King Aroo and Yuptop Meet the Sloth - More Sunday Color Funnies by Jack Kent

Here's another King Aroo Sunday comic strip scan...
this one from March 9th, 1952!

Click on any image for a BIG high-resolution comic strip scan!

and the whole King Aroo Sunday strip scan is right below:

If you missed the last post about King Aroo and cartoonist Jack Kent,
you can find it HERE:

King Aroo Sunday Comic Strip By Jack Kent - December 30, 1951

There you'll also find a list of links that talk about King Aroo creator Jack Kent and his works!

Update: Many more King Aroo Sunday Comics scans right HERE.
Update #2: Still MORE King Aroo dailies and Sunday strips HERE.

King Aroo Sunday Comic Strip By Jack Kent - December 30, 1951

Here's a really fun King Aroo color Sunday comic strip by Jack Kent from December 30th 1951. As described in The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics:

"King Aroo is one of the most celebrated strips of the recent past in the comics ... appealing largely to the members of the readership that loved Krazy Kat, Barnaby, Pogo and Little Nemo. The strip began in 1950 ... but was discontinued after a few years. It was kept on in limited syndication until 1965."

I recently made some hi-res scans of some color newspaper samples of the King Aroo strip that I collected a few years ago.

Since there was only ever one book collection of the strip (in 1953) and very little merchandising, Jack Kent's King Aroo has been largely forgotten, except by a rabidly loyal group of fans that swears lifelong allegiance to the King. I have listed some links at the bottom of the post where you can look to find a few more strips, and a lot more information.

Click on any image for a BIG high-resolution comic strip scan!

Here's the whole King Aroo Sunday Comic Strip in High Resolution:

...and here are those King Aroo links I promised...

King Aroo article on Toonopedia
http://www.blogger.com/All%20about%20King%20Aroo%20and%20Jack%20Kent
A few King Aroo daily strips
Example of King Aroo daily Original Art by Jack Kent, November 24, 1960
King Aroo: Two color Sundays and a daily comic strip
The great Jack Kent and his wonderful "King Aroo"
Wanna see more King Aroo Sunday strips?
Just let me know in the comments below and I'll keep 'em coming ^_^
Update: Many more King Aroo Sunday Comics scans right HERE.
Update #2: Still MORE King Aroo dailies and Sunday strips HERE.

More Spongebob Drawing Tips: Push Those Poses and Avoid Flat Staging

For those of you who enjoyed the first batch of SpongeBob Drawing Tips, here is the second half of the handouts I created a few years ago for the drawing and staging class at Nickelodeon. Thanks to Daniel, "datter," Helmy and Julian for their comments on the last post!

click on any of the images below to see
a nice BIG high-resolution page of SpongeBob Drawing Tips

LIFE and movement have angles and curves

Go on -- Push your poses...
don't just go with your first attempt.

See how far you can push it!

click on any of the images below to see
a nice BIG high-resolution page of SpongeBob Drawing Tips

Draw through the forms
to emphasize roundness and depth

Backgrounds: Use asymmetry and angles to
create depth and interesting compositions

Background Staging -- Avoid Flatness!

Use Angles, asymmetry,
overlapping and silhouettes to add depth

if you missed the first post in this series, you can find it HERE

How to Draw SpongeBob Tip Sheets

David Nethery at http://2danimationacademy.blogspot.com
and datter at http://finaldog.com/spongebob-tip-sheets/ both pointed out what I should have mentioned at the beginning of the first post: These drawing tips go way beyond SpongeBob...the reason I'm posting them here is that these principles can be applied to all kinds of different drawing and staging applications.

I certainly didn't come up with this stuff on my own...it's really a distillation of many of the things other people (Joe Kubert, Bob Camp, Bill Wray, Tuck Tucker, Jay Lender, Larry Leichliter, Dan Povenmire, Derek Drymon, Steve Hillenburg, etc.) taught me as I was learning how to draw comics and storyboards.

If you don't have a mentor or teacher to help you out, just study as much Roy Crane, Harvey Kurtzman, Dan Gordon, Jack Kirby, Hank Ketcham, Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, Billy Wilder, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel & Hardy as you can get your hands on. Read John K's blog and the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive blog every day (visit the Archive if you're in Southern California! ).

Read comics. Watch cartoons and classic movies. Read 'em and watch 'em over and over until you can see through the plot and into the thinking and mechanics and construction of the work.

Don't forget to have fun along the way!

Spongebob Guide to Lively Poses by Sherm Cohen

Publish at Scribd or explore others: General Art Culture drawing cartoons

I'd love to hear your comments on these posts...and if there's something you'd like to see expanded on or developed further, just let me know! Enjoy and use and pass-em-on! ^_^