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GENERAL TOPICS => Tall Tales => Topic started by: Willie Dixon on January 25, 2009, 03:59:17 AM
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Hey all,
I was talking to Leo Tanner and he thought it might be a good idea to show y'all the Funnies style comic I'm working on.
It's called Greasemonkeys (TM) and it's pretty sweet. Basically it's two best friends "shot at life" style that revolves around their "greasemonkey" style. Most of the inspiration comes from my own shinanigans as a hot rodder and my friends as well. It's dedicated to my late Uncle Jimmy who is actually the main inspiration for one of the characters. The other is based off of three of my closest friends all rolled into one psychotic character!
This first strip I'm posting is the one that gave me inspiration for the comic. Basically the two of them working on a car (1971 Hemi 'Cuda) and how life is treating them.
Hope you all enjoy, and please, don't copy. It's copyrighted and I really want to see this to fruition.
thanks
Pat "Willie Dixon"
(http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u248/Mur-Pa_DiLos/3.jpg)
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Willie, I can identify with your comic strip. I grew up around the automotive repair business. My Dad was a self-taught mechanic who opened a wrecking yard/garage when he returned from WW2. He was the service mgr. at our local Ford dealer. We had a parts store, a body shop, a radiator shop, and a battery/electric shop. In 70 he was elected County Sheriff and served for 8 years before he died of Cancer.
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The guy with the mutton chops looks like a cool character. :)
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He's prolly an Elvis fan.
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He is an elvis fan. The one with the chops is in honor of my unlce. He taught me everything I know about books, movies, cars... I really miss him. I lost him when I was only 16 and he was only 49... way to young. I sang "Only the Good Die Young" at his funeral. Learned that song on piano just for him.
The guy with the chops also drives my uncle's car, a 1942 Super Deluxe Ford with a Mustang 5.0 and AOD tranny in it. That tank ran 12's in the quarter!
The spazz, Sean bought a parts car off of eBay that they're working on. I had to figure out some way a kid could afford a 1971 Hemi 'Cuda!
thanks to you guys' motivation I'll try to post up a new one every other day!
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Willie, I enjoyed "GreaseMonkeys" very much and I look forward to the next installments.
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thanks Tex, I'll keep them coming. It's nice to bounce the ideas off of you guys. I know you'll tell me the truth if you don't think it's funny or if it doesn't look right, etc.
thanks for the compliments!
also if you have any constructive criticsm please, don't hesitate to say so! That's one of the main reasons why I'm doing this, that and letting you guys enjoy my comic!
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Your guy with the cutoffs and flipflops might otta consider long pants and sensible shoes. I always managed to drop things on my feet from time to time so I got steel toed shoes.
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LOL
that's part of the humor Tex, glad you caught it. Most times I work on my cars I'm barefoot because I always wear flipflops! Never said he was smart! ;)
my Dad has a saying, "You gotta be tough if yer gunna be dumb!"
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Willie, I really miss those times at the garage. My Dad helped me buy my first car and taught me how to work on it. My first car was a 56 Chevy BelAir 2dr Ht. My dad was a FORD man. We owned a shop until he got elected Sheriff and I got out of College. I was a Reserve Deputy after I got out of College and the Army. I became a regular officer in another county after that. We eitherm had race cars, sponsored race cars, or I drove reace cars from about 1950 until 1972. I moved to D/FW in 72 and have lived there ever since.
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When I married my first wife we moved into an apartment that had an attached garage. The complex was originaly what they called a motor court. I was heavy into building motorsickles then and me and my buddies would spend hours out in that garage turnin wrenches, drinkin beer an blasting rockabilly music. One of the regular guys nicknamed it "greaseball garage" an the name stuck the whole time I lived there.
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LEO, I started goin' on wrecker calls when I was about 2. I would stand up in the seat and hold on to the collar of my Dad's coveralls. He had to go out all hours of the night and I would cry to go with him. My mom got tired of listenin' to me cryin'. My grandmother made me a pair of coveralls and sewed my name on them.
