Originally uploaded by kms007
I attended the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the early to mid ’90s. It was there that I got my first big break as a cartoonist for a newspaper – The Daily Beacon.
The Daily Beacon was (and still is) the official UTK student newspaper, circulated every weekday. My comic strip, “WiLD LiFE” was published 5 times a week for the Fall semester of 1993. While cleaning up my office, I came across many of my old drawings from this period.
Each comic was drawn on bristol, penciled, lettered – then inked. No computers – all 100% analog – using a Pentel 0.5mm mechanical pencil and Microns. The panel you see here was the very first strip of my 4 month run. I worked on the entire run of strips during the summer of 1993, after working full-time as an intern (co-op) at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant in Chattanooga, TN.
Anyhoo, the main characters of the strip were Max (the rat), Oz (the rabbit), and Jana (the gal – not quite sure what animal she was…). Seeing this strip was a trip down memory lane.
Enjoy!
-Krishna
Excellent work… haha… You are so talented.
Put dhristi protection on you :)
lol – I cringe when I look back at this early work – but it’s a reminder nonetheless that I’ve got to keep practicing.
Aint nothing like reminiscing over old art and looking at what you do now… amazing isn’t it? And you’re right we have to keep practicing, just like a fine wine. keeps getting better and better. keep up the great work!