Mayberry Melonpool is the television-addicted, somewhat clumsy, not-all-that-intelligent Captain of the "Steel Duck." Oh yeah, and he's obsessed with getting a date. In short, he doesn't have a lot going for him.
Ralph Zinobop is the inventor of the "Steel Duck." He is eager to enter the next phase of his plan: to make money off his inventions to regain his rightful place as ruler of the Planet Zinobop — a planet that he was exiled from by his paranoid father several years ago. His other hobbies include wild get-get-rich schemes and drinking copious amounts of coffee. He also has a terrible temper.
I know! He’s the one with a tee shirt!
I’m curious how Sammy got his name in this new continuity.
That was explained in these strips shortly after he met Sam in the bar:
http://www.melonpool.com/comic/2014-11-21/
http://www.melonpool.com/comic/2014-11-22/
I don’t know how I missed that…
Personally, I would have drawn maybe a dozen or so hamsters, and then did some copy and paste magic for the rest.
That’s a lot of drawing you did there…
Yeah — I like there being a physical original — complete with lettering and backgrounds — if I can manage it. I drew them all by hand.
I actually drew this one on camera the other night on Ustream.