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jhames34 — Cactus in Poppa Balloon
Published: 2010-03-24 22:31:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1006; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 28
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Okay Okay, I got it, that's enough with the therapy jokes! Let's see some of the real world the Cactus lives in, and the relationships that help shape him...starting with...POPPA BALLOON!!Related content
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"Alan Moore dictates the drivelled babblings of an over tired toddler, compared to the philosophical bliss of Jhames34's graphic novels"...
You can quote me on your next book for that...
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Your welcome (I think)...
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He can come live here if he'll do all that.
What am I saying, he could come live here anyway. He's a freakin' cactus.
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Hahaha you almost gave up a once in a lifetime opportunity to have a walking talking cactus in your life!
I'm thinking of offering free lifesize replicas of Poppa Balloon to send to fans though...aka latex balloons with his face drawn on them. Some assembly required!
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I actually have a homemade cactus costume 
Haha I'd take one! I like him.
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Remind me after Cactus World 1 comes out and I'll send you a copy of the comic and the balloon. I won't forget that I said it, but I might forget TO send it without a reminder
I'm not very familiar with Digimon or most modern cartoons, video games, etc, but I imagine you looked adorable in that costume
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Here's Togemon: [link]
And I'll find a pic of the costume and post it.
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A. Dorable!
Can't wait to see you in that costume, and I'm already curious as to what youlook like, so here's hoping it was form fitting
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Haha not exactly. But I'm not built like Togemon either, so that's a plus.
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Hahaha well as long as your skin is that same shade of green I'll probably still develop an instant crush
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Hehehe I should go all out stalker on you
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There's a bit of a tangent in the last panel - Cactus looks like he's standing right on the frame. I'm really loving all these comics though, great work!!
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don't worry, karma pops all mean balloons eventually
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yay!! and does he find a sweet hot tree or somethin?
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hehe we'll just have to wait and see
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poor catcus!
I love the lawn mowing one - great design and the little track through the grass
...and the one where he's running, reminds me of the Dandy and all those
i hope catcus removes the corks and pops poppa...
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thanks a lot! Btw those aren't corks, his prickles are very stylized and groomed
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Oh I hope that cactus gets adopted poppa balloon looks like a loving parent!
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I just did the layouts for 3 new pages this morning 
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You would THINK, but Cactus keeps his prickles nice and trim
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Well, if you consider emotional abuse funny...and i DO!
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The way you varied the tonal scheme of the panels makes for a nicely designed and punctuated page. It seems that your focus has shifted to the macro level - composition and storytelling. (I continue my wrestling match at the micro level - technique!)
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Thank you very much. I think if you just draw pages it comes out of you, you know? Like just make up a story page by page, without intention to publish, as an exercise and I think you'll find yourself working through those things.
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excellent. im so happy that you have been doing these again!!!
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Me too, I'm doing them on pro comic paper as well, instead of just throwing them together on shit paper without much planning
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What a devious idea to make a baloon cactus' stepdad!
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The adoption papers remain unsigned though
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You mean we coulda been brudders? Poppa never tole me... 
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Yep, still liking it. Got a real Bill Griffith (Zippy the Pinhead) kinda vibe going on here.
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Cool, I've never read any Zippy though.
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You might really like it, very absurdist but drawn with fine, clean lines. Griffith is an amazing draftsman too.
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A rather dangerous relationship for Poppa, I'd say. One false move and...
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So cactus is in therapy for his need of a father figure, or perhaps he needs passage into the country. Whichever, my sympathy goes to him.
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Will YOU adopt the poor guy??
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I'm afraid to, cactus really needs help...
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don't all man-child cacti???
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It may come as a surprise to you, but I wouldn't know
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so young, so naive to the ways of humanoid cacti
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