This cartoon was made in my free time during the years 2007-2011. Technically it is not even done, as a few intended components never got off the drawing board. The missing materials include an epic second song called "The Woe Within," and a zany invention/advertisement. Contents:
1: Doggy-Anne: Interspecies Marriage
2: Nelse & Nils, Vaudevillians
3: Jerome Ignacio Petard: Master Painter
Intermission: Skeleton Song Of Pitiful Sadness"
4: Sardius: Portrait Of A Man, Part I
4: Sardius: Portrait Of A Man, Part I
5: Sardius: Portrait Of A Man, Part II
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Doggy-Anne: Interspecies Marriage, notes:
Sources of inspiration for this story include Beatrix Potter and Edgar Allan Poe.
Nelse & Nils, Vaudevillians, notes:
I'm just trying to make fun of Vaudeville a little bit, that's all. There is no deeper meaning and the joke is TERRIBLE — that's the point.
Jerome Ignacio Petard: Master Painter, notes:
This cartoon is about the creative impulse and the silliness of us creative people in general. Look for references to Shakespeare.
Sardius: Portrait Of A Man, Part I, notes:
The Sardius hairstyle was inspired by Tilo Wolff of Lacrimosa.
Part 2 was influenced by the idea of the "Spirit Walk" — which to some people means taking peyote and meditating in the desert. Deceased Finnish painter Viljo Gustafsson made a mark on this story as well.
