Several of you have been asking me what’s next. A very curious lot, you are. Well, I can tell you that the sci-fi show I’ve decided to work on in my spare time is called Moon Town. I’ll even share the first two sketches that put the crazy idea in my head in the first place. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll tell you more as events warrant.
Meanwhile, enjoy these sketches. The top one was an early sketch I came up with while chatting on the phone. It’s typical of my phone doodles in that something’s going on, it’s not exactly clear what, and I don’t even particularly remember drawing it.
The second sketch, below, I remember very clearly drawing. I was locked in a meeting in a prior job with someone who liked to hold agendaless meetings. I guess I was feeling like a trapped alien, so this is what I drew, though I don’t know why he’s smiling. Whatever the reason, I really like that critter.
I should say that neither the top nor the bottom sketch represents what Moon Town will be. They’re only the sketches that jumpstarted me once upon a time, back when I was thinking of the series as a fifties throwback starring a super-cool spaceman named Ace Tripline, and it was going to be a real tribute to the sort of pulp era TV shows, full of Flash Gordon, classic comics, and art deco forms. Somewhere along the way, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow came along and hit all those notes, and once I saw it, I realized I had neither the desire nor the skill to repeat that performance. So Moon Town is shifting slightly toward a simpler, more character-based approach, but with plenty of action, all of which is more in line with my current influences, aesthetic and abilities.
I hope that answers your need for info for the time being. More later.
