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post #1 of 4
6/30/02 at 10:00am
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Seeing Voltes posting his comics that he drew as a kid sent me scurrying into my drawers to find some more of the stuff that I churned out as a child. One day in English class we were told to write a story, but it had to use a set list of chapter headings. Obviously, every kid interpreted them differently. My effort was a sort of mini-Tolkien story called "Sword Of The Flame", although I fear Masters Of The Universe was probably a bigger influence than Lord Of The Rings.

After the assignement was finished, I went on to fill a whole notebook with characters, locations and weapons. I even wrote some classmates into the mythos on their request. Anyway, I'll post some of the stuff I did here for your amusement.
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post #2 of 4
6/30/02 at 10:37am
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<img src="http://www.geocities.com/danwhitehead2002/Origin.txt" alt="" />

This was the "origin" strip I drew, explaining how a "nuclear waste pod" hit the planet Spheros and mutated people and animals. There was some magic and technology thrown in there as well - just so I could have wizards and robots in the same stories.
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6/30/02 at 10:40am
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<img src="http://www.geocities.com/danwhitehead2002/Dungeon.txt" alt="" />

A couple of years later I rewrote my original story as a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book called "Dungeon Of Despair". You had to escape from the dungeon and find your way back to the friendly base, fighting off huge monsters along the way. It ended with a big battle that I'm convinced George Lucas stole for Attack Of The Clones .

It was one of those stories where at the end of each page you had to decide what to do, and turn to the relevant page. It wasn't very long - only 22 pages, complete with hand-drawn illustrations. I followed it up with another book called "The Day Of Orbitus", in which a giant monster rose from the crater left by the nuclear waste pod, and then rounded out the trilogy with "The Mind Stone", which saw Black Scorpion developing a mind-control weapon.

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post #4 of 4
6/30/02 at 7:49pm
Dan, that is AWESOME! Any kid who employs Wizard and Robots in their artwork are always cool in my book. I had such a huge grin reading that "origin" story. It's so cool how you storyboarded it and it's a pretty good story to boot. I love how it ended on such a sad note -- but ripe for many adventures to come!

Interesting that you also used blue pen (or ink). I did the same with my comic. I basically had no rough draft so whatever I wrote was permanent. I guess back then I didn't believe in editing.

Interesting that you also did those "Choose Your Own Adventure"-type of books. I did it too. I just enjoyed seeing what my friends would choose in my stories. My choices were really sadistic, such as: "Do you save your mother from the burning house" or "Do you save your father from the collapsing bridge." When I think about it, I wanted my friends to suffer.

Anyway, that's great Dan. If you have any more, post them! Also, if anybody else have any creative work you've done as a kid, please share them! I love seeing how your minds operated as a wee kid.
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