The Personification of Imagination... Sort of.

I like to personify the imagination of Adam (the remote controlled boy.) I don't know why... I just sort of think it's funny to make a thought bubble that actually effects the world around it. I figure it would also add some conflict between Adam's run away imagination, and his parental control skull cap (which I really need a name for...) I don't know how I'm going to work out this conflict yet, but the remote control is supposed to represent pressure of becoming a functioning and productive member of society, while the imagination is part that doesn't care much of all that stuff. The imagination will be a good device for providing the figurative jokes, and I can imagine some epic struggles between a wayward imagination and the purpose driven remote control... When I say epic, I mean as epic as is possible in the limited space of the printed cartoon of course.


The only problem I'm facing is the difficulty of using an unfamiliar narrative device... What if people don't understand what is happening? It's a bit unusual to see a thought bubble that doesn't have words in it, and instead is providing some sort of action in the comic strip. This could lead to confusion... but I think I'll sort it out somehow.

Oh, and the other character in the drawing is Fred, Adam's friend... I'm afraid he might be a little too stereotypically nerdy... But then again, supposedly geek chic is in fashion. The other little sketches are robots... they don't play a crucial role in my comic strip, I just like doodling robots.