QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* » devil https://www.quickdraw.me QuickDraw: *free comics for YOU!* Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:53:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 One Hundred Characters https://www.quickdraw.me/1021 https://www.quickdraw.me/1021#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 23:00:44 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=1021 OMG no story today. You'll just have to settle for this.

'Autobiography' John Allison said. "Get over it," in an enjoyable little manifesto. I'm a hobbyist, not a professional webtoonist. Point taken though: it's good to explore new frontiers. So: if I were to do more fiction, what stories, what characters would I want to see? It took me a week to assemble them. Referencing and […]]]>

OMG no story today. You'll just have to settle for this.

'Autobiography' John Allison said. "Get over it," in an enjoyable little manifesto. I'm a hobbyist, not a professional webtoonist. Point taken though: it's good to explore new frontiers.

So: if I were to do more fiction, what stories, what characters would I want to see?

It took me a week to assemble them. Referencing and drawing kept me busy longer than I'd thought.

Thanks to: Kim Phally, Moeu Diyadaravuth, Vanessa Boots, Sasha Constable, Dana of Java Arts, Sovanna Phum, the Our Books team, & especially my family.

Now it's your turn: What characters would you like to see more of ? Please make your suggestions in the comments below. (The first cogent Cambodian commenter will get a framed QuickDraw print of their choice.) Click HERE for larger sizes.

If the comment form gives you too much trouble, hit me via John@Jweeks.Net.

]]> https://www.quickdraw.me/1021/feed 6 Aussie Animal Diseases https://www.quickdraw.me/683 https://www.quickdraw.me/683#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.quickdraw.me/?p=683 Did I mention the leaves Koalas chew are mildly narcotic? Gives new meaning to the term 'drop bear'.

Studying in Australia from 1996 to 1998 I read about the spread of Kangaroo blindness in the newspaper. There are more 'roos than humans in Australia. (And do they vote?) Kangaroo Blindness: now academic, but the virus is still out there. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12126.x/full http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo#Blindness Tasmanian Devil Tumors: nocturnal marsupial carnivore scavengers: these guys are ten kinds […]]]>

Did I mention the leaves Koalas chew are mildly narcotic? Gives new meaning to the term 'drop bear'.

Studying in Australia from 1996 to 1998 I read about the spread of Kangaroo blindness in the newspaper. There are more 'roos than humans in Australia. (And do they vote?)

Kangaroo Blindness: now academic, but the virus is still out there.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1751-0813.1999.tb12126.x/full
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo#Blindness

Tasmanian Devil Tumors: nocturnal marsupial carnivore scavengers: these guys are ten kinds of nasty. The young eat some of their siblings before coming out of the pouch, let's just leave it at that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_facial_tumour_disease
' Save the devil': http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/

Koala Chlamydia: these little marsupials get around. Just sayin'.
http://www.aolnews.com/2010/09/17/koala-population-ravaged-by-chlamydia/

http://www.savethekoala.com

When the animals you see on Australian flags and currency are suffering from worries about cancer and venereal disease, they've joined our world of daily worries and apprehensions. (Cheers to Clint Q-Ray for sparking off this idea.)

Australian ecological studies can be pretty fascinating and surreal, especially when you look at the introduction of European species over a relatively short period of time. More funky animal fun to come!

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