Casstoons - Filtered Classics: Oliver Twist

[espanolbot]

Just got my issue of Batgirl 13, was pretty good, gonna do a Casstoon of it in a bit.

But until then, here's something new I'm working on.

It's called 'Filtered Classics', and it consists of adapting old books, plays, myths etc. into a comic strip and hopefully coming up with something funny.

First Up, Oliver Twist!

Containing characters and parts of the story normally left out of adaptions because it makes it overcomplicated...



Note: the colouring of the next sections'll be more consistent, only worked out how to do it midway through this. XP

Comments

[christianconnor]

TO THE CHAISE LONGUE!

Quality.

[nezchan]

You an' Kate Beaton gon' rumble!

[espanolbot]

I hope not, she's talented and Canadian, she could probably take me.

[blackruzsa]

Canadian? You won't stand a chance.
Now just counting talent, on the other hand, I say YAY to you! YAY!

[nezchan]

Don't mess with Canadians. Wolverine, he's considered a bit of a nancy boy up in these parts.

[whitesycamore]

"From the looks of Edwin's lumpy head, he's sure to be a sex pervert of some sort"

That's the part that tipped this over the edge into "brilliant" for me. XD
Oh Dickens, you and your physiognomy...

[psychopathicus_rex]

OK, this is reasonably brilliant. "Oh, Edwin, your hat's so big!" Hee hee!
I have to say, I never realized that the backstory for Oliver Twist was so... complex. I always thought it just started at the orphanage with the 'I want some more' scene. I guess I really should catch up on the classics at some point...
Also, may I just say that your art style has improved immensely since I've been reading the strip. Good stuff.

[espanolbot]

Aw, thank you. :)

I have to say though, that everything in th strip is referenced to some degree in the actual book, but in things like the musical characters like Oliver's half-brother are normally left out for some reason.

Probably because the implication that Edwin cheated on his wife (they were actually seperated, not divorced and he only married her because their families had arranged it) wouldn't have gone so well in the musical.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Also possibly because the basic story doesn't really NEED such details - all you need to know about Oliver at the beginning is that he's an orphan, and he wants more soup, and that gets him kicked out, and the rest goes from there. As best I remember from various adaptations, he winds up being adopted by a kind gentleman, and that's it - I don't think the family drama from the beginning makes any impact on the story at all.

[espanolbot]

Actually it kinda does. The family drama, I mean.

I'll get into it as I go, but everything that happened here and all the characters (well, except for the old woman) are important to the plot.

[psychopathicus_rex]

*shrugs* I'll take your word for it - all I've seen are the cinematic versions. I was just going on my general impressions of them.

[ficticons]

This is great!

I particularly like "TO THE CHAISE LONGUE!" and the *squeak squeak squeak* and *flump* sound effects.

Keep up the good work. :)