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  1. Greasebat

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    Many thanks! So fun to draw, although I was supposed to be picking up fallen branches & weeding the side of my house in preparation for a rock garden... too hot for that mess
     
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    "om nom nom, moon rocks, nom nom nom." fun drawing!

    is greasebat able to travel through space without a ship or a suit? did he destroy that rocket on purpose? is he angry or embarrassed? so many stories packed into one frame.
     
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    Jeff, this is just wonderful. Really captures the spirit of adventure and wonder of the original. This would be awesome as a series of small homage prints.

    Tintin and asterix were some of the first comics I ever read and I often wonder if those back covers with the display of all the various book covers is what fired up the very first Collecting impulse in me
     
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    Thanks, I was considering a set of postcards, for a couple reasons- cheap & easy to make, everything looks great shrunken down... But I have a couple Tintin serigraph / silk screened posters that I love, so I may look into a small run of medium size posters.

    I thoroughly enjoyed drawing this and coloring it. When I was in elementary school me and my friend checked out a couple Tintin books over & over. At the end of the year they were all beat up, so the library teacher gave them to us (thanks!) and I treasured the one I had, Flight 714, for years. They were pretty hard to come by in the USA.

    So later when I worked in a comic store one of the guys there ordered the books for me, and I was in Heaven. I love Herge's style, color palette and the research he did for his illustrations.

    Anyways, I'm glad you guys like it ! I can't wait to draw more....
     
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    ^^^ Totally . . . i love Tintin parodies and that one is great.

    Nice work :)

    Tintin and Asterix were really big in my house when i was growing-up. I've been reading them pretty much all my life.

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    Asterix, I bought one of them once, I need to give it a try again. If I get some free time today I want to work on the companion issue to this one, Destination Moon. Although that scaffolding looks like a giant pain to draw!

    I have this Greasebat sort of storyline in my head (and on paper) that I proposed to somebody with great success recently. The two guys on my cover here are obviously not Herge characters, so I'm trying to incorporate them into the art. Mini-Greasebat is a fitting substitute for Snowy!

    Anyways, thanks MOOG !
     
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    just got my gummy set.. awesome details yet so adorable cute! gonna bring em for travel :D
     
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    Woohoo...Finally got my first Greasebat!
     
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    That Herge homage is exquisite. Way to go!
     
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    Thanks, glad you like it! I'm still loving the ugly little guy.

    Turns out the Tintin images will be printed up by Clutter mag sometime soon. I'm hoping for a high quality image about twice the size of the actual covers.
     
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    That's great news!! Count me in!
     
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    yeah I would love one ..but really 12 pounds to send a flat lil wallet..seems a lil meh
     
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    Yeeouch! That's outrageous.

    I'll look into him sending me a bunch for sale in the US, at cheapo shipping.

    I just assumed these would be strictly a UK thing, since they are based on oyster travel cards for the underground. I didn't foresee that anyone in the US would want one.
     
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    i have a few, they fit my credit cards and bank cards perfectly. And they sit nice and slim in your pants.
     
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    There's a joke here but I'm too lazy this morning to look for it.
     
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    you're welcome ;)
     
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    I am really loving that mini GB all done up in silver and with those pink eyes - what a stunner.
     
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    great picture bill, thanks.

    and I prefer the term one-off rather than custom :)

    I had the change some words around as the original title of the orange was !

    Candy Corn Rub One-off
     
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    ^ ha!

    by the way, kirby had them officially listed as "customs" on the catalog/sale sheet. i guess he didn't want to risk "rub one-off" either?
     
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    Thanks for the photo! Looks great painted up, nice job Chad!
     
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    That's seriously Hilarious. I am gonna giggle about that the rest of the day.
     
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    These micros were sold at the Onell booth at NYCC on Saturday. Sculpted by Monster5. They're pretty rad, I picked one up and the orange really pops. He'll look great with the gummis.
     

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