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May 15th, 2007 3:49 AM

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MONSTER MASH. Written by Rafer, age 9. Drawn by Rafer, age 31.

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I've mentioned the comic many times in the many short biography blurbs about myself. "MONSTER MASH", the first full comic I ever made. I was 9 at the time. The world was much simpler, and I was more innocent. I recently dug out the first issue of MONSTER MASH, and was astounded by the purity of my early vision. Unencumbered by the daily hassles of life, work, bills, MONSTER MASH stands as an undiluted representation of my mindset as a child. Presented HERE is the first page of that comic.

After re-reading the entirety of MONSTER MASH #1 (there were about 15 "issues") I came up with an idea. And, as I am now theoretically an adult, I placed a few rules upon that idea.

The Idea:

Redraw the first comic book I ever made.

The Rules:

I must not degrade the spirit of the book, and so must treat my younger self as the writer of the comic. My younger self is an auteur, and not a single word may be altered from his original script. Character designs and actions must be consistent with the young author's designs.

My younger self could not care less about matching the original panel layouts, or original page count. So long as not a single word is changed, so long as every scene in the original book is included, and so long as I add nothing other than redesigning the drawn page, my younger self is content.

And so, in this spirit, we begin transmission of MONSTER MASH #1. Written by Rafer Roberts, age 9. Drawn by Rafer Roberts, age 31.

A new page every week until it is done.

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