The Lost Adventures of “Calloway the Castaway” Episode 5

My older brother was probably the biggest influence on me during my childhood in the 1970s.  He collected comic books, so I started collecting comic books.  He read science fiction and fantasy, so I started reading the same genres.  He liked drawing, so I started drawing.

When my brother became fascinated with the four-panel comic strip, however, I just kept on drawing other stuff like superhero poses and miniature comic books.  I liked four-panel comic strips.  I read them every day in the newspaper, and I bought the occasional Peanuts paperback or B.C collection.  But I never tried drawing four-panel comic strips. 

When he was 20, my brother drew a comic strip for our local weekly newspaper. Even though I thought it was cool, I never tried to do my own comic strip. Coming up with a four-panel joke/story was too complicated for me. But that’s for another blog post.

Come back next week for The Lost Adventures of “Calloway the Castaway” Episode 6.

For more “Calloway the Castaway,” go to The Lost Adventures of “Calloway the Castaway” Episode 1!