Versus
Here’s something a little bit different. It’s a comic I submitted to the recent 3 year anniversary contest over at Journey to Mt. Moriah, where the creator Scott would accept art submissions from his readers throughout the month of March. The only basic rule was that the submission had to be inspired by one of his own strips in some way. After some pondering I chose to go with the Tiger vs Pegasus tangent first presented in his wonderful strip First Kiss, and eventually came up with this sequence of events presented above.
While you’re over at Scott’s site be sure to go through the rest of his archives, as it’s chock full of more beautiful strips that are either funny or sad — or both, all gorgeously illustrated in various dramatically different styles. Check it out!
Very nice… And probably a very accurate insight into a cat’s brain. They think they’re such awesome predators… until they’re stuck in a tree.
I actually found your site from Scott’s some time ago and you’re both really great artists.
This is very clever! It makes me think of cats a little differently, kinda like what speearr said above.
I especially like the artistic skill in this comic. It’s different to your other comics, and it’s very detailed.
Cats have some sort of syndrome that causes them wanting to climb high places and not come down.
But yeah, Tiger would win in my humble opinion. :D
Thanks guys! This was my first attempt with Corel Painter, (which means it is entirely digital, if that wasn’t glaringly obvious already) and I found it to be a ton of fun to play around with.
Oh, and I guess my money’s on the Pegasus, but then again I’m not much of a cat person.
Oh hell yeah! New favorite.
Great piece and reminds me of my own cats. Cats find it hard to climb down trees, because of the shape of their claws. Great for climbing, not so good for coming down :-)
I stumbled this, and assumed it was a re-imagining of the old poem “The Lion and the Unicorn”. I was pleasantly surprised by the punchline. :-)
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Aaaaaw!
I think I saw this rather differently, and truth be told it moved me rather deeply: I saw the tiger’s predicament as a consquence of losing the battle. Because it could not defeat the pegasus, it was transformed, never again to be a fearsome beast, it was forced into a new life of dependence on others for its safety and sustenance.
Which is a rather harsh and, to my mind, poignant punishment. But apparently that’s where my mind was tonight. I wonder if it was influenced with having read the very wonderful but also sad graphic novel, WE3 today?
Whatever the reason, I enjoyed this immensely. I just found your comic an hour ago and this is my favorite so far. On to the rest!
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote