For those that saw last Sunday’s Guest Draw with Ghost Hunters’ Kris Williams and the Doors’ Jim Morrison, here’s the rest of the series. When I do a Guest Draw of a para-celebrity, I don’t plan on making a series out of it. However, this one, on a personal level, warranted it. Allow me to explain…
The character Woodsworth is one I invented years ago. The inspiration came to me in a dream back in 1994 or so. Jim Morrison appeared to me in a dream – one of those really clear, in color, memorable ones. He showed up at my door (no pun), when I opened it, he proceeded to tell me what he thought he should look like if he were still alive and living in the woods as a poet. I woke up the next morning and drew Woodsworth.
I called him Doug (Jim Morrison’s middle name was Douglas) initially and attempted to make a comic strip of him in a camper in the woods living with Elvis (Elvin). That didn’t go anywhere, so he sat in my files for several years. Back in 2006 I began to hear Doors music everywhere I went. Every time I got in the car, The Doors were on the radio. I’d switch stations, more Doors. In the Mall, The Doors. Always in odd places… I finally admitted it must be a sign. So, I revisited the old comic. Was I supposed to draw Jim Morrison?
A bit of sketching led me to creating an entirely different comic strip. I ditched Elvis (too obvious and derivative). I put Jim back in his camper, complete with a guest teepee, in the wilds and called him Woodsworth the poet. I then assigned him a ghost named Fred, former owner of the camper. Fred, an avid anti-social fisherman wanted to barbecue a batch of trout, doused his Kingsford Edge with gasoline, applied a match, and was suddenly no longer interested in food. AND, his barbecue was missing… It was eventually seen as space junk by the Russian on the International Space Station. I think the guy’s name was Chekov…
Woodsworth does not believe in ghosts… at least he denies it at this point. As of this time, he’s had quite a bit of experience with the paranormal, though he insists on rabid skepticism. Believe it or not, Woodsy dates Erna of Entities-R-Us. Through her, he gets a referral for the ERU team to rid him of Fred. This is where Entities-R-Us evolved from.
Arno and Merv were too funny to leave as a sideshow. I extracted them, along with Erna, the psychic and Vlad, the Demonologist for the comic strip you read and hopefully love. 😉 You can thank Jim Morrison for showing up psychically in a dream… and for the universe sending me Doors music. By the way, before I wrote the Kris Williams strip I was hearing Doors music again like crazy. It only let up this week when I completed the last of these cartoons. Apparently, Jim is on the other side and wants to be heard in cartoon form.
I would also like to add… Kris Williams of Ghost Hunters International plays in her own Doors tribute band. Thanks to Twitter I know these remote facts. Ha! Pays to pay attention!
There you have it, my psychic journey into comics… at least this comic.
Upcoming events…
SMALLEY’S Investigation
Next Friday my team IndyPara is investigating Smalley’s Inn restaurant. We will be the first team to have the place to ourselves! AND, we are being filmed for this one. It should be a hoot. I’ll keep ya posted.
Check out the cool logo I did for us!
ARMAGEDDON
The Rapture is happening Saturday. According to some dude it is officially Judgment Day where it will be decided who gets to heaven and who is sent to hell. Simon Cowell is on the judges panel, so we’re all going to hell… It’s B.Y.O.B. so hit the store first. I’m going to make sure I have a nice bottle of wine for Saturday, that my thesis is done, and my house is clean.
The beauty of the world coming to an end is that all responsibility is OVER! Just think… you don’t have to clean the cat box! WooHOO! I’m considering how I’m going to spend all my free time. What are your plans?
SUNDAY LEP RADIO SHOW! Almost forgot to mention this…
Yup. I’m guesting on another radio show this Sunday, May 22, the day after Armageddon. Guest Drew Steve and Shawn a few week’s back. Here’s the info for Into the Darkness Radio:
Steve and Shawn are LIVE this Sunday evening from 5:00 – 7:00 pm est with a great show lined up! We will kick off the show with our usual paranormal talk and updates as we talk about some of the latest paranormal issues and give everyone a quick L.E.P. update. Around 5:30 we welcome to the show our special guest Terri Garofalo from Entities-R-Us. Terri is a paranormal investigator and creator of the awesome comic strip titled ” Entities-R-Us “. Terri does amazing work with her comic strip and was kind of enough to feature our team as a guest draw last month. Please be sure to check out her website and be sure to follow her comic strip daily! We will also be taking your calls live throughout the show so we hope to see you in the chat room!! Thanks!!
www.intothedarkradio.com
Eat Cookies, Hunt Ghosts!
Tj
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