Antdujar94 Comics Humor

I guess it was only a matter of time. But after having a ton of peers and friends telling me i should make a separate account that focuses more on my art instead of the developments, behind the scenes, music and the art, etc. So I figured... This will be a place dedicate to my humor comic strips and possibly my other comic projects. I got a ton of inspiration from stuff such as old 90's and early 2000's cartoons, Archie Comics, Calvin and Hobbs, The Boondocks, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and Stan Lee amongst a ton of humor comics from childhood. So yeah, Welcome, and I hope you enjoy, and share the love for quirky, dumb, New York humor . You can check all of the latest updates at the @antdujar94comics Instagram page where I post every Wednesday.

    Here.s the first few comic strips. 

Superhero ASL 1 Avengers by Anthony Andujar Jr

So I've mentioned before, I'm a CODA (child of deaf adults), I'm an illustrator, a huge comic book reader since childhood, and currently in the process of becoming a professional ASL Interpreter. Given that the interperting program Chews up so much of my time, I don't get to draw and post as much as I'd like to. But maybe that's a good thing. I got inspired by a post on @btwnvillains page, and really got inspired by my friends @jj.visual.craft , and @the_deaf_funny_guy_ , and the rest of their efforts to combine two former esoteric things (ASL aka American sign language), and comic book culture into one thing. With that said, I started cracking down and made a template for myself for some pieces in the works. So here's version 1. So I figured I'd start with the Avengers, amongst other teams and characters. More characters and universes to come. But I guess in a funny way, I'm coming full circle with two things that are combining together in my life I guess.

Galactically Guilty (silent Anthology Comic #1 ) by Anthony Andujar Jr

It was February 13th, i woke up and I decided that before I head out to work, that I would take a quick shower. As i went to take a shower I discovered a grey-ish spider. As any human being such as myself knew, it ain't a huntsman/daddy long legs spider (non venomous), so I wasn't taking any chances. I managed to knock it into the shower drain and down it went I suppose. I felt paranoid and kept an eye out to make sure there wasn't another spider. So what happened after that? I couldn't help but imagine... What if, that spider was part of an alien colony? And so, I started illustrating a short silent comic story based on that day illustrating between February 13th all the way to March 16th. I've been wanting to deviate from the superhero genre to focus on anthology stories that are inspired by real life experiences, a bit of twilight zone, other genres of music and genres and random thoughts. Take real life, take your fears, take all of your experiences and make a story out of it. This year i'm hoping to make a slew of short silent anthology stories that i could publish for those that want to own a collection of. Anywho, I'm sure there is an extraterrestrial spider agent is on its way to investigate the murder of their ally... so here it is for your reading pleasure Galactically Guilty (silent comic) by Anthony Andujar Jr. Enjoy!

Spidey: In A Rush Valentines Day (silent) Fan Comic by Anthony Andujar Jr

    I made this short comic while being in Jury Duty a few days before Valentines Day. I proceeded to color it and now, here it is in color! Evocative of the core 60's vibes of the original Ditko and Romita Spider-Man stories. Happy Valentines Day!

Fan Comic Spider-Man In a Rush (B&W) by Anthony Andujar Jr

Welp, thanks to the panel templates that the comic notebook has, I was able to just come up with a short comic. I figured for practice, fun, sharing and for portfolio purposes, that I would come up with a Short based on my time serving in Jury Duty (completed) last week. I figured it would be a nice silent comic exercise. One of my cowriters @lord__sanchez always bugs me to use inks, which I only use when I know it's the final stage , and not something to be scrapped. I plan to digitally color it and maybe add dialogue... Livicole Cosplay ended up being my reference for Mary Jane. It was unintentional but came out nice hahaha. Anywho, gonna have some original content for y'all while i work on the graphic novel etc. Stay tuned. 

Knight Spider short comic by Anthony Andujar Jr

I think this hashtag is a great way to honor #steveditko and #stanlee. #spidermanintothespiderverse #spiderverse lived up to the philosophy that #anyonecanwearthemask that those two came up with when they created #spiderman . I'm glad that @aspen_art and @xx_crimsonx_xx brought this to my attention and got me inspired to create my own self portrait of myself if I was a Spider-Man. A great way to encourage artists of all levels to put their skills to the test.

So I made an OC based on myself and I dubbed him Knight Spider.  Wears a tactical suit where the mask a retractable nanite helmet, and is a mix between super Sentai, Batman and Robin.  The character would be wearing tactical Kevlar gear (similar to Captain America). The suit is a mix between Captain America's stealth suit, Ben Reilly's suit and a bit of secret war and the classic Spidey armor (silver). I'm all about practicality, so this  Possibly my favorite suit for a character that I made. Also, fun fact, the spider is in the shape of an A which represents my name.  

  When I wrote out the entire script, I realized that my character had no ties to Spider-Man in any way, and only relied on nano tech from the highly advanced tech that was passed down from. No spider powers, and no actual characters from Marvel. The only name in relation to spider-man is only the "spider" part of the name. This gave me free reign to play around and craft a short story that is in its own universe and world. Much like how Jojo's Bizarre Adventure was inspired by Fist of the Northstar, i kinda approached things in the same way. Anywho, you can see for yourself. This was very fun.

   Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this short comic! I worked on it throughout the entirety of January (scripting, thumbnailing, illustrating and coloring) and started lettering the pages between January to mid February. This was a fun mini project for myself, and I may continue to add more stories focused on these characters possibly. I still have the Graphic Novel and other projects that I've been working on. I'll keep you all updated in between all of the classes and day job stuff. See ya around!

         

Comic Book Reviews 1/30/19 by Anthony Andujar Jr

    Man, @ssnyder1835 and @jamesthefourth  dropped a friggin bombshell that set the stage for not just the Justice League, but each of the JL / DC titles involved for rest of this year!! You can read my whole review about it, but what I can confirm is this: all the build up that lead to this annual issue was so worth it! If you're gonna pick up something that feels important to the landscape to the DCU, I feel this is the book. Also,

      I did a review Batman Beyond issue 28 which is one of my favorite issues this week, and The Flash issue 63. I didn't know that annual 2 of The Flash was also coming out today until i saw  @scottkolins post two days ago. All I can say is that it is worth checking out!!!!!! These were my fave books of this week, let me know what you think and what was your fave titles for this week !

Here's the link for my review of  Batman Beyond issue 28: 
http://fanboyfactor.com/2019/01/comic-review-batman-beyond-28-dc-comics/

Here's the link for my review of The Flash issue 63:
http://fanboyfactor.com/2019/01/comic-review-the-flash-63-dc-comics/

Here's the link for my review of Justice League Annual 2:

http://fanboyfactor.com/2019/01/comic-review-justice-league-annual-1-dc-comics/

I hope you guys have a good weekend!