LagoMan

Back when I was in high school and through my first year of college, I made a short print run of a comic called LagoMan. It was photocopied on 8.5" x 11" paper, folded in half, stapled, and numbered by hand. All the issues are scanned below, including two of the "poster" inserts from the later issues. Most of the images are 550 pixels wide by 850 pixels tall; none are wider or taller than 1100 pixels.

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LagoMan #1: Introduction

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Pages 2-3		`271k`
Page 4		`132k`

This was the first appearance of LagoMan outside of a scrapbook or doodle in the margins of my homework. It was scribbled onto both sides of a sheet of computer paper with a plain ball-point pen.

Technical Notes:

Print run 10

LagoMan #2: A Dumb Joke

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Page 2		`132k`
Page 3		`176k`
Page 4		`187k`

The joke is pretty cheesy, but if you folded out the comic, the first page was next to the last page, so you could get the punchline all over again. :)

Technical Notes:

Started using page separations instead of drawing on both sides of the same sheet
Print run 11

LagoMan #3: Breakfast

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Page 2		`119k`
Page 3		`115k`
Pages 4-5		`229k`
Page 6		`142k`
Page 7		`114k`
Page 8		`137k`

This is the "classic" LagoMan story, and is probably what people who know LagoMan remember. The art in issues 5 and 6 are better, but feel that this is the best issue, technically.

There's a nice centerfold, art that "breaks out" of the frame borders, and I think I conveyed the dynamic movement of LM's leap pretty well. Plus, the explosion is pretty cool.

My mom likes the cobwebs over the fridge. ^_^;

Technical Notes:

First stapled issue
Started using a technical pen
Print run 70

LagoMan #4: Mysteries of Cats

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Page 2		`139k`
Page 3		`153k`
Page 4		`140k`
Page 5		`98k`
Page 6		`112k`
Page 7		`121k`
Page 8		`152k`
Poster		`399k`

I suppose I'm what you'd call a "cat person". I like dogs, but I prefer the low maintennence of cats. Anyway, if you've ever petted a cat, you've probably seen the phemonon described here.

I'm not too happy about this issue. The art's not that good (I seemed to have something against rulers), and there are dumb little editorial comments in the margins. And what was I thinking with the name Katrina Fury? How clichéd! [sigh]

Anyway, this issue was never really circulated, which should make the remark in issue 6 clearer.

Technical Notes:

Print run 18
Started including posters (not scanned)

LagoMan #5: Lagoman in Space

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Page 2		`185k`
Page 3		`189k`
Page 4		`204k`
Page 5		`158k`
Page 6		`177k`
Page 7		`188k`
Page 8		`228k`
Poster		`289k`

Artistically, I feel that this is the best issue. I really like the balance of light and dark (especially important in a B&W comic.. However, I spent so much time with the art that I glossed over the original joke I had planned.

The poster is a must for people who want to know how to pronounce "LagoMan".

Technical Notes:

Started using cardstock instead of computer paper
Started putting a numbering template on the covers (No. XX of YY )
Print run 26

LagoMan #6: Death of LagoMan

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Page 2		`138k`
Page 3		`169k`
Page 4		`185k`
Page 5		`172k`
Page 6		`159k`
Page 7		`158k`
Page 8		`172k`
Page 9		`165k`
Page 10		`194k`
Page 11		`121k`
Page 12		`127k`

What a great title for the final issue of LagoMan, eh? Interesting enough, it was never my intent to stop making the LagoMan comics at this point; it just sort of happened.

My influences from Japanese comics are pretty obvious in this issue. LM is wearing a Dirty Pair T-shirt, speed lines decorate the pages, and the "Augh" sound effect styled after similar text effects in Lum.

Techincal Notes:

Print run 26

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