Comic Art &T.Hachtman 06 May 2007 08:11 am
Gertrude, Meet God
– After posting some of the Gertrude Follies strips and storyboard sections from our old feature board, I’d decided to go ahead and make a short short out of one of the funnier strips. So we’ve had that in production for the last couple of weeks.
Knowing I needed more writing, I asked Tom Hachtman, the strip’s creator, to get involved, and he’s been sending new material to us. Most of it seems to have gone off on a tangent – a funny one, so I thought I’d post a couple of these new pieces.
(Obviously, with his permission.)
It starts with Gertrude, Alice and Pabs in a restaurant about to order some fast food.
(Click any image to enlarge.)
A.O. Scott has an article in today’s NYTimes which talks about retrofitting movies from old television shows. Specifically, he talks about Underdog, but then talks about animated features such as The Simpsons and other cgi product. It’s a good read.
on 07 May 2007 at 2:17 am 1.Tom Sito said …
Mike, what a great idea! I always loved Gertrudes Follies and thought it would make a great animation some day. I loved the ones with Hemingway and the one where Picasso puts a Piaf record on a hotplate thinking it’s a record player. Best of luck with your short.
on 11 May 2007 at 1:37 pm 2.Eddie Fitzgerald said …
Boy, I wish my paper would carry strips like this!