an absolute travesty this Simpsons clip isn't on YouTube in full by itself because I would fight for the honor of it being one of the best jokes in the entire show
Line art for a 1-pg Bart Simpson strip, “Big Bad Brother Bart”.
This was one of the earliest strips I drew as well as wrote for Bongo, and I was still working hard to get the hang of the style. I wasn’t asked to mimic the Simpsons model art – at the time Bongo was hiring cartoonists like Peter Kuper, Gilbert Hernandez and Sergio Aragones, and letting them work in their signature styles – but my OCD kicked in, and I decided I wanted to get my drawing as close as possible to “on model” as I could. I got a copy of “The Simpsons Handbook”, which was really well-done and a lot of help, and we were provided with an extensive character color guide for Sarah’s coloring work.
I ended up doing a batch of stories for Bongo over ten years or so (iirc), some co-written with Sarah, and some of which I did the art for. It was an extended learning experience as well as a great gig, hard work (trying to get the style down, and overworking the panels, as always) but mostly enjoyable and rewarding. And everyone at Bongo was great to work with, to boot.