Doug Savage

Doug Savage, cartoonist Vancouver, Canada www.savagechickens.com "Here's my desk, where I draw Savage Chickens. I always listen to music while I work, so I've got my stereo and turntable hooked up to the computer. The LP currently on the turntable is the Lou Rawls album 'All Things In Time'. Great album." "Dead Dog Bob lies on my scanner. I made him out of leftover scraps from my Grade 7 home economics class, where I supposedly learned to sew. Dead Dog Bob was one of my first cartoon characters. The fact that he was dead limited his narrative possibilities. But not as much as you might think." Here's my computer, showing my web site. My mousepad shows Brandon "Bird's 'Lazy Sunday Afternoon', which features Christopher Walken building a robot in his garage. That yellow thing is a chicken that I made out of modeling clay." "I doodle in my sketchbook to get ideas for cartoons. Then I try out the ideas on sticky notes. People have asked me if I use a template for the cartoons, but no - I draw each one on a bona fide sticky note and then scan it. I use Staedler pigment liners and a variety of sticky note brands. There are some early drafts of recent cartoons on the right." Godzilla watches from above. When I don't feel like working, I look up and Godzilla admonishes me. He's the Shogun Warrior Godzilla thatshoots flames when you press the lever on the back of his head. And he can shoot his right fist off. This is the coolest thing I own."-DS