Friday, September 14, 2007

When I was five



I too was a child, once. Here's proof.
Everyone in the class had to contribute to a book the teacher mimeographed. One girl was an especially gifted artist--her drawing was as developed as a 12 year old's--a good twelve year old. She was a big inspiration to me. She certainly would have been an artist, I think(she took it very seriously--not surprising given her talent), but she died shortly after this in a swimming accident.

This is but the top half of the page; the bottom picture that accompanies the lower "story" (of the girl who believes her family consists of sky, flowers and clouds--including my almost-perfect spelling of colors on a lot of large house paint cans)was too messed up to post--even worse than what's here.

8 comments:

Vanwall said...

Geez. Mimeos...Fanzines. !! As a lad, I always liked ditto better, just for that wonderfully curious smell.

Not bad for a fiver, kid - kinda like Tomasina Terrific, ('specially the feet!) meets Philip K. Dick.

Jenny Lerew said...

Dittos! THAT'S what this was! It even smelled purple.
Philip K. Dick and Tom terrific! Now that's a high compliment. Thanks!

Tal Moscovici said...

Hey, that's better than I draw now...Awesome!

Eddy_半瓶水響叮噹 said...

Great extract.

Marlo said...

AWWWWWWW i love these drawings!

katzenjammer studios said...

Haha, kids drawings are always FUN.

hey jenny, i recall you said you were working on possibly animating something. i think with one of those great dogs you draw. any chance we could get a preview? i'll be your best friend

Bob Logan said...

My aunt sent me a similar clipping (of blackmail) from my past. I don't know what grade it's from (1st? 2nd?), but in this little essay... despite all the earthquakes, I couldn't wait to move out to California to meet all the "hot chicks".

Hope all is well!

Bob

Jenny Lerew said...

Hey BOB! Love your blog, fella! Yeah, things are okay. I owe you a call! Thank you for leaving me such a nice message. I've been nuts lately.