Super-sized goodness in the guest comic today, from Aidan Casserly, creator of the dark comedy webcomic Scapula, about the trials of a deviant but largely ineffectual supervillain. The dark comedy vibe runs pretty strongly through his take on Odori Park, too; in all the times I’ve drawn him, I’ve never been unsettled by Sprout the way I am upon seeing the last panel here… The details in this strip are great, from the Where’s Waldo of pop characters, to the photographed Scapula doll (”it’s an action figure!”), I am thoroughly impressed! Thanks, Aidan!
March 24th, 2010 at 5:06 am
[...] goodness in the guest comic today, from Aidan Casserly, creator of the dark comedy webcomic Scapula, about the trials of a deviant [...]
March 24th, 2010 at 7:58 am
Another great one. I am glad you put mine towards the beginning. I wouldn’t want to follow these guys.
March 24th, 2010 at 8:32 am
A fate Buzz Lightyear almost suffered!
March 24th, 2010 at 11:22 am
I’ll admit I took a lot of liberties with the characters (and not just the maniacal look on Sprout’s face). There’s no way in hell Arisa would let her child within a mile of an explosive of that caliber, and I’d like to think even Colin would have a little more sense than that (…but only a little).
In any event, I had a load of fun with the characters and it’s great to see my vile cartoon tentacles reaching out and corrupting other fine webcomics out there. Anyone else want me to do a guest strip?
March 24th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Somehow I managed to put my comment under today’s blog. Wow. Sometimes I feel as though my mind has … exploded. Hey … wait a minute …
March 24th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
Hey… what’s wrong with a little explosives every now and then? Blowing things up is like a man thing.
March 25th, 2010 at 5:49 am
March 25th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Hi Anju,
I still draw by hand and scan it in; sadly, I have yet to learn how to fine tune my new scanner so the results above are pretty jagged. I do draw on a Wacom tablet at times but so far my hand-drawn work still comes out stronger (and I can’t afford a Cintiq).
When it comes to color it’s Photoshop time; I usually keep layers as few and simple as possible (probably only five or six for the comic above).
Hope that helps!
March 25th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Bearman: On the contrary, I’d say yours set the stage
I’d love to see your interpretation of other comics. Maybe even some of the famous funny page classics. 
Dan: To infinity, indeed!
DadaHyena: I absolutely loved your take, Aidan.
SpilledInk: You’re in good company, Robert…
Bo: It’s a rite of passage!
Anju: Welcome!
April 7th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
This comic really cracked me up! Aidan knows how to peek inside our souls and bring the silly out.
April 12th, 2011 at 6:14 pm
why are you blowing up knock off figure of a shocker grunt?