Seed

The thing I love about the Moonbugs is that anything can happen. When a moonbug plants a seed the one thing you can be sure of is that nothing as boring as a carrot will pop up. There are lots more of these comic strips here at The Moonbugs Home

A gallery visit

Art is so funny, even here on Earth. There is even more scope for amusement on the moonbugs' moon.

A new crater

More bad accomodation news for Caz. The space weasle (of course he's an estate agent) is at his loathsome best here and he is available as a t-shirt design as well.

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The Space Weasle Landlord

The cooking lesson is all very nice but what about Caz's hole in the ground of a house? Well here we carry on that story.

Slimey Oliver

Meet the celebrity chef on the Moonbugs' little moon. The poor squidgey bamf are having a hard time of it as usual. I really love the way gelato looks against the backdrop of stars. His gelatenous body is just a lovely thing, I must put him against stars more often.

Need a new home?

Back from the great barrier reef at last, but still on holiday in Australia. It's lucky I thought to take my scanner with me because here comes a new Moonbugs cartoon.

A homage to Calvin and Hobbes

It's ilustration friday time again and the word this week is Homage. I hope it still is anyway. I have decided to do a homage to Calvin and Hobbes of course. Hobbes is always pouncing on Calvin and in this illustration the space tiger is pouncing on Caz. I think the space tiger will make a nice image for a t-shirt as well.

We all love our parents

We all love our parents, and at the same time we all find comic strips like this one very funny. I've got to say that whatever little things our parents do that make these comic strips funny, they always do so much that makes you love them. My parents in particular are so loving, cool and supportive I couldn't get along without them. So this is deicated to Mum and Dad.

More of the Space Mummy

For anyone who's interested there was a space ship inside the kinder egg I mentioned yesterday. This strip has a second installment to the earlier mummy episode http://moonbugs.blogspot.com/2008/03/here-comes-mummy.html Today I would like to mention the slightly old fashioned and sentimental but very well drawn The Spirit, a pulp fiction comic strip hero from way back in the day, long before I was born. I like the spirit because he is very fallable, and I also love the complex and outdated dialog. Great comic book.

Easter with the Moonbugs

Easter has arrived with us again. A beautiful pagan fertility festival celebrated with eggs, rabbits, chocolate and all good things. Right now we have a kinder egg in the hotel mini bar waiting to be opened tommorrow morning, I will report on what lies inside. The Moonbugs are in an easter mood too, with Robodude talking for what I believe is the first time. I picked out some nice scien fiction characters for him to talk with from the bunch that comes with photoshop. I hope that doesn't make things too busy. Today's comic book recommendation comes from Babsi who's favourite has a pouncing tiger on front.

TV Dinner

Again you could say that the influences of Calvin and Hobbes are showing. Bill Wattersons contempt for TV is evident in his strip. I think I have a slightly different take on TV though. Bill never mentioned a show by name, but I think certain shows rise above the ordinary level of the rubbish on TV.
I've included a sort of mention of Desperate Housewives here and I really
think It's one of those shows that rises above.

But what does it mean?

THis comic strip is, I hope, quite arty but at the same time sort of funny. The Moonbugs find an inscription on a wall left by a long dead era in human history. To us an URL is instantly recognisable, but to them of course it's just giberish.

You may have realised that I am totaly into comic books and comic strips and I've decided to share some of my hard won insights and expertise about what is worth a look. To start with an undisputed genius who all comic strip fans must have read, and if not they should go out and get immediately, Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. The influence of this strip on the moonbugs is incredible, right down to me copying the way Bill does his signature. I always loved Calvin and Hobbes and my favourite part was always when Calvin imagined himself to be Spaceman Spiff. The Moonbugs is very much grounded in those Spaceman Spiff adventures. Here's a link to the book where it all started.

Heavy

This comic strip was inspired by the weekly competition run by http://www.illustrationfriday.com/ where the idea is to do an illustration based on a word. This weeks word (unless they have updated it) is heavy. I wracked my brains a little bit and came up with a little joke the Moonbugs characters could do based on the word heavy. It is a little hard on Caz's dignity but them's the breaks.

Raw, medium or well done?

This comic strip was suggested by my part-time vegitarianism. I hate pink bits in a burger, especially after I've taken a couple of bites and if I find a caterpillar in my salad I just freak. All in all a very finacky eater.

It's hard to be a dentist

This comic strip reminds me quite strongly of the sort of illustrations I liked very much as a kid. Children's comics like Whizzer and Chips, and of course the Beano. I am really trying to get ahead with creating these strips so that I can be sure to publish every day. I am feeling confident that at least a little black and white comic strip every day should be possdible.

Movie Star Moonbug

There are celebrities as well as stars on the planet of the Moonbugs. And have you ever noticed that a guy can get cast in a film no matter how old they get. The same is true on the Moonbugs home planet, as you can see in this comic strip. I am really enjoying drawing these, especially the colour versions, which I will do more of when time allows. The fun thing is getting to know the characters. Most were made up by me and my girlfriend in a beer (Hoegarden) fuelled flash of inspiration. Time is a little short at the moment because I'm on holiday in Australia, so I can't complain.

Another Little Bit of Politics

Another political one here. In this comic strip I'm trying to explain how Caz got into politics in the first place. President Monkeybrain is of course intended to echo the superpower president here on Earth, George W. The skeletal character is intended as one of those horrible business lobbyists, buying favours.