The kids are alright!

I am working on a package of comic strips to send to syndicates, the story is sort of a Hardy Boys detective thing with some supernatural elements called "Cluehouse Kids" (no, not Scooby Doo, much more realistic). Every story arc will have a theme, and this first one is Pirates, specifically making comparisons between modern digital pirates, and the swashbucklers of yore. My point with the strip is to sort of give out questions and let people answer them themselves; for instance what exactly makes a person a pirate, and why do they seem to be more villianized than say... politicians. So with this in mind, I am making promotional little paintings to go with my package and that is what you see below. There will be one painting for each of the three main characters, showing them as a pirate persona, and showing them in scenes that will happen within the story arc. The ones you see here are of Jay (the blond headed kid), and Scott. Jay is sort of the leader so he wound up as the Captain. Scott is a bit of a computer hacker/genius, but tends to stay out of the lime light so I made him a gunner below decks. The story despite being more serious than Scooby Doo, does have its light hearted moments, in feel I would say its something akin to the old 1980's show "Moonlighting". These characters are very near and dear to me, as I have been drawing them in various incarnations since I was about 9 years old. I even published a series of 5 mini comics about them when I was in High school. It was a difficult task to revamp something that I was that close to, but I knew if I was to be able to get this syndicated that it would have to be done. I am almost done with the syndicate package so here's hoping something comes to fruition out of this. It was a lot of fun to put the kids through their paces again, and especially fun to paint them. It's been a long time since I was able to put the kids in a new adventure and its been a blast.