The Kasey Kockroach Thread

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

I've witnessed a couple fine folks here gifting themselves a thread to call their very own. I dared consider myself to be possibly worthy of such an endeavor for my own selfish desires. I can vent personal woes, post drawings, talk about story ideas or particular characters! I dared to dream! But, how to commence? After all, if I am to prove myself worthy of a thread in my name, I simply must make a good first impression! I must answer the question as to whether my personality is compelling enough to warrant discussion in of itself! But, how to proceed? Post drawings? Tell the story of how I nearly missed work earlier this week because I spent the entire day believing it was Monday (my day off) when in fact that day happened to be Sunday? Gush on and on about how much I freaking love that addictive percussion in John Williams' The Lost World? Talk about my doggy and kitty?

All of these options are so alluring, such potential within my grasp! But am I ambitious enough to attempt to realize this potential? 

Nah. So, here's some drawings of the character I've been drawing what's felt like nearly my entire life. The character that is my username, naturally. The drawings vary wildly in age and quality (ranging from "hey, this actually isn't hurting my eyes" to "OH GOD WHY WHY WHY DIDN'T YOU BURN THIS!?") as, well, again, I've been drawing him for as long as I've been mentally capable of conceiving a character and physically capable of drawing him.

 

 

Pictured in a few of these is his (human) girlfriend Iris Out. You will see other characters here soon enough, including his arch-nemesis/best friend (it's complicated) Slam Wallaby, his adopted witch sister Nikita, Boober the mermaid, Earl Buzzard, and so on.

[Koray Savas 2,260]

Nice work. Do you aspire to work as an animator/are you one already?

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Cool cartoons!

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

16 minutes ago, Koray Savas said:

Nice work. Do you aspire to work as an animator/are you one already?

Nah, I just do this for my own happiness and fulfillment. The animation bizness is no bizness for me.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

Do you have an ultimate career aspiration (yet?), Mr. Roach? Are the specifics/hoops of the animation/cartoon world not to your liking?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

No ambitions (yet), just...living life, finding joys in the little things. Trying and failing to talk to girls.

And as someone who's conversed with animators on a daily basis (including being friends with an animator who worked on things like Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog and Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat)...it's an ugly world. Not irredeemably so, just one that doesn't leave me eager to try and jump in, especially given the demand for Kasey Kockroach and friends has been consistently low in person and online.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

I've worked in the media industry for almost a decade. It's not all sexy and exciting.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

Just now, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said:

I've worked in the media industry for almost a decade. It's not all sexy and exciting.

 

Journalism, am I correct? 

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

I'm content to just do it for my own kicks. I sure as heck recognize these things just wouldn't work in the mainstream. My sense of humor is too awkward an in-between "too childish for adults, too sick and pervy to be kid-appropriate". The characters are overall rather cute and there's a sincere bond and camaraderie that is the main five (Kasey, Slam, Nikita, Iris and Boober)...but Kasey and Iris are very clearly in a relationship despite being different species, and Slam and Kasey routinely make violent attempts to kill each other. Not to mention Nikita and Boober being an item, which would cause quite a ruckus since they're not only different species but both are of the female persuasion (Nikita's gay, Boober's bi).

[Holko 12,019]

Exactly the thing Youtube or other internet groups would eat up with the right amount of exposure, even with some crude animation - or maybe especially? You wouldn't even have to deal with the bullshit of mainstream media.

 

I may be a few years behind on getting the Youtube meta, but dumb little animation shorts used to be huge.

 

But of course if it's the animation process itself that you're not interested in and you have no willing friends to team up with and co-create something like that, it's completely fine.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

Even then, I'd need a writer/co-writer to help me make them, well, funny.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

56 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said:

Even then, I'd need a writer/co-writer to help me make them, well, funny.

 

Hmm

[gkgyver 1,647]

That's good work! Goddammit son, get some ambition!

[Quintus 6,320]

Time for a new subforum.

[Bilbo 4,277]

29 minutes ago, Quintus said:

Time for a new subforum.

 

Would you not get lonely in it by yourself? Or would TGP be joining you?

[Quintus 6,320]

I'm never lonely.

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I was just reminded of my personal favorite Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes short and I figured this was a good place to post it.

 

I regularly quote, "[googly flattered noise] tell me moooore about my eyyyyyyeesss"

 

Sorry for shitty Youtube quality

 

 

[gkgyver 1,647]

15 hours ago, kaseykockroach said:

Even then, I'd need a writer/co-writer to help me make them, well, funny.

 

You think you're not funny, so how would you know they aren't funny already?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

I was just reminded of my personal favorite Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes short and I figured this was a good place to post it.

