tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506408635295305502024-03-13T10:36:27.920-07:00Bobu LeeneOn the comic book Bobu Leene, and artwork by Peter Prochilo.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-76911788431407928832014-11-22T14:40:00.003-08:002014-11-22T14:40:27.274-08:00For No Real Reason<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Happy Thanksgiving, America.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-58954347711112533482014-01-30T03:46:00.002-08:002014-01-30T03:46:59.311-08:00Sketchbook #80058: Le Wolf<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The wolfman eats a veggie burger.</td></tr>
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<br />Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-43291405773000788882013-11-13T17:31:00.002-08:002013-11-13T17:31:22.471-08:00The InComplete Bobu Leene<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A montage of some of the cooler pages from </i><a href="http://bobuleene.blogspot.com/p/graphic-novel.html">The InComplete Bobu Leene</a>.</td></tr>
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So yeah, I went ahead and did this: a <a href="http://bobuleene.blogspot.com/p/graphic-novel.html">collection of the complete (rather, incomplete) Bobu Leene comics</a>. Not sure why anybody but me would want this thing, but there you have it--it's available from Lulu <b><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/pete-prochilo/the-incomplete-bobu-leene/hardcover/product-21277442.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>. It collects issues 1-12 of Bobu Leene (which I think ran in '96-'97...the years get foggy) and then almost all of the <a href="http://bobuleene.blogspot.com/2013/11/lone-killer.html">Lone Killer strips</a>, which came out in a single issue in (I think) '98.<br />
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Maybe one day I'll get to finish the Bobu Leene saga.<br />
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Then again...Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-8685017915441803792013-11-01T05:45:00.002-07:002013-11-01T05:47:16.840-07:00Lone Killer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"Lone Killer" was a concept that my man Rob Duffy and I kicked around in the late '90s. My usual roguish self ended up bogarting the idea, and I briefly drew a comic strip with the character as I envisioned it. There were only a handful of them; they ran a few times in <a href="http://www.theaquarian.com/" target="_blank">"The Aquarian" magazine</a> and I printed them in a single-issue comic book at some point, but they are all reprinted once again in the gigantic "Incomplete Bobu Leene" hardcover which I just put together. More info on that <b><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/pete-prochilo/the-incomplete-bobu-leene/hardcover/product-21277442.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.<br />
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Above, Child gets a glimpse of Lone Killer.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-83368166353057577982013-10-23T18:07:00.000-07:002013-10-23T18:07:01.328-07:00Time-Travelling Bull<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Boozehound on the lower right</i></td></tr>
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My favorite character that I have never done anything with. Created him while I was England, that much I remember; he's basically a denizen of a bar of unusual characters, who can travel through time whenever he drinks. Never without a martini glass in hand.<br />
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I hate martinis.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-28124572764831985642013-05-29T16:52:00.002-07:002013-05-29T17:02:13.913-07:00Mr. Unspecial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thinking of doing some funny horsepuck with this here guy, who will be familiar to <i>Bobu Leene</i> readers.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-73772060933411664772013-01-06T14:14:00.002-08:002013-01-06T14:14:27.973-08:00Dining Room Table SketchesThe majority of sketches I have been doing these days are with my daughter at the dining room table. Here are a couple of gems...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A dog (by me) and a flower (by my daughter).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fox.</td></tr>
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<br />Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-64059182452220181742012-11-25T12:53:00.000-08:002012-11-25T12:53:04.034-08:00Sketchbook: Arrogant Rat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An argumentative looking rat, in the vein of that-guy-who-drew-googley-eyed-crazed-monsters-from-back-in-the-day.<br /><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above, my five-year-old daughter Reno's version of Mickey and Minnie.</td></tr>