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Had a neigbor who drove a tow truck. Always felt bad fer the guy cause he'd work a whole shift, come home an tell me he was on call for the night. I'd hear that deisel fire up several times throughout the night an then see him head off for another regular shift in the morning as I was on my way to work. But I'll tell you what, his little boy sure was proud, his daddy drove a wrecker!
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Dad's first wrecker was one he built himself. He took a 38 Ford 2 door and cut the back of the body off and bult a metal flat bed on the back. the first winch was a handcrank. His first real wrecker was a 48 Ford with a Holmes bed and electric winch.
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wow,
I'm really glad I was able to bring all these happy memories back.
Thanks for the awesome stories guys!
any chance of using "Greaseball Garage" as the nickname for the garage? LOL that'd be awesome.
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My Dad taught me most of what I know about repairing cars, he was always working when I was younger. We spent more time with each other the last 10 years of his life. He had gotten elected Sheriff and I was a Reserve. We worked on some burglary cases when I was an officer in the Metroplex.
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wow,
I'm really glad I was able to bring all these happy memories back.
Thanks for the awesome stories guys!
any chance of using "Greaseball Garage" as the nickname for the garage? LOL that'd be awesome.
Feel free, it'll keep the spirit of the original alive :D
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The spirit is alive and well.
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I'll make sure it stays that way too Tex. I'll load up some character design sketches later tonight!
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Willie, I'm looking forward to it.
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Alright guys, I'll work on another strip later tonight. It may take me longer though because I'm deciding if I want to do my first Sunday strip now since that was the second one I created.
but... here's the character design sketches for the two guys' personalities!
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Cool!
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Looks good!
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Awesome!
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Willie has got a bunch of talent.
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Willie
I think you may want to consider suing Castrol for infringement!!! ::) :o
http://superbowlads.fanhouse.com/quarter1/Castrol-Grease_Monkeys/2409724
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LMAO!!
that commercial is awesome!! LOL that's so cool. I heard about Castrol coming out with an oil like that... I'm a huge Castrol fan... grew up next to John Force... goes with the territory.
thanks LIT and Russ T for checking out my comic... I promise I'll get a new one up shortly. Classes and all got me down last week, had three tests.
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Willie, Keep up with school work first and save the cartoons for later.
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that's what I've been doing, good news is that the penciling on the first Sunday strip is almost, almost done... after that, inking is a breeze.
weds I usually get more done than any other day, except today I have an audition with the music department. Looking into that as another option for my teacher's credentials.
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Willie, Good luck with your audition.
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You gonna be blowin the horn er strummin?
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I got Willie pegged as a drummer.
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I got Willie pegged as a drummer.
The boy does it all.
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Leo, I play a purty mean pair o SPOONS!
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Leo, I play a purty mean pair o SPOONS!
Kin ya do the hambone?
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I'm bettin he can do the hand jive :o ;D
I know a cat named Way Out Willie
He's got a cool little chick named Rockin' Nillie
He can walk and stroll and Susie Q
And do that crazy hand jive too
Papa told Willie, you'll ruin my home
You and that hand jive have got to go
Willie said, Papa, don't put me down
They're doin' the hand jive all over town
Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive, doin' that crazy hand jive
Mama, Mama look at Uncle Joe
He's doin' that hand jive with sister Flo
Grandma gave baby sister a dime
Said, do that hand jive one more time
Well, the doctor and the lawyer and Indian chief
They all dig that crazy beat
Way Out Willie gave 'em all a treat
When he did that hand jive with his feet / Hand jive...
Willie and Nillie got married last fall
They had a little Willie Junior, and a-that ain't all
You know, the baby got famous in his crib, you see
Doin' that hand jive on TV / Hand jive...
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Thought he was Willie tha Po'boy that CCR talked 'bout.
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??? well now, you could be right. :o
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Well we got Bo Diddly an John Fogerty tagether. Who'd ever thought they'd see that?
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We got some many ways, Ya bound to like sum of em!
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Hey guys,
OMG LOL, that's awesome. Thanks for all the support, and as Leo said, I actually play it all.
