After getting all wound up on the phone one day, I had a vision that gave me some insight into the shape and nature of the universe, and I wrote poem about it, called “The Song of the Vortex”, which you can read here.
At first I thought it was going to be a comic, and these are the strips I made . The comic started to veer off in a different direction, which I kind of liked, so I decided to preserve my core conception of the Vortex in verse, and let the comic do its own thing. I actually wrote a whole lot more of these strips, but I guess I got distracted by something shiny and never drew them all. Here are the 36 I did draw. File under,: projects I would love to expand on one day.
Ferdinand is a character who has been with me since I was in high school. Maybe someday I’ll show you some of that early work of mine, but you are not ready yet,
It’s all true 
Story of my life 
Here we were 
Wizards in the Vortex 
Dr. Pill arrives 
Sorry to say.. 
You should have already realized this by now… 
The best offer you are going to get. 
Snortlebuzzjuzz 
Snortlebuzzjuzz comes out. 
Universal Problem #1 – Hats 
It’s all just the vortex. 
Dr. Pill answers some basic questions about the vortex. 
You need to think in at least 4D for this one. 
The Vortex brings all kinds of stuff… 
Fun in the Vortex 
More about the Vortex 
Your house is on fire 
Danger in the Vortex 
Try this at home. 
Rog & Dot 
Enter the Drumposaurus 
Who let him out? 
Don’t ask me why. 
The dogs of marriage 
Four years of this? 
Trumputinbrexit 
That started it 
Dr. Quack testifies to the health of the Drumposaurus. 
You Bring The Ducks 
Super slack 
Survival of the Fittest. 
$Hitcoin$ 
Congressman Crow explains the new tax bill. 
Resistance is useless. 
One more time around?
I think, like a cell, my story splits here. One half is the one about the vortex, and my poem “Song of the Vortex” continues that story. I think, though, that I want to make more comics about dogs and ducks… and exploding kitties. Poor Monty. xxx
The astute amongst you might have noticed that Dr. Pill looks a lot like Sgt. Snapper from “Where’s the Mermaid?“. That is no coincidence. Where’s the Mermaid? was the project I worked on after this, and he just had to be in there keeping an eye on everybody… the Mer-World version of him, anyway 😉
from
“Where’s the Mermaid?”
by Chuck Whelon
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