Tag: drawing comics

BLOTTING PAPER The Comic: Production Report No.27

Art, Blotting Paper, Comics June 24, 2017

It’s been a long time between bowls of milk and plates of fish for my cat characters…in my occasional series of mini-profiles…that I have created in my comics! So, in this overdue post…I am focusing on the two animal characters of my own creation…Busch and Cohl, the pair of cats from my comic Blotting Paper: The Recollected Graphical Impressions Of Doctor Comics.  Cohl is a cat of French origin who absolutely loves reading comics…not to mention draw, especially with pen and ink…on quality art paper. Although he favours bande dessinée, the Euro-Comics, and more Marcinelle than Bruxelle School…he has somewhat reluctantly been prepared to read some manga…and is finally beginning to find it quite appealing. Mon Dieu!

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First appearance of Cohl, the black cat-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill  (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).  
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Cohl likes to read comics-©2013 Dr. Michael Hill  (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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He also likes to draw-©2013  Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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Cohl is capable of concocting a cunning business plan-©2014 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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After a brush with Modernism in Berlin he begins to organise his own life a little better-©2015  Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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He enjoys riding his Ghost bike through Tiergarten…really, really fast…yet trying not to give his syrah too much bottle shock-©2016  Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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Now spending many relaxing and uninterrupted days reading comics in his little flat…and occasionally contemplating the creation of his own graphic novel!-©2016  Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
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And dreaming of how life could be if only it would…!-©2016  Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

And now to the other cat in the comic…Busch, of German origin, who loves to eat…mostly meat and seafood…and to occasionally read comics…and even to draw, with a pencil or crayon on whatever paper is to hand…even if it already has an image on it such as a newspaper or magazine page or shopping receipt. He will generally expect that drawing results in the awarding of a snack. Busch can eat and Busch can dance…and sometimes he goes hungry, gets seasick, goes shopping, dresses up and has tantrums.

Eating noodles in a container-pen and ink drawing and collage-© 2016 Michael Hill
Eating noodles inside a shipping container on a cargo ship at sea!-pen and ink drawing and collage-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Drinking milk by the fridge-pen and ink drawing-© 2012 Michael Hill
Drinking milk from the carton by the fridge!-pen and ink drawing and photography-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill  (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Dancing in a Hamburg disco-pen and ink drawing-© 2015 Michael Hill
Dancing in a Hamburg disco!…pen and ink drawing and torn paper collage-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Doing tantrum graffiti on the bedroom wall-pen and ink drawing-© 2012 Michael Hill
Vigorous praying, tantrum inspired, graffiti on the bedroom wall!…pen and ink drawing-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
A seasick cat at sea, pen and ink drawing-© 2015 Michael Hill
A seasick cat at sea…how horrible! A pen and ink drawing-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Emoting the fear of hunger-pen and ink drawing-© 2011 Michael Hill
Expressing and emoting the fear of hunger!-pen and ink drawing-©2011 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Starving at the fish market in Tokyo-pen and ink drawing and woodblock print-© 2016 Michael Hill
Short of money and consequently starving at the fish market in Tokyo-pen and ink drawing and woodblock print-©2016 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Dressing up as his master-pen and ink drawing, collage and photography-© 2012 Michael Hill
Dressing up as his master-pen and ink drawing, collage and photography-©2012 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).
Shopping with a canine friend in Germany-pen and ink drawing-© 2015 Michael Hill
Shopping with an unnamed but friendly, canine friend in Germany…pen and ink and colour pencil drawing with photography and collage-©2015 Dr. Michael Hill (a.k.a. Doctor Comics).

I wish my pair of feline cartoon characters and I happy adventures in future comics!

(All text, photos and artwork-©2017 Dr. Michael Hill a.k.a. Doctor Comics).