WiLD LiFE: My first published strip

Wild Life comic

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

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  • hariReply
    February 28, 2008 at 9:15 am

    Excellent work… haha… You are so talented.

    Put dhristi protection on you :)

  • krishnaReply
    February 28, 2008 at 9:01 pm

    lol – I cringe when I look back at this early work – but it’s a reminder nonetheless that I’ve got to keep practicing.

  • eddieReply
    February 29, 2008 at 9:51 am

    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!

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