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I've been digging through some old files recently and found this Kim Possible 1 page gag I did years ago for Disney Adventures magazine (RIP). I think this was the first Kim Possible comic I did for them (I ended up doing about 4 or so) and I was disappointed when the script showed up and it was all about the dumb mole rat! Kim is in one panel! At any rate, it was about the mole rat having a dream about swimming in a nacho cheese river, so I thought it would be clever to have the second (inset) panel in the shape of a nacho chip. I'm sure I was the only one that knew that's what that odd shape was! Clever.Here's the inks by Howard Shum: [link]
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This was YOU????? No freakin' way!!!
I miss that mag...
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I miss that mag so much! Love how rough yet detailed this is! <3
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Woahhhh I totally recognise this! Didn't know it was you that did the pencils!
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oh hey, i remember this....and DA died?? D: sad day...they had some amusing stuff...
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I remember this one! You did this, woah!
*stares in awe* O.O
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But...the mole rat is so cute! I also like your storytelling, the actions are very clear and keep the eye moving through the page quite well. I was very confused about the second panel until I read the description - and that was a NICE touch (as are the nacho trees in the background in panel 1). Is there a reason why the format is so squarish? Was that due to the amount of space given in the magazine. O.o
My only critique (if I may be so bold) is panel 6. Love the image! I just wish it was switched around...I feel like it would lead the eye into the next panel a little better. Plus, your eye wouldn't dwell on it so long because it goes against how the reader reads the page. But maybe that was your intent. 
But you have beautiful line weight, great compositions, and capture the essence of the characters perfectly, as usual.
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i remember reading this comic! i think i might even still have the magazine it was in!
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AHAHA! "I was disappointed when the script showed up and it was all about the dumb mole rat!" I would have been too. He was my least favorite character.
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Cool! I didn't know you had also worked on the Kim Possible comics. You did an incredible job. 
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Nope, never worked on the show. This style is not a huge stretch for me.
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Clever. Very Clever. It looks just like the show. We never got the Disney Adventures magazine in the UK. We got Disney and Me which was a preschool puzzle magazine (still going) and a magazine called Disney's Big Time, which was mostly movie reviews and pop band interviews. It did have 3 pages of comics though.
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:'[ rufus isn't dumb! D':
also i remember reading this. xD
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I found the inks I did on this and posted it in my gallery [link] Fun times.
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Thanks Howard- I couldn't remember if you inked this one or not! I t seemed like all my KP comics, you inked! Course, you have inked 90 percent of every comic I've ever done! Love your brush work Howard!
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Thanks, Tom! I love inking your pencils!
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Can you give us any insight as to why Disney is so sluggish or downright hostile to comic books based on their original TV show properties? The stuff that ties into older material gets a fair shake, but nothing created in the '90's or later gets a chance. For instance Gargoyles or the recent BOOM comics implosion (though that was probably more about Disney taking things back over to hand off to Marvel who they recently purchased).
Take Kim Possible. This was a show with an enormous, multi-generational fanbase. There was no way a comic based on the property wouldn't sell like hotcakes, yet the only comic related material was bits and pieces in a magazine that Disney closed down before the show even ended (I think).
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I have no idea why Disney is comics stupid- but they are and have been for years!
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O.O"
Wait, that was you? DUDE, I REMEMBER THAT COMIC!!! For some crazy reasonβ¦!
Man, when I was a kid, I used to collect the magazine and watch the show ALL THE TIME!!! I had no idea you were involved with doing the comics, and⦠WOW!!!!
Epic awesome-sauceβ¦!
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Holy crap, I remember reading this! I have a whole new level of respect for you.
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I used to get Disney Adventures Magazines when I was a kid! I miss the Society of Horrors comics! They were my favorites in the Comic Zone!
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Wow! I was wondering why the second panel looked less than normal
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Oh my gosh! i remember reading this in Disney Adventures!
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How much time does it take you to learn the figure enough to stay on model? I guess that after years of doing this it must get easier for you every time....
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Haha I love kim possible! Great job! It's crazy how versatile your style can be.
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Almost every KP comic DA ever printed revolved around Rufus, actually. This was the point when their comics lost a lot of meat and became four pages per story at the most.
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Feels like it could have been a moment from the show.
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i love the work, what was it like working for Disney adventure mag?
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One of the greatest cartoon shows ever conceived imo. Great writing, animation, voice acting and humour.
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And I think this comic is fabulously drawn, too!
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I can totally understand wanting to draw more Kim, but Rufus and Ron must be fun to draw?
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cool stuff! what's your trick on imitating other styles?
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Not a trick, unfortuntely. Practice, I guess. I've always strived to be able to adapt to other styles. You do have to work at it.
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Sorry, Tom, I thought it was meant to be a shield. Clever, nonetheless.
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Cool. Man I miss this show. It was one of the greatest shows ever on Disney.
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I MISS THOSE MAGAZINES!!!!
And I think I remember this one?
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