Andy asked me what he should draw, and I said, “How about a king who lives alone on a tiny planet?” This is what he drew, and he like it so much he wrote a story to go along with it.
Once upon a time there was a king on a planet. He saw Earth. He went to Earth. “I like this place. I will live here.”
Andy has recently become a fan of Missile Mouse by Jake Parker. He drew this picture this morning right before we left for Comic-Con. He originally intended to give it to Jake at the Con, but decided that he couldn’t bear to part with his original.
Andy drew this cross-section of the Space Shuttle the other day. I don’t think he’s ever seen what’s inside an actual orbiter, but he has several of the basic concepts correct! The box on the side is the fuel tank, with red fuel that goes through tubes to the rocket engines. The grey things going into the fuel tank are tubes that carry air, to mix with the fuel. And that thing up at the top is the pilot at the “steering wheel.” The colorful dots are “all the buttons.” Not bad for a six-year old with no reference material!
Drowning in Green Goop from Charles Eubanks on Vimeo.
I’ve been meaning to post this one for a while. Andy created this flip book back in January. Those of you who know my background might assume that I guided him through it — but no! He figured out the entire process on his own, and presented me with the finished product before I even knew what he was doing!
As Andy puts it, the main character is “drowning in green goop,” and comes back up as a skeleton.
Andy: “I lrnd a spider can shoout a web frum its bodum. Fasanading.”
I woke up this morning to the sounds of Andy downstairs doing something with the scissors and Scotch tape. When I came downstairs, this is what I found:
Portals in our hallway!!!
He also created this bit of fan art a couple of weeks before Portal 2 was released:
Andy created this incredibly thin gingerbread man out of Sculpey the other day. Tragically, it fell to the ground and broke one of its legs. Andy was very sad for a few seconds, then suddenly had the idea to fit him with a prosthetic leg. I’m happy to report that Gingerbread Man has regained full mobility, and is enjoying the holiday cheer.
A while back, Andy fell asleep reading The Pirate Cruncher by Jonny Duddle. The next morning, he drew the following:
I had my gall bladder removed this weekend. Andy came to visit me, then drew this from memory when he got home. The one on the right is me, and the one on the left is my hospital roommate, who was suffering through a ruptured appendix, hence the grimace.
