His powers are waning, he’s ill, he may be dying and he doesn’t even have his bullet-proof wig. Can Sam stand up to an assassination attempt?
(click the pic to visit full-size version and the complete archive of Darryl’s previous Super-Sam and John-of-the-night strips. Art ©2008 Darryl Cunningham; if you want permission to reproduce any part of it you should ask him)
I know I could be accused of bias since Super-Sam runs on here, but I have to say I think the strip has come quite a ways since the beginning, where it was more stand-a-lone, gag driven episodes. Much as I enjoyed those (and they regularly put a smile on my face) I think I have enjoyed the creation of an ongoing story arc much more; that continuing story has also allowed the characters to breathe a bit more too, I think. And I think Darryl’s style has developed noticeably through the series’ run; its looking much more confident and sharper now while the way he has been playing with the colouring recently gives the strip a nice, strong visual impact.
For Darryl fans there is more good news this week as he’s been working on a new strip, Uncle Bob Adventures: “Uncle Bob tells extraordinary tales of his long and adventurous life to his young nieces. Thrill to these colourful stories of Victorian London, the Wild West, darkest Africa, and at the Earth’s Core. All this and not much more. Winner of the Golden Monkey Best Comic Award (which I’ve just made up). ” Methinks Darryl has been re-watching his Doug McClure movies again for inspiration! He’s made up an online Ebook with four Uncle Bob tales on MyEbook for you to check out. Incidentally, for the creators among you Darryl tells me he found their site and software very easy to use and is quite pleased with what it let him do.
Tue, Nov 25, 2008
Comics and cartoons, Darryl Cunningham's Super-Sam