Jurascals: Poetry Adventure Blog 2

Long Day's Journey into night-for this next grouping of 6 comicstrips, I approached the idea of heading into night time to signify that Lina and her Dinosaur are really heading out on an amazing adventure, though granted it might be the kind of "Max and the where the wild things are" perspective of time (in and out of weeks etc)/

The above was a shout out to my longtime Jurascal-pals the Fingerlakes SPCA-CNY at Auburn who are actually having that fundraiser :)

And of course the above one is a favorite of mine. The purpose of this adventure is to discuss poetry and so comicstrips like this allows me to put these classic poems on the canvas of the Jurascals landscape.

Will post more soon!

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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!