This comics anthology explores the playful and poignant aspects of sequential art, crossing genres to produce a through-provoking collection. There have been 3 editions of this book, published in 2012, 2014 and 2023. And each time, I updated the cover. The first edition used my most recent rendering of Super Duper Ham. The second edition featured a self-portrait, and the third a digital collage using graphic elements representing each of the comics in the book.
Flying Solo was first self-published in 2009 and later included in Sketches and Streams. A new cover and logo were created for a 2023 reprinting of the individual comic. Both versions of the cover recreated one of the comic’s panels.
In 2011, I self-published a sketchbook collecting some of the collages I made using original panel art from Momentos, Flying Solo, Super Duper Ham: Day One and Martian Debut. I reprinted the sketchbook in 2021 and took the opportunity to update the cover and logo.
I first came up with the Gorilla for Super Duper Ham: Day One, but started reworking the character concept for The Amazing Adventures of Awesome and Oops. This version is a robotic suit that the maker of the Ninjanzee wears to enter the fray and fight Fernando in his battle suit.
I came up with the Ninjanzee for The Amazing Adventures of Awesome and Oops. The are ninja who are rebuilt after each defeat, first into cyborgs and then ultimately into robots. These robots wear a furry suit over their robot bodies.
Fernando is the parental guardian of Awesome and Oops. When the family are having adventures, he wears his action suit. But when the kids are threatened, he is quick to don his battle suit.
My 2013 comic Blanco y Negro introduced my two Spanish super rabbits. They will return in my comic series The Amazing Adventures of Awesome and Oops, wearing robotic suits to help them interact with the human world. The designs for suits would reflect how each rabbit wants to interact with people they come in contact with.
Red rubber fur, over red rubber skin, over red rubber muscles, over red rubber bones. Oops creates this avatar so he can upload his consciousness and go out and explore the world unsupervised, thinking that his body and mind will be safe at home. Unfortunately, the upload process is more of a transfer process and getting home ends up being a lot more complicated than he thought it would be.
I developed this character for a comics series called The Amazing Adventures of Awesome and Oops. He is Awesome’s little brother. This adolescent genius builds an exoskeleton to interact with a world designed for adults. He is also a Super Duper Ham fan.
I developed this character for a comics series called The Amazing Adventures of Awesome and Oops. She is Oops’ older sister, who was rescued from a research facility that modified her brain, arms and hands, giving her rudimentary telekinetic abilities.