Sunday, November 6, 2011

#15 Twist my arm whydontcha

Gonna include a header from here on; to differentiate between Lil' Harley, and Teen Harley storylines.

Friday, October 21, 2011

# 14 Crossroads

Strip #14 Orange County has dozens of these kids going to their public high schools at any given time: semi pro/pro skaters, surfers, snowboarders. It's as commonplace as kids in LA county who book acting gigs.

# 13 Day off? No.

Strip #13 Coach Perez is always looking out for his boys. When I'm writing him, I'm thinking of Coach Eric Taylor from "Friday Night Lights".

# 12 We need a shed

Strip #12 Important info in this one; on Harley's t-shirt. Cartoonists reading this one will know that the official term for those flying beads of sweat are...sweatles. Yes, I am a comic strip nerd.

# 11 Coach 'em up

Strip #11 The first appearance of Coast High School (totally fictional, but I based the look and school colors on Pacifica High School in Orange County) head football coach George Perez (named after the first comic artist to have an influence on me).

# 10 Invested

Strip #10  Can you feel the love? My oldest and dearest friends are always ready to check me, and always have an insult at the ready.

# 9 Buddies

Strip #9 The first appearance of Vincent "Bo" Jackson; whose Dad was a huge Oakland Raiders fan.

# 8 Alone time

Strip #8 Shoplifter! Hey! Who's watching this kid?!

# 7 Bad girls

Strip #7 From which we can deduce that Billy's not out looking for a "Mom" for Harley...just yet.

# 6 Shock value

Strip #6 This is where it's revealed that Billy is a single dad with an active social life.

# 5 More peanut butter?!

Strip #5 The dynamic between Billy and his Mom is well illustrated here.

# 4 Turn back the clock

Strip #4 The fist appearance of Billy Hudson; Harley' Dad; also Rose Hudson, Harley's Grandmother.

# 3 Old tech

Strip #3 I belong to the first generation of Americans who will grow old and say "dude" as a part of regular speech.

# 2 The offspring

Strip #2 You won't see these guys again for a looooonng time.

# 1 Save the date.

Strip # 1.  A lot of Easter eggs here, some that probably won't make sense for a long while.