BoomMike is our resident comic strip creator, more notably known for his Boom Times! comic, and his acclaimed Local Patrol Comic, he is now creating Tech Beever’s very own comic - Hard At Break.
A highly regarded artist on Bitstrips, BoomMike has developed quite a fan base, and it’s no wonder why, as well as his Boom Times! And Local Patrol series, his other work; Inside The Boom Box, Master Thespians, Theme Park, Look See Look See, Meet Dr. Boom, Boom Speaks, Strangely True, Producteria, Adventures In Time and Boom Bits are all fantastic pieces of work.
BoomMike draws inspiration from the likes of Star Trek mixed with Monty Python, the Hitch Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, and Seinfeld, while comic strips like Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes have been big influences too.
Where did the idea for Local Patrol come from?
“I used to be in a sketch comedy group in and after high school called "Industrial Cardboard" and I came up with the idea back then but we had no way to do anything with it. The characters were different and much of the setting but the roots were there with the star being "Dr. Van Cefferon" who would become the Professor and Captain Shelly Fate in command of The Thrip.
A few years later in 1982, a friend was a DJ at a university radio station and I did a short run radio series with me creating all the voices and sound effects recording to a four track portastudio. It was still quite different but the roots were there. Buzz appeared with a different personality and a version of Zed, then called Sparky.
Over the years, I thought the concept had possibilities but never did anything with it. When I discovered Bitstrips.com, I developed the idea further into Local Patrol.
For my 2000th published strip at Bitstrips, I did a strip showing the earliest version of what would become Local Patrol. See the strip here: '2000 Bitstrips!!!'“
-BoomMike
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