Battle Family Robinson
In what may be the tardiest Kickstarter reward fulfillment ever, I present my most ambitious animated comic strip yet featuring the Robinson family.
The Robinsons were sponsors of my Kickstarter at the “Little Brother Voodoo” level, the highest tier, which included a special double-size animated comic strip featuring the sponsor in the strip.
John, Carol, and Jimi Robinson have been my friends and supporters for many years, going back to the Dallas Fantasy Fair years in the late 80’s. Carol quite aptly managed the pro suite and kept everything prepped with snacks and drinks and, of course… sweet gerkins! I got to know Carol, her husband John and son Jimi in those formulative years of my life as a professional cartoonist, and they have always been a supportive part of my life. The Robinsons have always welcomed me to their social events (notably their annual Christmas Tree bonfire, a legendary event when they send a pile of Christmas Trees Past to tree Valhalla in a blaze of glory) and we’ve made some great memories together.
Years ago I made a drawing of a happy family scene featuring John and Carol battling each other in giant exo-suits, while an annoyed young Jimi looks on, and I knew this special comic had to be an homage to that crazy concept. Jimi has grown up since this original cartoon, and made a name for himself as a weirdo performer in Vegas, as Bizzaro Galore.
I send out a mountain of thanks to John, Carol and Jimi for their infinite patience with me for stalling so long to fulfill their Kickstarter reward. I hope you guys like the current incarnation of the BFR concept, with love and affection!
That’s really neat, Mark! And it must have been a lot of work!
It really, really, really (did I say really?) was! Thanks, Peter, it was worth all the effort.
WOW!
Jimi just sent me the link to this.
We love it!
We miss you.
Thanks so much!
WOW!
Jimi just sent me the link to this.
We love it!
We miss you.
Thanks so much!
Love****
C
I’m so happy you guys like it! It’s been awhile since the Battle Family Robinson made an appearance. I apologize for the infinite stall on getting this done. It has been something I’ve been thinking about for so long, I’m happy it has finally been animated. Love you guys!
That is (really) great, Mark!
Thanks, David! It was a loooong time coming!
Wow!!! What an epic effort Mark. I can’t imagine how much work you must’ve put into that. ZB & Jimi don’t even need VR Goggles for this event. Magnificent work
I was going for a Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots type of thing. Thanks, Tony, it was a lot of work, but totally worth it!
The ‘WASH ME’ tags are hilarious!
Gotta have a few of those!
Thanks now you’ve made harder than ever to continue doing webcomics! Now we all have to measure up to this – gee Mark. what a rotten thing to do to all us lowly webcomickers!! 😉 BTW what did you use to get such high resolution on your gifs? (techy question – i need your secrets now!)
The wonderful and patient Robinson family waited so long for this strip, that I felt I had to go the extra mile to make it really special. I worked pretty hard on this one and I’m pretty happy with how it came out.