Periplanta americana
Isn’t it just disgusting? Just LOOK at that bastard!
That Kal-Drak’s a Swell Guy
Kal-Drak is back in a dimension near you to EXTERMINATE some periplanta thorax! Some say that he basques in the notes of Chopin while he roasts the poor bastards.
Video of Speed Sketch here
The Aftermath
So one thing that has always fascinated me is fear. ESPECIALLY an irrational fear. Who’s afraid of roaches out there? What’s that?! YOU are?! amazing, so I can skip the introduction.
Let’s just post a pic here to get acquainted with our mutual friend:
Ahhhh. Relief. There we go.
Now, seeing how fear of this thing is so irrational ( I actually got freaked out looking at just the image of it) I thought it would be funny to turn the tables here and make a world where roaches are the ones who have evolved technologically. They live in houses, watch tv with their families and eat their microwave dinners, go to work and have barbecues. On the other team, humans take on the roles of our mutual friend by living inside the cracks, scavenging for food, scattering when the light comes on, and overpopulating the planet through foul mating. Honestly have you ever seen roaches mate? (More disgusting actions to come!!)
So There’s the roach focus, which I see as this suburban lifestyle, with a middle class American roach family, talking about their lives. Then THEY have this irrational fear of humans, who are much smaller than them and live in the walls. The roaches routinely flee the room at the sight of these small creatures. Very funny stuff.
On the human side, we zoom in on their life, which has become very dark and primitive. As this side of the narrative can have a very dark tone, this can easily be a seperate panel. This is where Kal-Drak will make his entrance as the “saviour” of human race. Like all the other humans, he is much smaller than our mutual friend. NEED I show that image again?!? just LOOK at that beast!
Kal-Drak entering the world where humans lost the evolutionary war:
Enter Kal-Drak
Dr. Carlos “Ace” Folgar says:
Challengers!
Last time we met, the world was on the brink of chaos! Luckily, our collective minds have staved off devastation this time, BUT… our duty isn’t over yet!
As we discussed at the last meeting, the show will incorporate a loose narrative in the form of an outside character traveling across different dimensions. The different dimensions will be our own distinctive art styles. This character, Kal-Drak the Challenger, is a “Kirby-esque” (that’s Jack “THE KING” Kirby!) explorer engaged in the limitless possibilities comics have to offer as an art form. Attached is how I envisioned the character (let’s see how you envision him!).
Please, continue to explore the ideas you want to express in your artwork. Do not feel bogged down by this narrative. It’s just a means to connect everything without being to restrictive. If anything, Kal-Drak’s presence should enhance the experience for the viewer, since he will serve as a guide through an often misunderstood medium. Now, it’s not that the character’s aware he’s in a comic book, that’s something our comic-inspired artwork should already communicate on its own. Again, you may or may not incorporate Kal-Drak in your individual piece. That’s entirely up to you!
Challengers of the Unknown 