Comic Strips

     In class we took a look at the Peanuts comic strips along with Krazy Kat. I remember ever since I was a child growing up, anytime I saw a newspaper such as the Herald Tribune laying around, I would immediately flip to the comic section and the Peanuts comic strip was usually one of the first ones I would lay my eyes on. I didn't have any interest in the stressful problems that would be on headliners. I was just a kid, who had time to make the day even harder and worry about something totally out of your power?
     In both the Peanuts and Krazy Kat, I adored the simplicity. You know exactly which character is which with just a slightly different mark than the other. Every peanuts character had the same body type for the most part but their silhouettes would be totally different based on their clothes or hair shape. In Krazy Kat, we know the difference between the characters because it is a contrast of species. Krazy Kat is a genius comic strip with a nice balance. One of my favorite things about the artwork while reading it in class was by far the environment and background landscapes. They felt so fun and surreal and made the realm Krazy Kat existed in so believable. It's truly amazing how he took the concept of a character throwing a brick at another and twisted it in so many different ways. I look up to the artwork in both of these comic strips because I admire the fun simplicity anyone creates. I tend to over think my artwork all the time. People tell me the content in my sketchbook is gold compared to my final illustrations. I'm really struggling to find a happy middle ground in my own work.