Jason Frazer, creator of the comic Twisted Musings, and I had us a little fan art swap. I drew his character Billy from his newest comic of the same name that starts June 11, and in exchange he sent me this awesome depiction of the Planet X cast so far. This has everything! The Jungle Oasis, Jeff’s house, Balloon Boy…and Jeff, Ellie, and Muffin, who all look awfully calm in the presence of Mr. Wallowmuck. So go check out Jason’s wonderful comic Twisted Musings while waiting for his new strip, Billy, to begin.
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This week we opened our email here at Mission Control and found this amazing rendition of Jeff by Denver Brubaker, creator of the fantastic comic-noir Tales of a Checkered Man!
And how cool is it that Denver’s drawing depicts Jeff’s sense of smell the same week we’re focusing on one of his other senses? Denver says, “It’s been a long time comin’ but I finally finished my Ellie fan-art! I have had the pencils done on this pic of Jeff for quite some time now, but wanted to wait until I got more comfortable inking with a brush before I took the next step.” Using a brush is no easy feat, but it looks like he’s settled right in. It’s wonderful work and I’m tickled and touched that Denver’d spend so much time putting this together.
So, speaking of taste, go exercise yours by visiting Denver’s tribute to adventure pulps and caped crusaders: Tales of a Checkered Man! And if anyone else has a drawing of Jeff or Ellie, or even Muffin, send them in to jim@jimcandraw.com, or click on the contact button in the menu bar at the top! We’ll post them right here!
Jeff’s got some weird anatomy and it can be a challenge to draw. Sometimes he’s a quadruped, sometimes a biped . . . sometimes standing on his back leg-like tentacle appendages, sometimes on his front ones. Sometimes balancing on just one. Usually his legs are pretty short which makes it interesting when he has to reach his head. Luckily the Warbling Orange-Crested Quadrapus doesn’t have an internal skeleton (except for a pretty thick skull) so he can stretch those arms far enough to feed himself. Here’s a bunch of sketches of Jeff and his alien anatomy.
Months ago, while we were still waiting for more data from Ellie about her discovery of Jeff the Quadrapus, other members of Mission Control and myself scribbled out our ideas of what we thought he looked like based on the first fuzzy photos.