My Tomversation comic panel is still on “vacation” and I’ve been working on Ollie And Jacomo these past couple of weeks. Their adventures start up again this week.
I’m introducing a new character starting tomorrow, he’s a hound dog named Jasper. I always thought if I had a dog I would name him Jasper, and here he is. My friend Tom (another Tom) has a dog named Jasper, and it sort of just fits.
Ollie And Jacomo (and Jasper) are all simply drawn cartoons – not much detail or color. I got the idea many years ago. I told the story before . . .
Some years ago, in 2013, I saw a cute black and white cartoon daily on Instagram. A 19-year-old guy from Norway or that area of the world would post this great cartoon about a 5-year-old boy and a snowman. Each day it was sort of a full adventure in one comic panel and without any words! It was that good. It was quite amazing. And that’s what gave me the idea to start up “Ollie And Jacomo” which went through a few names and titles since then.
I was enthralled by the artwork and concept from the guy from Norway and I wish I had remembered his name. He started branching out, selling his work as greeting cards and things like that. The reason I may have stopped following him was that at the end of winter and these charming cartoons, he had the snowman melt! Yes, the snowman melted and that was the end of the adventures of him and the boy and he probably stopped posting things so his account just went dormant.
I often wonder how far he made it with his beautiful art and what he is up to now. He must be in his early 30s now.
I reworked my characters and premise over time, renamed some and am love covering, drawing, and doing their adventures. They sort of write themselves.
I don’t want to do two things at once – Ollie and Jacomo along with my Tomversation daily cartoon panel, so my Tomversation comic panel is going on hiatus right now.
I have this idea about cartoons having seasons, like tv shows, you know, one cartoon will run for a bit, then take a break, then another will run in its place and so on. And then the other will come back with new episodes and so on .
Ollie And Jacomo is published Monday thru Friday daily, you can see them online at these locations:
Website: OllieAndJacamo.com
Facebook: facebook.com/OllieAndJacomo
Instagram: instagram.com/ollieandjacomo
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Until next time . . .
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