art & words by jame, a dandy fopp
I attended Catholic School,
and one of
my classmates was
Nat Laager,
son of a commercial
artist named
Ken Laager...
Ken drew the covers of
those cheap
western novels...
he was very nice
and i
inspired me to draw,
even when everyone said
i sucked...
I drew nonstop for years...
I was WAY into comics,
superheroes and such...
and yet i developed a
taste for the
independent stuff
early on, too...
Well, it's years
later,
and
i don't think
i suck, do you?
he he...keep at it kids!
use crayons if you have to,
Just express yourself
without compromise
My influences are paul pope,
maxfield parrish, daniel clowes,
nick cave, lou reed, tom waits,
hunter thompson, and johnny cash.
I hope to one day
make a living
in comics
a laughable goal
if you know
how hard it is
to make it
in the independents
but
it's what i want
I have a couple ideas
for biographical comics
about musicians,
including hank williams,
muddy waters,
and a HUGE project about
the rise and fall of
Sun Records...
site ran by the one & only ki (owner of halfemptyfull.com & the halfemptyfull art group hosted by yahoo! ) if you would like to see the complete collection from this artist you may contact me via yahoo! pager, handle: cynical_clinic