"SUPER MARIO MADNESS"

So, Brooklyn finally got her long sought out Nintendo DS Lite for Xmas. Not only that, it was a bundle that came with the new Super Mario Bros. game. Now, I remember playing the daggone ORIGINAL Super Mario on the ORIGINAL Nintendo way back in the day. Needless to say...I'm now addicted to the new one and Brooklyn has 'grounded me' from playing her DS without asking first. It's actually pretty comical, and I would most certainly make it into a comic if my 'real life' were part of my 'comic life'. But alas...at this point in time, 'tis not.
So, last weekend I sat down and decided to use the good 'ol Marioverse as inspiration for a strip. The problem I always have with comics like this, is trying to figure out how to make it relevant. I mean...surely a place such as this doesn't REALLY exist, so how is it possible to show this humorous event without breaking into 'fantasy comics'? Well...for me the answer is simple, and usually revolves around 'dream sequences'. In this case, Carrie is dreaming of the gang getting trapped in Mario land and thus makes a point of the boys being a little too addicted to playing the game that captured the imagination of their youth, and has now captured the imagination of my 'middle-agedness'. I know that's not a word...but go with it.
So, I give you "Super Mario Madnes"...and one of my new all time favorite I DIG DUG comic strips!!! I enjoy it so much, that I'm planning on dusting off Photoshop and actually coloring a comic strip. YAY!!! Look for that one soon!
-dug!