Jawbreakin Julie #2

(Groovy Back-Up Feature)

Published by my good friend Reg Stacey in 1998. At some time late in my university years, I was contracted to create a character for a DJ to use in his advertising. He wanted something very 70's and in an anime style. Ultimately his partner vetoed the idea, and I ended up with the artwork. Reg noticed it one day and asked if he could use it as the logo character for his publishing "umbrella". I said sure, under the condition that he let me have 3 pages to use the character in a back-up feature. Needless to say, he didn't take much convincing.

Looking back, the Groovy stuff is notable as one of the few published examples of my humorous work. I don't recall setting out to make BPBC a home for strictly serious work, but it kind of ended up like that. Anyways, a lot of the stuff I did with Groovy has its origins in some really bad parody comics I did way back in high-school that I hope never see the light of day.

While I was originally supposed to follow this 3 pager up with other back-up features for Reg, it never quite worked out that way. While Monkey-Boy's next appearance in print would be in the Captain Collision Halloween Special, Groovy has yet to make his way back onto the published page. I have an idea for a Jawbreakin Julie/Groovy cross-over special called Swampland Wonderland, so maybe he'll be back someday...

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Last updated: Dec 7/05