Hi guys

This thread should have been posted some time ago but due to my erratic life at the moment became waylayed.

As most of you will know a couple of weeks ago Mr Matt Dunn celebrated his 1st year here at the bubble and as a tribute to the ‘man who does not sleep’ and based upon a suggestion put forward to me by Mr Sturstein I decided to use this comic art thread to in honour of not only Mr Dunn himself but also a character that we have all become oh so familiar with.

The character – a hammer wilding, zombie smashing gas masked anti hero – was born from Matthew’s graphic novel Lonely Monsters. Since its publication he has gone on to appear on many t-shirts, a webcomic, custom toys, and more. In September 2010 he is the subject of an exhibition in Melbourne and continues to be probably ‘the’ most recognisable character on the bubble today.

Ladies and gentlemen, for your drawing pleasure and in recognition of Matthew Dunn’s outstanding contribution over the past 12 months….and 2 weeks, I give you. LEROY!!

Simon Sherry

ausven

Matthew Dunn

Haha yeah saw your record cover mate, loved it.

Okay, this is my first attempt at posting in the forums, so hopefully it works.

hehe, as I supected there has been no delay in the action getting started here. This will be a popular thread. :) Great start guys !!

Hey – I didn’t know about this thread …….

This is a Little Leroy (about 6 I reckon) that I did while I was waiting for the comp to be judged …….

This is really about the only one of him I could whoop!!

I hope no one begrudges me an animation of the process much like Matt once had done for one of his own artworks.

Process animations are addictive man. I’ve got a bunch of them with more on the way. It’s a really fun way to present your work. I like the final step in that piece, really drags your eye towards Leroy.

I threw a paint bucket at it and it made all the difference! BLOOD!

That’s an ultra cool thread guys here and a great surprise to see one of our own getting honoured like this. Well deserved tribute Matt!!!

Ausven and Simon already knew how much I dig the hell out of their takes on Leroy and it’s really great to see stevesparke and Cathie joining in with such wonderful alternatives of the character!
Michael, man that is a standout! Love everything about this work, from the pencil sketch to the animation, to the red variant! Great one buddy, really great!!!

Thanks, asuven. Thanks, Zombie. However ausven I think I do recall Leroy weilding a spiked baseball bat at least once. I think it was in the webcomic. Oh wait – I just checked and I was thinking of Matt’s Judge Death. Just hammers and guns for Leroy.

Cool stuff razar!

As far as weapons go, for the most part he sticks to his trusty ol’ hammer and the occasional firearm. I’ve done a tonne of Leroy commissions over the last few years though and in those he’s used other things such as crowbars, baseball bats, chairs, hockey sticks, severed arms, and other things. In one he was even wearing The Stinger, which Simpsons fans might remember as being the boxing glove with barbed wire wrapped around it that Mo once showed Homer when he became his manager/trainer ;-)

The reflection in the mask’s lenses looks great, razar1.

hehe classic razar, love the eyeball falling to the floor :-)