Jurascals and Poetry: A New Adventure

After working on the "ART" inspired comic strips (the Best of is from last month's blog), I decided to work on an even more daunting task for the next segment of JURASCALS (which is found at present exclusively in the print edition and e-edition of the Auburn Citizen). I have decided to start addressing the LITERARY world! The above comic strip from 5/28/2012 actually tells it all. The characters, Lina and Dinosaur, are on Monet's boatstudio on a waterway and they realize they are about to go into uncharted waters. This is true for many levels, not the least of which is a metaphor for myself-I'm going to stretch the envelope of my own abilities to come up with a compelling story that primarily discusses literary figures and concepts and still do it within the context of a comic strip. And as their first "mission" in this new storyline is to discuss POETRY (in much the same way I discussed "ART" in the previous work), it was fitting to start off with a poem by Whitman from Leaves of Grass. (see below)

Now I finished out May using the crayon as they moved down the canal but I really missed the sharp look of acrylic paint for the main characters so I decided June 1st, I'd transition back to the acrylic.

Also please note I began actively throwing in more "shout outs' to fans of Jurascals within the context. One friend of Jurascals (a Jurascal-pal) is from Alabama, so I drew the Yellowhammer in the foreground on the above comic strip for him. The initials MV on the trunk are for another Jurascal-pal and there are plenty more to come!

As one can see, I'm adding more references to poetry within the context of the story-little bit of Coleridge after some Whitman earlier...

And I will post even more as time allows! My main focus is to create first and foremost so I apologize if the website is not updated as often as I would like. The facebook page is more of the tool for the updates so if you like what you see, please like us on facebook at facebook/jurascals

If you do not have a facebook account, please drop a line via email at rascals@jurascals.com  or make a comment in the blog-would love to hear from you!

And finally, one Jurascal-pal liked Jurascals so much she emailed her local newspaper and requested that they run it! That's wonderful and if you do the same, please, please please let me know!