ghost sketches

Here are some very…VERY early ideas for the ghost.

new strip progress

Tag line: “Finally…death is funny again.”

Character design is proving tricky. Don’t want him to look cliche, but I need the ghost to be flexible enough to play with. Will be posting sketches soon.

Need a name for the ghost and the strip. Open to suggestions.

Back from the dead

An apropos headline considering my post topic: a new strip idea–a ghost that lives with a family. And yes, I used the word “live” ironically on purpose.

I sat down in my new and unfurnished drawing room (I’m out of the kitchen, finally) to work on Moe. And as is usually the case, I began doodling to warm up the ol’ noodle. Well, my recent discovery of the comic book “The Goon” must have dripped out of my subconscious because zombies began rising from the dead white paper in front of me.

Then ghosts.

Then the idea for a strip based on the notion of a ghost that isn’t “haunting” a family, as much as he’s moved in with them. Or, more precisely, they moved in with him.

So far, I know this…he’s a bit of a drinker, we don’t know when he died, but he loves Jazz and knows all of the cool ghosts. He’ll be sort of an uncle to the family’s young son, who is a depressed little kid. NOT EMO depressed. But more like a person who is acutely aware of the harsh realities of life that he will inevitably face when he grows up.

I don’t know what the name of the strip is or the name of the ghost. In fact I’m working on the character designs right now. I’m moving towards a very flexible and rubbery feel for the ghost, that way I can get extremely exaggerated and cartoony with him.

I’ll post sketches soon.

In the meantime, enjoy this little bit of nonsensical wonder