Once again, for those of you who don't know me too well (or, at all), most of the art (you will soon see [again]) on this site is based around the series of characters I made in 1992 till about 1997. These characters revolved around stories and comics I made during that time period. On the subject of the comics though, I started the early 90's with 6 of them that I would make on a regular basis..."Spike" was the 4th comic out of those 6.
Towards the end of 1992, I created "Spike"... a black bat with a tail (inspired by an actual bat called a "Mexican Free-Tailed Bat) that, much like Bom, did not have a visual face. Spike was an adventurer who would explore abandoned areas with his two colleagues, Plecky (Stripe's brother, a drunkard who loved money) and Martin (a sophisticated dog in fine apparel and a top hat) in search of treasure. All their personalities clashed, but they all tolerated each other for the sake of their adventure's results... on the subject of the relationship amongst the three "friends", Martin was the one who was often undermined the most as he was the easiest to pick on... yet, he always joined adventure after adventure. Their reasons for exploration differed from each other's: Plecky explored in search of money or items that can be traded for money, Martin explored in search of rare artifacts as he is a collector of "The finer things" and Spike explored in search of treasure overall, but inwardly, for adventure!
The abandoned areas they would explore were mostly old mansions, castles, sunken ships and tombs that were often haunted. The three would encounter monsters and spirits but would mostly be antagonized by a particular spirit named "Foster" and his band of "Krems" (which is "smerk" spelled backwards), hovering Black spheres with a large smile and no eyes that emitted electricity or fire and had a blue or red glow.
I was very hesitant on whether I should upload these comics because I have only recovered 5 that were actually legible (since I started drawing before I learned to spell, like we all probably did), but I did because I've always liked the storyline of "Spike". For not being a bigger story Like "Whispers" and "Timmy Marus", I think "Spike" is an entertaining storyline in itself and well worth the small upload of comics just to see what the characters looked like.
I really don't expect anyone to relate to or even try and understand these old comics... but I have them up in case I want to make more of them or reference them in an art piece or a comic. Keep in mind, with the exception of the 1998 comics of "Giki", I mostly made these comics for myself and the few friends that would share the same sense of humor I did/do. The last series (which is the very first) is one that I am still debating about uploading... that series is "Bom Slipt on a Banana Pill" (yes, that was how I spelled it) for a number of reasons, but the main being, most of them aren't legible or don't have any words at all... but the reason I DO want to upload them is for the sole purpose of it being the first comic series I had ever made.
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