A gallery of cartoons made by John Hanna for his family and friends. I've alway liked drawing. I started by drawing the characters I saw in them.
You may be asking, "What is this all about?" "Who is that weird stick figure?" "Where do you get your ideas?" and "Are you a professional cartoonist?" The answers to these questions begin with a bit of my own background. When I was a kid I watched cartoons on TV and read newspaper comics. My dad was an illustrator for McDonnell Douglas for 30 years and he encouraged my drawing talent. I drew pictu
res and cartoons for my own amusement and for others. "Cays Daze" began with sibing rivalry. My little sister Cay (yes she does exist) and I would get into 'drawing wars'. We would make insulting cartoons about each other. The ones she made of me usually had something to do with my love of drinking Dr Pepper. I made Cay this bizarre little stick figure with a look of permanent bewilderment on her face. With her whacked out hair and a question mark on her dress, her cartoons usually involved her doing something very stupid or running from some danger. As time went on, Cay and my family wanted me to make more of these as they found them very funny. Soon, I was making cartoons for everyone in my family. I use cards I buy at Hallmark or American Greetings stores and draw cartoons in the blank, white space on the inside of them. I take something that had happened to the person it was for and make a cartoon out of it, usually with a strange twist. I make them for holidays, birthdays, and other special occassions. I mainly use colored pencils and black ink pens in my work. I am not a professional cartoonist and am not part of any studio or company (although I would love to be). If anyone would like to contact me, my web address is [email protected].
