The Johnny Appleseed Adventures are brief interludes that I have decided to post here on the Mystery Solved! page for fun. It’s nice to break it up every once and a while and it has the added effect of allowing me to compile pages for a few more stories while you guys (hopefully) enjoy this one. UPDATES FOR THIS STORY WILL APPEAR ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.
Johnny Appleseed and The Robot Saucermen From Neptune was a comic that I conceived, wrote, and drew for 24-Hour Comics Day in 2010. For those not familiar with 24HCD, each participating creator must write, draw, and letter a twenty-four page comic in just twenty-four consecutive hours–a harrowing task, to be sure!
I’ve always been a huge fan of the Gumby adventures, which was a definite inspiration for this tale. I love this character and I loved designing him…I just always wanted to a crazy story like this and with an Art Clokey-esque character. Johnny Appleseed seemed to be a particularly spectacular candidate for this character as his body is buried right here in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and such an absurd story almost demands to have the parodied participation of a real life folk hero.
I had a ball making this comic and I hope that you guys dig it! Another Appleseed story is in the works for 2011, and that one will also be completed as a 24-hour comic.
