Late for A Date: The Comics of Chris Eliopoulos Brought to Life
Posted by Michael Pinto on Jan 23, 2009 in Animation, Comic Books
I’ve been following the work of Chicago based indie comic artist Chris “Elio” Eliopoulos for some time now, so I got a real kick out of seeing his whimsical style brought to life in an animated short. In many ways his illustration work reminds a great deal of Jay Ward cartoons like Bullwinkle, but looking at this short I see a dollop of George Herriman’s Krazy Kat mixed in with just a dash of Godzilla for good measure. Here are two examples of his illustrations that show of his humorous but harmonious sense of chaos: Read more…