Geeks In Space #44

Hi, my name's Piedt Körrey and I like drawing weird cartoon people with no eyebrows. My timespan upon this earth has somehow stretched out to 33 years. And in that time, I have learned a lot about life. At this point for me, it's almost exactly half a lifetime of 'childhood' and half of 'adulthood'. In the first 17 years, the 'childhood' half, there was much knowledge to be acquired. Don't chase a ball into the road. Don't insert little plastic camels into the VCR. Don't put leftover food in the fishtank. And so on.

But then adulthood comes; now the real learning begins. I guess we keep on learning new things right up to the grave. It never stops. If only there was some way I could write down some things I have learned so that others may know.

Oh yeah –

Mini Epics 1–4

Today I'm launching a new comic strip on this blog, as you might know from a previous post. It's a comic strip version of the Airbury Academy series and is called the Mini Epics. I have no idea how long it will run for, as I have to get back to the 'regular' series soon but condensing the basic idea down to four panels is something I wanted to try, so – enjoy!

Geeks In Space #43

And so, the childhood adventures in a make-believe detective agency come to an end! Or do they? Well, yes actually. I never did end up becoming a detective. But I still get to sit at a desk with piles of papers, and face a window with blinds, which at night gives me a view of the twinkling city lights. One day, I'm gonna clean up this stinkin' town.

UPDATE: Since drawing this cartoon I remembered that there was someone on the list called 'Major Head Injuries'. Even though I thought for ages, I have no idea which person that referred to.

Oh well. Join me next time for the exciting launch of Mini Epics!

Geeks In Space #42

If you're a regular reader of Geeks In Space, you'll know that while the strip doesn't have a cast of regular characters, certain recurring themes keep, er, recurring. Themes such as pop-culture trivia, obsession with technology and the dumbing-down of society are all mined for cheap laughs. But until now only four strips (#3, #17, #29 and #35) have been autobiographical!

Well, for those of you who want to see more strips depicting actual events from my life, take a look at this strip and the one to follow. I might open myself up to ridicule with these two, but hopefully the risk will be worth it.

Geeks In Space #41

Whoa, we're crunching towards our final conclusion, kids! I got a pleasant surprise this morning when I looked at Europopped, a European pop music blog (of course) and saw the heading "Greeks In Space". Ha ha. Anyway, as the tech-inspired foolery you see above gradually winds down, work on the Mini Epics has been going well. Twelve of them have already been done, ahead of the launch date.

Patience Ramón! There eez plenty of time!

When the Mini Epics finally do premiere (on this blog, February 29th, in case you somehow didn't read the previous post), they won't be posted one at a time. When you read those corny comic strips in the newspaper, the idea is that you only read one strip per day. But what I'm trying to do here is present several (three or four) strips at once, so the length of the narrative is that much more than your typical three-panel daily strip. Hey, we all like bite-size chunks, but some like to bite off more than others, if you know what I mean, and I think you do. You do, right?