 

I regularly quote, "[googly flattered noise] tell me moooore about my eyyyyyyeesss"

 

Sorry for shitty Youtube quality

 

 

The inbetweening is awful in this one. It ruins the work of Bobe Cannon, Ben Washam and Rudy Larriva, makes the animation look all mushy and floaty. Only Ken Harris' work came out unscathed (Bugs singing King for a Day).

But Maltese's script somehow manages to make child abuse funny as hell, so it's worth it.

 

SHUT UP JUNIOR, CAN'T YOU SEE I'M THINKING!?

[Disco Stu 15,517]

I’m no animation expert, I just know that one made me laugh and laugh when I was a kid.

 

The voice performance for the mother bear is the best thing about it.

[Xander Harris 9,546]

11 hours ago, Bilbo said:

 

Would you not get lonely in it by yourself? Or would TGP be joining you?

 

Shit, I'd post there.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

2 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

I’m no animation expert, I just know that one made me laugh and laugh when I was a kid.

 

The voice performance for the mother bear is the best thing about it.

Bea Benaderet was a badass lady.

I love how completely apathetic Mama Bear is to Papa beating the shit out of their kid.

 

[#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 12,173]

This is not the mstrox?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

No, that's down the hall to the right. Ya can't miss it!

 

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Your surname is Kockroach?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

 

3 minutes ago, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said:

Your surname is Kockroach?

He's a cockroach whose last name happens to be Kockroach, just as Slam is a wallaby who just happens to have the last name Wallaby.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Anyone else like Tiny Toons?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

I like Bruce Broughton's music for that show, and the They Might Be Giants music video they did. That's about it. It's at least less obnoxious than Animaniacs though.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

I loved those 90s WB animateds though.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

I like Freakazoid and Pinky & The Brain!

The rest was phooey.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

I like Yakko, Wakko and Dot!

[Disco Stu 15,517]

Yeah Animaniacs is great.  Tiny Toons too but not as great as Animaniacs.  After school staples of my television diet as a kid, along with Darkwing Duck, Ducktales, Bonkers, etc.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

Shame they couldn't use Bernadette Peters more often. Busy lady and all that.

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

On 7/20/2018 at 9:14 AM, kaseykockroach said:

Slam and Kasey routinely make violent attempts to kill each other

 

Just like itchy and scratchy!

 

So your name is not Kasey?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

Nope, my name is Severin.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Snape?

[Jurassic Shark 16,355]

Your cartoon character still reminds me about you.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

1 minute ago, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said:

Snape?

[The Illustrious Jerry 3,361]

On 7/20/2018 at 3:25 AM, kaseykockroach said:

Even then, I'd need a writer/co-writer to help me make them, well, funny.

There's plenty of funny people around here.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

On 7/21/2018 at 12:52 PM, kaseykockroach said:

No, that's down the hall to the right. Ya can't miss it!

 

Ya sure you don't want to do something in the visual work, not even a concept artist, general director or creator, etc.? If Butch Hartman could do it, why can't you? 

 

 

On 7/21/2018 at 7:35 PM, Jerry said:

There's plenty of funny people around here.

 

He means funny as in humorous, not total weirdos, Jerry. 

[Wojo 2,458]

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

Uuuugggh, I hate my handwriting. Almost as much as trying to squeeze words into drawings properly. Hopefully this isn't hard to look at. Also couldn't decide which was the better camera take, so here's two versions.

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Are you left handed?

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

3 minutes ago, Cherry Pie That'll Kill Ya said:

Are you left handed?

No, why?

[Jill Sandwich 11,030]

Ah, because left-handers like yours truly usually have shoddy handwriting. I'll post a sample later.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

I gather that it's difficult to read and that I should post captions here?

[Holko 12,019]

I could read it fine. Granted, I'm accustomed to reading bad handwriting since at times I can't even read mine. But yours is not bad.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

4 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said:

I gather that it's difficult to read and that I should post captions here?

 

Honestly if the quality of the photos were better I think it would be improved in a lot of ways.

[Kasey Kockroach 2,716]

1 minute ago, Nick Parker said:

 

Honestly if the quality of the photos were better I think it would be improved in a lot of ways.

Well doc, all I got here is dis phone camera!

I used to have a scanner in my high school/college years (hence some of the older drawings here), but it broke quite a long time ago.

[Nick Parker 3,049]

58 minutes ago, kaseykockroach said:

Well doc, all I got here is dis phone camera!

I used to have a scanner in my high school/college years (hence some of the older drawings here), but it broke quite a long time ago.

 

You should make a professional investment!