These guilt-ridden photos capture evidence of an early comic of mine, which I drew in Australia, back when I was 9.
This disgraceful display of unoriginality shows carbon copies of characters that even someone with the vaguest knowledge of Hanna-Barbera cartoons would recognise.
The rogue’s gallery and the characters they were were “inspired” by reads like this…
Blobby… Essentially a blue Shmoo
Richo Rabbit… Richochet Rabbit or what I imagined him to be from seeing a few pictures in comics rather than seeing any of his actual cartoons
Maggy-Dog… A kind of female Huckleberry Hound
Moggy-Dog… Almost exactly a male Huckleberry Hound
Bingay-Bear… A fairly precise copy of Yogi Bear
Bip… A cat version of Muttley
Wagau Monster… Captain Caveman with a hat
Moe Mouse… Hmm, can’t place who this would be coppied from. Pixie or Dixie perhaps?
Gaggy-Dog… A baby version of Huckleberry Hound
Compro Cat… A cat version of DynoMutt
Zat-Cat… Yeah, it’s basically Top Cat
Worm-A-Wizard… Not content with ripping off Hanna-Barbera characters I seem to have ripped off 80’s toy sensation Glow Worms too
Loggy-Dog… A cross between Augie Doggie (of Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy fame) and a young version of (you guessed it) Huckleberry Hound
Day-Dream-Dwarg… I think his look was taken from Square Bear from the Hair Bear Bunch. I’d forgotten the names of the Hair Bear Bunch. I wonder if it was subconsciously swaying me when I named Square McBear.
I like the anti-hunting message of my early work…
So I ripped of Snakes & Ladders too! Everyone does that!
Nice to see my spelling and grammar have improved (a bit at least)…
So there you go. I confess! All right?!!
At least my newer creation, Lucy the Octopus, is original. No one mention Squiddly Diddly. He was a squid, not an octopus.
Oh no! I just read that Squiddly Diddly was an inspiring musician too!
Sigh!
I am such a hack!