For the Music department though, I'm trying out with Trumpet. Yesterday was my prelimenary audition, and I got in!! I'm in the Collegiate Band which is pretty easy to get into, and you don't have to be a music major to be in it. I'm also now in the marching band in the fall!
as for the major, I'm first trying out with trumpet. I have two major parts to the audition I have to prepare for:
technical skill (very fast, articulated and shows my ability with the horn)
lyrical skill (can I "sing" with the horn) which I'm going to be playing "Ain't Misbehavin' by Satchmo! It's always been one of my favorites on trumpet.
After that, for the music education portion, I'll be taking classes to teach piano, guitar, drums, tuba, trumpet, clarinet, and saxophone.
thanks for the support guys!
I should have up a new comic by Saturday!! It may even be the Sunday comic I told you about!
also, here's the trumpet instructors website in case you want to check it out... turns out NAU has one of the best music departments in the country!
http://www4.nau.edu/trumpet/
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Willie, Take care of the LIPS!
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I remember watching the marching band from Gramblin when I was kid. They did some really trick stuff on the field.
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Leo, You ain't seen nuthin' till you've seen the Florida A & M Rattlers Band. They can Move and Groove.
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That might be the one I's thinkin of, the dudes twerlin the trombones an such an doin funky back steps. I think they was wearin red.
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Leo, You ain't seen nuthin' till you've seen the Florida A & M Rattlers Band. They can Move and Groove.
Doan fergit Prairieview A&M's band..... they shake n' bake!
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That would be some halftime show with Florida A & M, Grambing, and Prairie View .
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hey guys,
here's last year's marching band for NAU:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcztISoUXgo
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Leo, The band you saw was probably Florida A&M because their uniforms are reddish Orange. Grambling is Black and Gold and Prairie View is Blue and Gold.
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Hey guys,
as you know I got pretty busy... lol that's an understatement. But the good news is that I had some free time last night and worked on something I've been meaning to do. It's my logo, a logo for what? I dunno, but it's my logo, that best describes me. I was thinking about painting it on top of my gas tank on my Harley. Let me know what you think!
It's kinda hard to read in the small image, but on the left it says "Raising Hell" and on the right "Amazing Grace"
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Willie, I believe that says it all.
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thanks Tex
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It could be a tattoo.
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thinking about it actually. on my back, bout the size of my back too, no one would see it except when I have a shirt off. would be fine in uniform.
either that or on my shoulder.
ooh, and I'm working on a second edition to Greasemonkey's too!
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The gal that plays Abby on NCIS has a big cross on her back.
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she does? I haven't noticed it! Damn! I love that show, and yeah, Abb's my favorite! lol
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She's definitely got some interesting artwork. There's an old episode where she is dressed like MM in "The Seven Year Itch". When she turns her back to the camera,you can see it.
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I the opening scenes from one of the seasons, she is pulling on a tee shirt, with her back to the camera, and you get a real good view if it. I’m not so sure that most of her tats are just for the show. By the way Pauley Perrette (Abby) has a Masters in Criminology.
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The car she drives on the show is a red custom 32 Ford 5 window coupe.
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yeah, Abby is definitely my fave. you can tell she has a degree in ciminology because of how easy the script just rolls off her, very natural. Also, I hear most of her parts are ad-libbed, probably because they know she knows what she's talking about better than the writers! lol
anyways adding another drawing I did today while eating my lunch. I've been working on this concept for "my wolf" for a long time. Finally happy with the concept.
The story behind him is that while I was a kid in the boy scouts I met some Navajo, and the spiritual leader was telling us about totems and what they mean to their tribe, etc. He was saying some are the embodiment of the person, and others are their guardians. Apparently mine is the wolf, makes sense considering what he stands for.
anyways, here's my interpretation of "my wolf"
also I think I finally found a medium I'm truly happy with, it's been around the whole time! lol
for these latest ones I've been using artist's pencils and permanent marker.
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Willie, Ya got the makins' for another tattoo there.
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hmm, maybe. LOL now I am trying to figure out a way to incorporate that wolf's face into my other drawing somehow, replacing the skull maybe. Just for trying out and seeing how it looks. Problem is, with that cross, it looks too "cartoony" instead of "totemish" so we'll see what I can do.
thanks for the comments Tex, always appreciate them
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Either way, the drawings show your talent for drawing.