social ladder

I've recently participated in a comics workshop with artists Sascha Hommer and Kati Rickenbach. (You can check out Sascha's stuff here and Kati's stuff over here). We each wrote a story on a piece of paper and put it into a hat. Then we each pulled a story out of the hat and that's what we had to illustrate. I modified the story i got a little bit and came up with this thing that i've decided to call "Social Ladder". These are the first 2 of 4 pages.

Pages 3 and 4 of the "Social Ladder" comic.

scene

This spacey bit is actually an homage to Alan Moore. Those sufficiently familiar with his novel "Watchmen" might now exactly where the reference lies.

the walkalator

He is self-locomoting.

spawn of darkness

Microwaves are EVIL. Just look at the darkness in their hearts. Eye of the void.

the shomsholimsh maker

Portrait of my friend Cristi "Grizzly Panda" Prandea.

tin can

So i decided to reproduce a bit of an etching by good ol' Al Dürer. This particular little guy was originally in the company of a couple of really mean-spirited individuals. Ugly-looking ones too. So i decided to de-context him, so to speak.

decermbie

Text reads: "Suntem la decermbie" or, translated: "We ar at Decermbe". Not "December", but "Decermbe". And not "in", but "AT". Why? What do you mean, "why"?