only a few hours of wakefulness. In no small part, i'm sure, that's the system replenishing itself after depletion, but it's definitely a function of the shorter days and colder weather, too.

So, the point of this little ramble, eh?
Posts are running a little later lately while i'm running off-kilter.
But they'll get here eventually.

For our Sunday Morning Funnies, we continue with our Whovian cartoons, courtesy of Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett, and starting from their first collection together of Time Lord Ticklers - The Doctor Who Fun Book.

but, have you noticed? It's getting crowded out there...

Every now and then, they sprinkle in a short bit of story among the various teasers and tidbits-

And if we jump to the end of the 2nd collection (Bigger On The Inside), we find an ending and beginning...

Let's close out this bit with a spot of colour, eh? From the Doctor Who Annuals '92 & '94:

Only two more weeks and a day...

the works by Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett (1987-1994)