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Newton’s Zo

September 21, 2018 By Captain Maiel

Poor Zo. She was just out trying to enjoy the fruits of the fall. Blam. An apple jumped her noggin. You can bet that a whole bunch of expletives were voiced in that moment.

Nothing represents the fall better than apple trees full of apples. Okay, maybe pumpkins and bats, but that’s not until next month, so let’s not use that up before its time.

Anyway, when I think of fall and apples, I inevitably connect that up to Sir Isaac Newton. Who doesn’t think of that little ditty about gravity when apples come up? No? Fine, I’ll be alone in that. After all, it gave me this great idea…

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Zo Beach

August 24, 2018 By Captain Maiel

Zo, despite her tiny wings, does get about. Maybe thanks to lady, her visits to various environments that you’ll see in her cartoons were made possible. I mean, who else is going to cart that salty duck about?

Oh, you probably don’t know lady, if you haven’t been following the comics. Here’s a quick revisit to the first strip….

You back? Great! Let’s see what we have for August from Zo.

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Zo Liberty

July 23, 2018 By Captain Maiel

It’s been a long time since I did a Zo Duck drawing. Sometimes I worry I am not going to find time again, or that what I’ve done with Zo is done. She’s such a great idea for me, that it breaks my heart to think I’d ever have to let her go without launching her into good hands first.

Yet, here I am again. It’s July and I planned to do a new Zo one sheet for the blog, and my hands delivered on time. The idea came to me several days after I made the promise to myself to continue drawing the duck of my dreams. And, I am very pleased to present it to you here…

As you know (or should), Zo has tiny wing buds and can’t really hold onto much. The torch is held up by a stick, and the book is balanced with a three-tine cultivator. Obviously the toga is a sheet. She probably also borrowed a mop head for her wig, but found a sweet replica crown and torch.

Here’s a bonus…

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Meet ZoDuck

October 17, 2016 By Captain Maiel

How can I begin to explain ZoDuck to you, dear readers?

Born during my early college years, when I’d get bored and do cartoon voices to decompress from the stress of my Bio major woes, ZoDuck started as one of a pair of shadow hand ‘ducks.’ Zo evolved to be a small mini winged, stuffed animal based on a stuffed critter I found at a hotel gift shop some years before that. Though she wasn’t a puppet, she was easier to hold. Alas, I had no interest in ventriloquism.

Zo didn’t die there. No. She harassed friends and boyfriends alike, disliking their closeness to me, in the little skits I’d put on, threatening them that she’d beak them if they ‘kept up their shit.’ That’s right, she wasn’t g-rated, and still isn’t. Sometimes people think I draw sweet little cartoons, or ones that are just a tad saucy. I can’t even.

My plans for Zo have been back burnered while I work on my novels, but she crops up now and then. I sketch one frame comics mostly. The most recent was ZoDuck Meets The Krampus. You might remember the drawing from Christmas. I thought the pair of them would be awesome together, being of similar temperament. Maybe there will be a grumpy cat and ZoDuck crossover someday.

If you go to my ZoDuck deviantArt page, you’ll see some of the work I’ve done so far. The plan is to eventually create animations. That takes time and money, both of which I have little of these days. In the meantime, I have drawn up a few storyboards, and continued the one frame comics.

Here’s a sample of my duck…