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<br />Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-89574289177364105782012-11-24T16:44:00.001-08:002012-11-24T16:44:18.349-08:00The Dearth of Superheroes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I first got into comics, it was the Mickey and Donald stuff of Gottfredson and Barks, reprinted via Gladstone comics, initially. Later, after I left these "childish" stories and got into superheroes, I traversed a route from Spider-Man through Batman to Wolverine, then left that genre somewhat and took in things like <i>Cerebus</i>. At the time I was doing <i><a href="http://bobuleene.blogspot.com/">Bobu Leene</a></i>, I was trying, in my inevitably feeble way, to process the idea of the anti-hero; one of the themes of the book, that was not necessarily well developed on my part, was how does a bad guy try and make good on past misdeeds? In this case, Bobu Leene tries to set things straight by eliminating his former boss and crooked colleagues, but of course two wrongs do not make a right.<br />
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Over the course of the series, though, I was becoming disenchanted with superhero/action comics in general. In terms of my romance with art, in hindsight I realize that I intuitively elevated comic art to the same level as that of the grand master painters of old (your Michelangelo crowd), values I inherited from my dad, I guess (the Italians love their grand master painters and fumetti). So when I began to doubt the value of comic art, I began to question my commitment to the entire endeavor of art.<br />
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Anyways, just some 10 cent psychologizin'. Hope to add some more sketches down the line.<br />
<br />Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-55623613158574524022012-07-29T09:23:00.000-07:002012-07-29T09:23:21.575-07:00Origins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBud1XGazeaeCMrggLjurtNEUHt7V9yAZPLk7925Z3UaoBa6BF5dwU0IIe9YaB43H8HZfyHGRXKePKE_dS0SB1Sk-UbFCQCe65LBrtNthCSSywLWW-l4TzCWCIFzzlD3t5BdHta_ra_cR-/s1600/486570_4230539528602_91153755_n.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBud1XGazeaeCMrggLjurtNEUHt7V9yAZPLk7925Z3UaoBa6BF5dwU0IIe9YaB43H8HZfyHGRXKePKE_dS0SB1Sk-UbFCQCe65LBrtNthCSSywLWW-l4TzCWCIFzzlD3t5BdHta_ra_cR-/s400/486570_4230539528602_91153755_n.jpg" width="400" /></a>
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Here's cool image taken by Mark Berman of Middle Earth comics...it shows a copy of Bobu Leene #1 as well as some original art I did that would end up as an "ad" in one of the subsequent issues. The "ad" features Bobu Leene in a comic book store that looks suspiciously like Middle Earth.<br />
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Good times.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-25068610324653303692012-07-07T13:30:00.000-07:002012-07-07T13:30:12.083-07:00A Cover<img alt="The Noise That Dying Has" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJplJvcsjivRPX6rpcpOT-larwb8ewLQXPGPtN3GYPRLv0UJbq03p0hstRog0pF50qZuZE8xTmw48xVPSJ6_XKZJrqi-UKbh_9THnCqZlLUHEwXGg_Oou0FeemXKYwvL3VxCXTSjjU6VK/s320/ntdh.jpg" title="" width="213" />
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Here's a cover for a story I wrote pretty recently, that I may eventually getting around to publishing on the Amazon Kindle. It's about a guy named Lupone who solves mysteries...your usual type of urban fantasy-mystery mix. Going hard '80s on the cover design here.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-91931487136778620352012-05-15T16:55:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:00:44.184-07:00The Dog of Nightmares<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzQ8bnYBQvU1S6KubIib-qZZiMepl3SJ9PrWBsrJ1btlL0mdJjoeVyqNqEhveHMhtY8yaknO9bhx3fM_QyxBBBhjHGwIDZMhTfp1epeXIKnzYYbWxnzQ2hIIC9vymmZPbBOMqSbe5CNA/s1600/nee.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5643785489427325762" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzQ8bnYBQvU1S6KubIib-qZZiMepl3SJ9PrWBsrJ1btlL0mdJjoeVyqNqEhveHMhtY8yaknO9bhx3fM_QyxBBBhjHGwIDZMhTfp1epeXIKnzYYbWxnzQ2hIIC9vymmZPbBOMqSbe5CNA/s400/nee.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; width: 241px;" /></a>
