CK Cartoons Five

So I’m going to be honest with you.  This blog will be short and sweet.  Er, short anyway.  Well, not exactly short, either, but more brief than usual.  Because while I am not expending the usual effort for this particular blog, I am already hard at work on the next two blogs, because once school starts my time will be limited and these things don’t write themselves, people.  Since I’ve had a serious blog or two lately, I have elected to bring back CK for a few fun frames.

The first two are a bit random, as I had that awkward time between Christmas and New Years to fill.  The others are about New Year’s, which for some reason I seem to be really focusing on this year (I don’t know why).  I think some character introductions and reintroductions are in order before you view the following cartoons.

The main character, of course, is CK.  Which stands for Cookie Killer.  If you still have any confusions on that one, refer to an older blog here.

Ed was part of Skay Newsday like the other characters, but this first strip is his introduction into CK’s Life:  Between the Meals.  In Skay Newsday, Ed was a martial arts instructor, but he’s kind of a floater in the cartoon strip.  CK needed a friend to abuse, and Elbee (his roommate) could only endure so much.  Note that in this strip there’s the unseen narrator, which we haven’t heard from since the very first strip.  I guess you could say it’s me, the cartoonist.

In this strip we see Ester, CK’s girlfriend.  God only knows why she tolerates his bone-headed behavior, but somehow she and CK are together for CK’s Life:  Between the Meals.  She’s an elementary school teacher, which explains her patience for CK.  They're at the Rooftop Diner, a recurring location in the strip.

Yes, I realize this is crappy artwork at best.  This is CK and Elbee in the kitchen in their apartment.  As a writer (and a cartoonist, apparently) I always found it helpful to draw a physical map of the environment my characters inhabited.  As such I can tell you exactly what all is in the kitchen.  While this seems unnecessary, it is actually helpful for periodical works because it brings a sense of consistency.  A lot of cartoons and TV shows will have their characters in the same location many times, but it’s layout seems to change over time.  That always bugged me.

Some cartoon strips weren’t funny so much as they were serious.  Here is a rare example of that. 

Until next time, my friends.