Colonel MacTagart
Colonel MacTagart is © Steven Richard Steiner
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Following the death of his wife, Colonel Edwin MacTagart and his trusty companion, February, go on safari in the deepest jungles of a terribly uncivilized continent. They search for the beast known by the local natives as the "Serrapoh". Most say the Serrapoh is a mythical creature concocted by the unenlightened tribes people. Colonel MacTagart, on the other hand, swears the Serrapoh is real and has made a deal with a publisher to print his exploits once he returns.
I decided to go through old comics starting on page #1 tonight, and yours is my favorite one so far! The dialog was a bit cheesy, but it really cracked me up anyway! The art and coloring were very original, too, and I think they fit the story very weellll! -Dan
I like the drawing (reminds me of Joann Sfarr) but the coloring effects are distracting. I vote for simplification.
Love it! Hi-Larious.
Really enjoyed it Steve, thanks again for the cool swag, and the cool comic.
Thanks for your kind words on my page Steve. I appreciate it. I hope to see you back again.
your work is really fun! thanks for your words and good luck for you too!
Mauro.
I think you should get a new badge steve! Like Pro lvl 2 or something.
And a hearty "Great job!" to you as well. I really liked the juxtaposition of your characters and backgrounds; it gave the jungle an eerie, dreamlike feel.
Three cheers for Steve, a gentleman and a mean cartoonist!
Steve,
I enjoyed the Colonel. I certainly look forward to your next submission.
Ever a fan,
Gabe
thanks everyone for the support and votes. You have no idea how much it means to me. It looks like I'll have to the first person to get a third comic on Zuda to make this thing happen! hope to see you all soon!
-steve
Thanks, Steve! That means a lot coming from you! You're a creator I totally respect and it's a shame to see you come in tenth. Maybe you'll earn an honorary instant win for your third time round!
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Never give up! Never surrender! :oD
Steve, I voted for you on the beginning of the competition and it's a disgrace that you are in the last place. Your entrance is funny and it's not a candy-lollipop entry like some of the others. Comedy submissions aren't that popular here, as we see from the votes, but hell, I hope it will change, so don't let go! You deserve a place here (and now everybody thinks: WE ALL DO!!:)
Steve Steiner, it was a pleasure to compete along side somebody who i am a true fan of. the ranking is a crying shame. i loved both of your zudas. please get a pitch in every month if you have to until you win one, so that i can read new steiner material every month. your stuff really is pro, and it belongs here on zuda. from that preview of pitch number three, i promise you my vote.
already changed my vote... to celedore
COME ON EVERYONE!! CHANGE YOUR VOTE TO GOLDEN!!! MAKE IT COUNT!! THIS IS THE LAST PUSH! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i like colonel mac tagart
whoo hoo! thanks Jim (hopefully I'm man enough to say that). You made my morning!
I came back for this strip. You've made a fan out of me.
I love the backgrounds. I don't get the comic completely but the style is very nice.
What will happen in the future is 3 pro badges Steve, I'm looking forward to reading your next comic here at Zuda.
thanks for the encouragement guys! i really appreciate it. i've got one more submission in me that I think is better than my previous attempts. So we'll see what happens in the future!
Hey Steve. Your comics are awesome. Might I suggest trying a gag-a-day like Crocman, but maybe have the main characters as human? It's just a suggestion, but a long time ago, I did a strip that was penguins, but they were just acting like humans, you know, and a comment I got was, 'why aren't they just people?'
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I could have seen MacTagart as a gag-a-day, easily.
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Anyway, just a suggestion. I realise Croc-man was *supposed* to be a Croc Man and that was largely the gag... Hmm. I'm not being very concise. Basically, people have to sympathise with your main character. Maybe Croc Man was a little too accepting of his awful situation? People love a struggler. Charlie Brown is always a good model to start with. Heck, I model MYSELF on the round-headed kid! ;o)
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Third time lucky! Go go go!
You're a winner in my book Steve! Just give thanks you won't be tarred with the same brush as some other competitors this month! Of course when you get in the next comp I'll donate my grandma and you can raffle her off. Anything to win eh?
You fought the good fight, Steve.
Looking forward to submission three!
and i will have to add that somehow i got 3,000 hits since yesterday. I have no idea how that happened! thanks though guys!
thanks john, i have to confess once i landed so low i kind of called the colonel a wash. I figure I need to try a different strategy to get on Zuda! but i just finished the 8th page for another submission that, in my opinion, is better than my previous two. And I just thought of a plot for another submission if I get to it!
No matter how it turns out this month you still deserve congrats for being the first to strike twice at Zuda.
You already have my vote.I like your job, especialy background!
Hey Steve, I'm a bit late (I was gone for a week), but thanks for the swag. The comic is great, and thanks for the stickers to, I didn't expect them. Best of luck to you in all future en devours, oh and hurry up with the rest of MAM, can't wait.
I was really feeling the lil adventure you took me on. The background art was very stylish. I felt that your story even had that dry, subdued British humor to it. No way this should be last place-- but someone has to be I guess. Third time is the charm m'brother! Just grid out another one for us!
I love it!! Its almost reminds me of bedtime story books my mom read to me. Looong Looong ago! Its so fresh to see in the webcomic! Awesome ;)))) YOu definitely should not be in 10th Place.
thanks guys. glad you enjoyed it!
i'll admit - i read this comic and i loved it.
Clever and playful both in the writing and the art. This one should be ahead of several other front runners in my opinion.
I really like the backgrounds on these. They almost make up for the fact that you hate gouache. :)
This is deffinatly my favorite version of Colonel M, but I am SUPER excited about your next entry. I love it. Like want it on a T-shirt love it.
well - I'm not sure why I wanted to try and do some painted backgrounds. I just had a strange urge to cut loose and a technique I've never attempted in comics.
I always liked making a mess with paint but was never a good painter. Thank god for photoshop!
I was surprised to see this strange background at first- but it totally works. Its fun to see you going in a different direction than Croc Man (although I loved that as well). I think it adds a lot of atmosphere to the story too. How did you arrive at this style? Keep up the good work man!
like it - 5 star!
I really like the style of the artwork - it really has a charm to it. The issue I have is that its very flat in the storytelling and the way the "shots" are set up. Its very plain and uninteresting which is kinda bad when the style is not. Good luck!
If you can somehow make money off something you got for free then by all means - DO IT!
Hooray for swag!!! Looks great Steve, thanks. Maybe I can sell some of this on eBay someday to pay off my student loans!
Hey Steve Steiner fans! Check out his sketch of Roscoe on our blog! http://twincomics.blogspot.com/
P.S. Scroll down past the Roscoe sketch done by my nephew, Donny!
Peter
I just got the free swag, it's great!!!
Thanks Steve, for once my mailman didn't let me down. YES!!!!
thank you for reading it Arkay! Glad you liked it.
Great comic Steve! Thanks for posting it.
Well if that happens, I'll make sure he sends you another one. :)
You know those crazy cats at the post office go through everything, one of the perks of the job, 3 cheers for civil service.
I just hope my mailman doesn't like the CM sketch steve is sending me too much or I'll never see it:(
I just don't understand how we can not get ANY mail for 2-3 days in a row, and the next day get a bunch of mail. On a regular basis. I wish I still got "Nobody Can Eat 50 Eggs", maybe then I would get enough mail to deserve delivery.
That and 50 Eggs was great.
My mailman every now and then *loses* my copy of Playboy so I know how you feel.