SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! By KERRY CALLEN When I worked as an artist at Hallmark, I had several opportunities to create lenticular images for various products. I always enjoyed it. Lenticulars can either be constructed to look 3D, and/or they can show movement. My favorite was creating motion. I always turned my Photoshop files into moving gifs just to see how things worked. The animation had to work in a loop. We didn’t put lenticular on tons of products, so I didn’t get to do them very often. One day in 2011, it occurred to me I could make gifs at home just for fun! It also occurred to me to animate old comics covers! I believe there were a few lenticular images on actual comic covers in the ’90s, but they usually worked with limited success. They didn’t have the clarity of a gif seen on a screen. March 20 was the 40th anniversary of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, so I thought I’d share one of my earliest gifs: Here, of course, is the actual cover: With AI now available to everyone, I probably won’t make any more cover gifs. It appears so easy to do, they no longer feel special to me. — Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back in a few weeks! Kerry’s going on a brief hiatus. Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — These Comics Characters Are Just a Bunch of POTHEADS. Click here. — SNAPPY ANSWERS to SUPER-STUPID QUESTIONS. Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...
SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN! By KERRY CALLEN The person who requested the following commission had to dig pretty deep for characters. He also came up with their name, “The Potheads!” Since some are pretty obscure, I’ll name them, top to bottom: Fat Man, Red Tornado, Bizarro Dr. Fate, Forbush Man, and Johnny Appleseed. I didn’t know Johnny Appleseed wore a pan on his head (or I had forgotten). Whenever I’m uncertain about something, I do what I always do… see what comic books have to say about the matter. Well, look at Classics Illustrated Junior #515, from 1955! Going back further, Disney released a Johnny Appleseed cartoon in 1948. Here’s a Golden Book of it: There’s quite a difference in Johnny’s age between the comic and the Golden Book. He must have scattered seeds during his entire lifetime! — Want more SUNDAY FUNNIES WITH KERRY CALLEN? Come back next week! Want a commission? Send an email to KerryCallenArt@gmail.com. You can also find other work at linktr.ee/kerrycallen. — MORE — SNAPPY ANSWERS to SUPER-STUPID QUESTIONS. Click here. — WHAT IF MARVEL STUDIOS Produced… THE INFERIOR FIVE?! Click here. — KERRY CALLEN spent much of his career as an artist and art director, developing product for Hallmark, but has also dabbled in comics for many years. As a freelancer, he creates work for a range of needs, spanning from Mad Magazine to children illustrations. He has two graphic novels available on Amazon worldwide, Halo and Sprocket: The Definitive Collection, as well as Dirtnap: Mystic...
