Last week, I reprinted the first appearance of LemonHead from 1994. I returned to the character and his candy-infused world for the thirteen week strip KandyLand. It appeared in the weekly XLent, a supplement to The Austin-American Statesman.
This time artist Troy Gonzales (under the nome de plume Newt Manwich) joined me for the fun.
While these stories are far from perfect, they hold up better then I remember. Interestingly as Troy’s art got stronger near the end of the run, my scripting faltered, but more on that later.
My plan is to run a strip ever Wed for the next thirteen weeks. Hope you enjoy it.
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I don’t recall why I opted for the name KandyLand for the strip. It could have been that the Statesman was worried about me using the trademarked Lemonhead as the title for the strip or it could have been I was thinking I might want to tell other character’s stories. Most likely it was a combination of the two.