For the month of August, I’ll be featuring one of my favorite webcomics, Insert Image by Wes Molebash (Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus).
Insert Image was made for a niche crowd. Not only is it generally written in what I can only deem, “Christianese” it’s written for those of us who’ve grown up with it and have entrenched ourselves in the ministry. Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s some regular funny stuff in there too, but some of the hidden jokes are well, inside jokes.
Take the comic that I’ve picked for today. It’s an excellent example of what I’m talking about. Here we have JP spouting off things that are very devisive issues in the Christian community, and all opposing views. More than that, though, is that final panel. In that panel are so many extra bonus jokes. (And as I mentioned in the Sketch Comedy feature, I love bonus jokes.)
Probably my favorite is a very subtle one, but it’s very funny to me. It’s the inclusion of the Standard Theme ad in the sidebar. If you haven’t heard of Standard Theme, then you’re not reading enough Christian blogs. Heck, I even had a beta of Standard Theme back in my blogging days. It’s an all-around good, clean theme that is very popular in the Christian blogging community, and I love that Wes knows that enough to include it.
And there are plenty of other funny things buried in that tiny little frame, and it’s wonderful.
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Wes Molebash Interview: Part 1
Q. When did you know you wanted to make comics?
In my mid teens. I’ve always loved cartoon animation, and I wanted to be an animator at Disney for the longest time. But then I fell in love with Calvin and Hobbes and started drawing comic strips for my mom to hang on the refrigerator. I was falling in love with the art of comic strips, but I was still hanging on to this dream of being a Disney animator. Then, one day, my dad told me that I should focus on comic strips, which kinda broke my heart until he broke it down like this: if I worked at Disney, everything I drew would be “Disney”; but if I created my own comic strip, everything would be “Wes Molebash”. I’ve been focusing on comic strips ever since.
Q. How did you get started with comics?
My mom bought me a “How-To-Draw Comic Strips” VHS tape when I was in 4th grade. It was hosted by Bruce Blitz who is still one of my cartooning heroes.
Come back next Wednesday for Part 2!