Austin: The Original Puppet Version

If you've seen my earlier posts of my series of MA KABRE comic strips, you may remember I mention that the character of Austin the Bat was based on a puppet I had made several years back. The puppet no longer exists, but I did run across a old photo slide, which I enlarged thru my scanner. Forgive me for the quality, but this may be the only example of Austin in his orginal puppet form.

All Bad Things Must Come To An End- The Final MA KABRE Strips!

These are the final strips from the MA KABRE syndication package I pitched several years back..I hope whoever read these enjoyed them.

Yet ANOTHER Ma Kabre Installment!!

The fifth (if you care enough to count) installment of my attempt at comic syndication.

Ma Kabre- Part the Fourth

The fourth installment-or rather, what would have been the fourth week's worth of strips- from the MA KABRE syndication package I shopped around years back.

Ma Kabre, Part 3

This is the third installment of the MA KABRE strip syndication package I submitted several years ago..In this section, the strip's third major character is introduced..

Ma Kabre, Part 2

This is the second installment of the MA KABRE strip package I pitched to the syndicates some years ago. You can find the first part in an earlier post.

From The Smig Archives: Meet Ma Kabre!

Some years ago I pitched a comic strip to the syndicates called MA KABRE. It was loosely inspired by the fact I live in Salem, Ma. "The Witch City" where we have plenty of fortune tellers, aura readers,not to mention a good number of new age shops and magic supply stores. (these days, Pickering Wharf is practically a Witch Mall) I came up with a gypsy-styled character who was more of an modern age huckster and named her "Ma Kabre"(A pun on "Macabre")
Ma needed a sidekick/conscience type character. Origially I figured on a Black cat, but that would have been way too obvious, so I opted for a more unusal, and yet still appropriate animal given the Halloweeness of some of the concept-A black fruit bat named "Austin". Austin was actually based on a puppet I made some time earlier.
The original idea behind the strip was to satrize business and consumerism with a definetly skewred slant.I drew up about a month's worth of strips, made up a presentation packet, and mailed them to the syndicates. Neddles to say, they came back in record time.
I'll be posting the packet here in installments. Right now, here's Part One, what would be considered the first week of the strip.