Thursday, September 9, 2010

Incitatus



Incitatus has been the tiniest comic I've published to date. The spine is a mere 2.5 inches high. 35 copies were printed in late 1984 in Pullman, Washington. In June 2005, six more copies were printed as "1st Danger Room Reprint ed." in McCleary, Washington.

Named after the horse of Caligula, this minimal comic was created by accident. In the course of creating homemade Christmas cards, I found there was a little rectangle to create a wreck tangle of lines, so this was dashed off. Looks like it was drawn in felt tip. Being left-handed, I seldom use India ink.

This is the first of what I hope will be many posts presenting images of past work with commentary. I'm starting with the little micro and minicomix. I hope you enjoy the 5 nanoseconds it takes to "read" this comic.