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It's been awhile, again. Just uploading a couple of sketches I did of a friend's sociopathic canine. One is him in his good moments; the other, his manic mode. You decide which is which.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-86226166576494094172011-10-11T17:42:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:42:36.761-07:00Guys with Spears Jumping Around Rooftops<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X7aemQb3Bx-kUnBXmv6jg6RwrG23jlOCWq1xqf-mCjjUlqcn4C5_uPJnGDrkbJfCjShtSITRmbrhZlJdAi0T0AaKI6jUmwkO-KBj0TOWSIVRHFXJuMsHjHumS6nD5hVmA9ZoxzcGNNw/s1600/bobu_heights4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660403896341567042" style="WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px" alt="Bobu Leene: Up On the Roof" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9X7aemQb3Bx-kUnBXmv6jg6RwrG23jlOCWq1xqf-mCjjUlqcn4C5_uPJnGDrkbJfCjShtSITRmbrhZlJdAi0T0AaKI6jUmwkO-KBj0TOWSIVRHFXJuMsHjHumS6nD5hVmA9ZoxzcGNNw/s400/bobu_heights4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I was compelled recently to go buy a bunch of <a href="http://www.mattwagnercomics.com/comics_grendel.html" target="_blank">Matt Wagner's Grendel</a> stuff, specifically the Hunter Rose stories, for no particular reason (maybe some nostalgia). Picked up some random issues and the Grendel Archive, a hardcover compendium that contains the earliest Grendel stories (essentially what I would like to do with the entire Bobu Leene series thus far).<br /><br />I had not read Grendel while I was drawing and writing Bobu Leene, but their superficial similarities--mob assassins weilding spear-like weapons with a penchant for rooftop acrobatics and crashing through windows--just goes to show you...the power of the idea of mob assassins weilding spear-like weapons who have a penchant for rooftop acrobatics and crashing through windows.<br /><br />More Wagnerism and Grendel: <a href="http://www.mattwagnercomics.com/" target="_blank">http://www.mattwagnercomics.com/</a>Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-71415194771495122212011-09-15T17:43:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:44:30.113-07:00Sketchbook #6: Downtown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnj-dBaKa0hhQsDxoJRfizM7Cb4Dj5oZU0fmCpLD2QM-TFfK8xuqLiQkrGkZmTGjSar3rAAhaY4Ier4Jm1ewNkywmlIHgnJGEwTkFCIcuZKCiX0hyphenhyphen_VGDq7NYaB61RBE_JKkjo4CH_X0/s1600/bobu-downtown.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRnj-dBaKa0hhQsDxoJRfizM7Cb4Dj5oZU0fmCpLD2QM-TFfK8xuqLiQkrGkZmTGjSar3rAAhaY4Ier4Jm1ewNkywmlIHgnJGEwTkFCIcuZKCiX0hyphenhyphen_VGDq7NYaB61RBE_JKkjo4CH_X0/s400/bobu-downtown.jpg" border="0" alt="Bobu Leene, Downtown" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652692453892590610" /></a>Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-37407721789888074972011-09-14T17:45:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:45:37.423-07:00Sketchbook #5: Jump Kick<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8V9Lom5CyG7yB5Kn5BfzIqd2ZJAQ5Ulf8TnOeIWyy-R2RSX0N7cywubMvpwSnRFxFBgmYioZGhiZO1oo8KEmQP2kpnI5lTdX38DsYULU2Fa8OCUV6C57jryHTF84fNH-CwPKeEfWFb6Q/s1600/bobu-kick.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8V9Lom5CyG7yB5Kn5BfzIqd2ZJAQ5Ulf8TnOeIWyy-R2RSX0N7cywubMvpwSnRFxFBgmYioZGhiZO1oo8KEmQP2kpnI5lTdX38DsYULU2Fa8OCUV6C57jryHTF84fNH-CwPKeEfWFb6Q/s400/bobu-kick.jpg" border="0" alt="Bobu Leene Getting Jump Kicked" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5652204854595994370" /></a><br /><br />Here's a sketch I did yesterday. Prominently featuring Mr. Pineapple Skull and a dude in a suit and tie jump-kicking <a href="http://bobuleene.blogspot.com">Bobu Leene</a>.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-24763004380058373932011-09-01T17:46:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:47:05.384-07:00Old Paintings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXUkge02nY99H2TTke5ex5Load5rx94WNkT1rqLqe8mN9bzyvQhS7Ajx2NY2xPuuRaFHgO1Y0e4JuA2TnCL_-L8vpRY9VRIpYx_IoLPISK5SESALoUq-FF5WmgPpPYx_OZJ5DUC9sUnE/s1600/demon-laugh.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixXUkge02nY99H2TTke5ex5Load5rx94WNkT1rqLqe8mN9bzyvQhS7Ajx2NY2xPuuRaFHgO1Y0e4JuA2TnCL_-L8vpRY9VRIpYx_IoLPISK5SESALoUq-FF5WmgPpPYx_OZJ5DUC9sUnE/s400/demon-laugh.jpg" border="0" alt="Evil Laughing Santa Clown Demon" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647423588802049442" /></a>
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<br />Two painting I did more than a decade ago, but I still love them (though bad reproductions of them; photos of photos!) The "child" one was done in oils, while the evil laughing Santa-like demon was acrylic (I think).Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-3707418028889035142011-08-30T17:47:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:48:10.021-07:00Sketchbook #4: Totally Random<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgGT1lFcevsQ9GcmVwYGn-PEo5XIipBXs4ArRCEU8NeHWmcRnF2eExtT0dsZZ9CsC6Vz1E2CAFqylPj9_ZCn4nNdCEbzrWa4KWNdnqs5cK4Aw0VwLDn49weUJMQWE2VREEGEHBWCBq0M/s1600/bobu-n-harrie.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibgGT1lFcevsQ9GcmVwYGn-PEo5XIipBXs4ArRCEU8NeHWmcRnF2eExtT0dsZZ9CsC6Vz1E2CAFqylPj9_ZCn4nNdCEbzrWa4KWNdnqs5cK4Aw0VwLDn49weUJMQWE2VREEGEHBWCBq0M/s400/bobu-n-harrie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647422196013665714" /></a>
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<br />This one is the most recent of those in this post, done just about a week or so ago. Freehand, freestyle pen-and-ink of Bobu and Harry in an Archie-and-Edith sort of scene. "I'm goin' out to the bar" kind of thing.
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<br />I always imagine the Reaver in this particular pose: Leaping and shooting guns.
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<br />One tough-looking gator humanoid.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-69303612399345581762011-06-16T17:48:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:50:04.159-07:00Dope 'Song of Ice and Fire' ArtDude name Sam Bosma is doing some beautiful art of the characters in George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" series. Check it out at <a href="http://sambosma.blogspot.com/search/label/asoiaf">http://sambosma.blogspot.com/search/label/asoiaf</a>.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-80606313758620317332011-06-09T17:51:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:52:23.210-07:00Sketchbook #3: Bobumobile Concept Vehicle<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibni0-S5z5B6kk7pwOU7PXe3K6DvVOM_8mdBr8vRJ2Mgpxr7Vu2XdGRZsMtqsMRvApxjbUzLTLSpps3rcR79VMDUJH40WKM8jeVuxBN9Vd28uUD8QAzzD0Po1oRlIJ28Ky_M1EdfJau50/s1600/bobumobile.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibni0-S5z5B6kk7pwOU7PXe3K6DvVOM_8mdBr8vRJ2Mgpxr7Vu2XdGRZsMtqsMRvApxjbUzLTLSpps3rcR79VMDUJH40WKM8jeVuxBN9Vd28uUD8QAzzD0Po1oRlIJ28Ky_M1EdfJau50/s400/bobumobile.jpg" border="0" alt="Bobu Leene: Bobumobile Concept Vehicle" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616277095084983474" /></a>Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-44132302975262666172011-05-17T17:53:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:54:15.897-07:00Sketchbook #2: The Reaver Meets His Match<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu_fYfbATvjdeI4uI-_wJAURAJqimcBY1D6IrEh58h74WNATU3OmWCHXMO312bYjQ4TwBe3zaFKnaUf-fHBT49Ztz2U-989XQCvqXgTck7DasHbdY1-PP8KwF5qcc5h3DBkBKahCw1yk/s1600/reaver.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCu_fYfbATvjdeI4uI-_wJAURAJqimcBY1D6IrEh58h74WNATU3OmWCHXMO312bYjQ4TwBe3zaFKnaUf-fHBT49Ztz2U-989XQCvqXgTck7DasHbdY1-PP8KwF5qcc5h3DBkBKahCw1yk/s400/reaver.jpg" border="0" alt="The Reaver" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607749692646694034" /></a><br />Ahh, the Reaver. I keep telling myself I'm going to do a solo comic of this guy, but I never progress beyond the "Reaver-walks-into-a-bar-and-gets-drunk-and-into-a-fight" phase. A favorite character of mine. So dumb, so easy to write, so inartfully phallic. Here he stares down the barrel of one of his many archenemies.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-9733090027003876572011-05-11T17:55:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:55:44.672-07:00Sketchbook #1: Deer with Hideous Teeth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7pD2pqWCCZ1Z7_4EKdP1R1Q2w8X75qQS_xCx5zcRuhEEAtiGxweYbqiltUQneauFftgUGIEfd9NysL-7jd4aI-Q4God4cs298pCsy0QnWOvwQQssB_3vYtU01OcbrYx4C65yp82-0zE/s1600/deer.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs7pD2pqWCCZ1Z7_4EKdP1R1Q2w8X75qQS_xCx5zcRuhEEAtiGxweYbqiltUQneauFftgUGIEfd9NysL-7jd4aI-Q4God4cs298pCsy0QnWOvwQQssB_3vYtU01OcbrYx4C65yp82-0zE/s400/deer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605553609227316034" /></a><br /><br />I always did my best (if you can call it that) work in the margins, so I figured I would start scanning some of the ridiculous crap I draw in on the edges of notebooks. 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My commentary on what's happening in the country these days.<br /><br />More Bobu sketches coming down the pike one a' these days.