Comments on: THE THRILL-SEEKERS 48 – Back In D’urville…

By: "dollar" Bill

"dollar" Bill — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:47:38 +0000

Enjoying the ride and speaking of which, you gotta work a train ride in, as that seems to be a favorite place for baddies, in helicopters with M-16’s to hang precariously out of, and great fight scenes on top of, approaching tunnels, racing along side to get on board, valuable shipment, runaway trains, a la Death Journey, Silver Streak, Train Ride To Hollywood, Bond, etc.

Seems like trains had planes beat for possibilities in the 70’s.

By: Jay Potts

Jay Potts — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:37:05 +0000

Charlie C.-
I thought you were?!

- JEP

By: Jay Potts

Jay Potts — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:54 +0000

Mr. Patton-
Actually that makes perfect sense, particularly martial arts being introduced by returning vets. When I was creating the strip, I heard about a form of martial arts that had its origins among Black prison inmates called “52 Blocks.” I thought about Pastor using that style, but it would have required some kind of prison background, which I was attempting to avoid.

Thanks for the insight, Mr. Patton. It’s always good to hear from you.

- JEP

By: Englishman

Englishman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:31:42 +0000

really like the last panel. snappy dressing there. snappy dressing.

By: DadaHyena

DadaHyena — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:52:25 +0000

EXCELLENT work on the first panel; perspective is the bane to many comic artists, but it’s done wonderfully here!

By: Charlie C.

Charlie C. — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:38:55 +0000

Jay, I just read the strips all the way through from the beginning. Absolutely amazing! When I grow up, I want to be Pastor.

By: Chuck Patton

Chuck Patton — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:09:53 +0000

I blame the whole Brothers practicing Karate craze on Enter the Dragon and the then Kung Fu craze at the local grindhouses.
Once Jim Kelly appeared on screen, the ‘Fro and Gi made us all run off to our local Tae Kwon Do dojo for some righteous Butt Kicking lessons.
Also a lot of Brothers were coming home from Nam with more than a little familiarity with the martial arts and it just took off from there.

Ahhhhh, the 70’s–crazy times. And a very nice artistic touch, Jay

By: Tracy Brady Cartoons

Tracy Brady Cartoons — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:37:37 +0000

The page with the “flying lesson” is by far my favourite one yet… I love that panel. SPLAT went that Suckah.

By: Jay Potts

Jay Potts — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:11:39 +0000

Guess Who-
Y’know, even when I’m not completely happy with the art, I usually end up liking the dialogue. Not to say I didn’t like the art in this one, but it was just an observation.

- JEP

By: Jay Potts

Jay Potts — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:37 +0000

Mr. Man-
I might just use that “flying lessons” line later on. Y’know, in my original sketch, Rashid was wearing a long sleeve shirt underneath the dashiki, but for some reason, I left it out of the inks. Although I had the basic set-up for this strip planned for a while, it wasn’t until I listened to the commentary track on the Black Dynamite DVD where Michael Jai White mentioned the recurring visual of revolutionaries practicing karate, that I decided to add the panel with the guys doing the basic katas. There was even a line I had to take out for space considerations where the instructor says, “Bring that elbow in, Brother Charles,” as a reference to one of the more lurid, and infamous, Blaxploitation films Welcome Home, Brother Charles aka Soul Vengeance.

- JEP