Mr. Forsby, We Hardly Knew Ye.

Hey everyone, Anthony Peruzzo here- artist on “Tales From the Looking Glass” and “Bob Sly, PI”. I thought I would talk a bit about TFLG, “The Electric Wonderoom”. This story was actually completed back in April of 2008 (seems much longer than that). It was part of a pitch Jamie and I submitted to various publishers. It was also my first attempt at a [Dark] ‘humor’ comic.

Before TFLG, EW I was more interested in horror and crime genres. Jamie saw my work online and contacted (rather pleaded) ["politely asked"] with me to work with him. I’m not sure what he saw in my work that convinced him I would be perfect for a story with roots in Ray Bradberry mixed with Looney Tunes. I’ll admit, I was not very interested at first, but he’s a persistent guy. [This is correct]

He quickly sent me the completed script. It needed work. I sent back a number of suggestions to Jamie, thinking I’d never hear from him again. [Fat chance!] I think the next day he sent me a fully revised script. It STILL needed work. He sent me another revision. I still wasn’t sure I was right for the story, but I wanted to challenge myself in a direction I would never have previously thought about doing. So I agreed to do a few pages for a pitch.

These are the first sketches/concepts I made for the characters:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingheadcomics/2037766681/in/set-72157603212029061/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingheadcomics/2037766641/in/set-72157603212029061/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingheadcomics/2038564238/in/set-72157603212029061/

I remember having a bit of trouble with Mrs Forsby. She needed to look pretty, but still remain a “mom”. I settled on a more Martha Stewart version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/floatingheadcomics/2047256765/in/set-72157603212029061/