"A Cry For Help" by Gerald DeJesus
August 31st, 2010 by GabeThis is it, the definitive end to Big Pants Mouse. I saved Jerry's masterpiece as the final final final Big Pants. Why? Because it's all there. Like us all, Jerry has always had a soft spot in his heart for this little mouse, but unlike the rest of us, Jerry's heart is quite different.
Jerry is an amazing artist. You have seen his work and you didn't even know it!
My friend Tony introduced Jerry to me at a Carl's Jr. in '99. Tony wanted me to put in a good word for Jerry at Spumco. He was amazing, and we hired him for his flash expertise, but unbeknownst to me, I already "knew" Jerry.
See, some of us guys at Spumco had this contest called the "Ace Card". We would find the nastiest filthiest videos online and share them as our "ace card". Tony always seemed to have a HUGE amount of videos and would usually always win. But those times changed when Jerry started at Spumco. Jerry was Tony's secret supplier of depravity. If I would have known this, I would have told our boss that we needed to hire Jerry on his filth finding abilities alone!
Since then, I think I've worked with Jerry on every flash project I've done, including the Big Pants Mouse pilot at Disney. He is an amazing art director, bg designer, painter, animator, and all around great guy. Thanks for the final word Jerry, you put the final nail in Big Pant's coffin.
Thank you all for all the support over the years. Here's to the end of Big Pants and the start of Life In The Analog Age next week!
The Plop is funny, but really it's an after thought. It's where we're going, but as usual for 'Through the Porthole' getting there is the real fun. Never been big on barf gags myself, but it's fun to see the fish eat and then realize what they're eating. Two gags in one strip, you overachiever you!
Beyond the humor, seeing the Captain wretch is actually, dare I say, poinant in a way. In most of your strips the Captain is already in a state of action when the story opens; the scurvy dance, rushing so as to not be late, ect. It creates the illusion that he really has a life and we're only catching glimpses of it. That theme is what makes your cartoon so enjoyable to me. We don't really know the Captain. He's a private person and we're only catching snipets of his life.
Good job, Sean. I can't wait to see what other Plop themed humor awaits us on Dumm.
Chain Message in a Bottle: awesome in that it is so not awesome to get these damn letters and it seems one can never escape some of life's little aggravations. It's a wonder the vomiting didn't occur AFTER receiving the letter!