Yesterday was the anniversary of Seth's death.
His ideas for comic stories were so--mmm--odd, that I suspect they were close to unsaleable. But so charming that you want them to get made into books.
Case in point:
Doris and Fruit. Doris is a woman who lives in the house pictured below. Fruitman (the drawing below that) is her next door neighbor. I found among Seth's writings a script for the comic book, intended as a 30-page book, in a square format, with four panels per page, much more static than most of the work he did. But that interested him.
It's a simple, traditional love story. Girl and guy start out as adversaries, and then something snaps, and they fall in love. But: Doris is a regular girl, but living in a house made of living animals, and Fruit is a guy made of fruits and vegetables. It looks like Seth tried to sell the story to DC. I found the letter with the script, but it was not clear who the recipient was.
If anyone would like to see the script, let me know and I will send it to you. It's not very long. There is nobody I know who has the same artistic finesse, plus weird sense of humor, plus sweetness that Seth had, so I suspect the comic book could never be made now.
2 comments:
Happy Flowering Nose Day, Vicki.
Such a fun concept.
I would love to see the script....
I hope all is well over there.
OK Jay. I will send you the script with pleasure. These are the only pictures he actually did for it, thought I suspect he had a lot of things in his mind.
All is well here. I hope winter is fading there! And that you are thriving.
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