Though it isn’t that big, this is one of the more elaborate sets that I ever built. It’s also unusual in that it has a room with an actual ceiling, and am upper “street” level as well. You can’t really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Minions at Work Classics
178 comics.
The Ancient Minion and the Penguin meet at last! With the Penguin, part of the joke is always how did he do what you’ve seen or heard that he’s done. In this case, the secondary joke is, how did he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As action-figures go, the Minions are already pretty big. Most Minions at Work cartoons are shot on a bench-top that’s about two and a half by four feet (and the earliest ones were done in less than half that space!).[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This cartoon features some of my favorite props. The traffic cones are from a line of “Power Team World Peacekeepers” police figures from many years back. In the U.S. these were only sold at Big Lots stores, and the sets[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are some jokes that could be done in a multi-panel form, but which I think probably are still funnier in a single panel. This is one of them. Sure, you could break this up into an argument between two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s Something on Your Face…
Feb03
The harpoon in Cap’n Rehab’s hands is the most frightening one-sixth scale prop I’ve ever made. The tip is the pointy part of an ENORMOUS fish-hook which I cut off an straightened. I trimmed the points on the end and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is one of the rare “Minions at Work” cartoons shot outdoors. I don’t do it often because — Oregon — clouds — rain — wind — SIDEWAYS rain, etc. But it was always nice when it happened, and it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Practice Makes Imperfect
Jan31
on January 31, 2016
at 11:40 AM
Chapter: Minions at Work Classics
Location: Doctor Coldblood's Hollow Volcano
One of the more satisfying moments in the early spy movies was when the hero blew up the villain’s secret lair and some random henchman would get blown off a ledge or catwalk and fly to the air to their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That Sinking Feeling
Jan30
on January 30, 2016
at 10:36 AM
Chapter: Minions at Work Classics
Characters: Doctor Funkeystein, Doctor Head-in-a-jar
Location: Castle of Doctor Funkystein
Since watching the original Frankenstein as a kid, I’ve loved mad scientists and mad science labs, and at some point, I had to start making lab gear in 1/6th scale. The lab bench at the rear is my first effort,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back to the bar. (Warning, possibly useful photo-editing geekery ahead) I’ve used this shot in other cartoons, but it looks a lot different here. It’s because of a photo-editing technique I used on a lot of later Minions at Work[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…