Inspirations 01-Life in hell

The man behind the yellow toned, overbite, bug eyes, round teeth... you get what I'm talking about. 

That's Matt Groening. Creator of the Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment.

But before he made all those shows, he made a comic series. It was called Life in Hell.

What's the hell part? Los Angeles. I don't get why Matt Groening hated L.A back in the 1970s but that's the beauty of satire. Without satire, how can we lead a happy life and shield ourselves from the negative.

The strip is no longer printed (It ended it's run on newspapers in 2012) but despite that, it's left a lasting impression on artist such as myself. 

And to think this all started with a cynical rabbit...

A one eared rabbit...

And two bulbous nosed men who dress like Charlie Brown.

The satire was everywhere in this underground comic. I think the best part of newspaper comics in general is that the subject matter changes depending on the publication. 

That's the same format used for other comics such as THE FAR SIDE and GARFIELD.

I wish I had more to show and I do but they're buried in an external hard drive somewhere.

So to end this post, I'm gonna show you something that is sort of dissimilar to the comics above:

Sort of the same formatting as with Life in Hell but this is actually a comic created by me... way back in 2016. The Draw a Dog title was based off a joke my art teacher made in high school.