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-9732923026668536752010-11-28T08:38:00.001-08:002012-11-25T13:02:38.075-08:00Devil Bill & Spenser<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoIgFdgjI906VH4lQCjzBdELGPpxUQgrdv31LyHQAjFhQOuHi46KWMkF1swPgaRxy1FQ8IZ6z_MoFrpNUP2hfAcALPSd4O21p4c18wUF-JSwJIWpzU2T0PhmEyLRP5g2oGtIfj1gZvOQC/s1600/dbs_mast.gif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562791159579776386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuoIgFdgjI906VH4lQCjzBdELGPpxUQgrdv31LyHQAjFhQOuHi46KWMkF1swPgaRxy1FQ8IZ6z_MoFrpNUP2hfAcALPSd4O21p4c18wUF-JSwJIWpzU2T0PhmEyLRP5g2oGtIfj1gZvOQC/s400/dbs_mast.gif" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; height: 294px; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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A dear friend was doing the Web comic Devil Bill & Spenser a couple years back, and he is reposting them now at <a href="http://devilbillandspenser.blogspot.com/">devilbillandspenser.blogspot.com</a>. They're funny, but some of the jokes ain't for kids, ya dig?Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-10120709405619016522010-08-24T17:58:00.000-07:002013-05-29T17:58:52.028-07:00Festus the Cat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWO-oNoPBrsKBXzZupCRFeywZaZ-i9zxV7s6hJweP13zFCuAJPU0-_9mWwmuyxVDuYDC8yzYQsxYsoM0-1PrQPB1TLCAYw3wXQy-X7Q3OlG_oouHt5JljJRSltAog29n5O0vvJuPqBbAg/s1600/festus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWO-oNoPBrsKBXzZupCRFeywZaZ-i9zxV7s6hJweP13zFCuAJPU0-_9mWwmuyxVDuYDC8yzYQsxYsoM0-1PrQPB1TLCAYw3wXQy-X7Q3OlG_oouHt5JljJRSltAog29n5O0vvJuPqBbAg/s400/festus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509058213229010354" border="0" /></a><br />Lately, ever since our trip down the Shore, I have been spinning yarns for my daughter about Festus the Cat, an obese feline with blue polka dots who walks the Seaside boardwalk and gets into trouble. Yesterday I sketched him for her while we were drawing on her easel. Behold the terrifying results (she added the purple specks of what look like blood or something, and colored the nose).Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-850640863529530550.post-50601117242044934182010-08-07T05:38:00.000-07:002010-08-16T14:53:27.638-07:00Clone WarsMe wife and I watched the awesome flick <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/">"Moon"</a> last night. I feel like the "old-school" special effects were more real (to the eye) than the computer stuff they do in most movies, since it lets actual light play off surfaces in genuine 3-D (the eye knows when it's being duped, more often than not). The story was really emotional and awesomely acted--I won't spoil the whole deal for those who haven't seen it, but it brought to mind the storyline I was starting to develop in the late run of Bobu Leene.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2a74L1Y-c4qXV5KsJ5axKihLz1t5fRccPrnG9CFZMhyphenhyphenQVHh_BJcK-vDuidAN2Pc-VkbjA4aO6UnFuqMgfSYQO68NREvybLvE95yuFyOM8w_2fYRgrAxjzW_7sGYwtjuuz3l72Da4R3fS/s1600/bl_clones.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht2a74L1Y-c4qXV5KsJ5axKihLz1t5fRccPrnG9CFZMhyphenhyphenQVHh_BJcK-vDuidAN2Pc-VkbjA4aO6UnFuqMgfSYQO68NREvybLvE95yuFyOM8w_2fYRgrAxjzW_7sGYwtjuuz3l72Da4R3fS/s400/bl_clones.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506128242831023330" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Above, one Bobu Leene trades punches with another.<br /></span><br /><br />The gist of the Bobu Leene arc was this: in the superhero world, the superhero--or anti-hero, even--has to conceive of himself as a hero on a quest. But given that there are a million and one heroes out there (<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hero-Thousand-Faces-Bollingen-No/dp/0691017840">The Hero with a Thousand Faces</a>, eh), what if this impetus, to think of oneself as a hero, is just narcissism, or, in Bobu Leene's case, replicated memories? If I ever get to doing Bobu Leene #13, I think I will take up these reins again.<br /><br />The wife and I previously watched Jim Jarmusch's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1135092/">"The Limits of Control,"</a> which was also awesome. I love Jarmusch's sense of texture, his use of color, his choice of music, and his pacing and cinematography. His can make even the most seemingly mundane acts portentous.Pete Prochilohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11071453177683930557noreply@blogger.com0