Extra! Extra!

So I promised that Sundays would be "extras" day, sort of like a crappy DVD that only has one special feature. Anyway, today I'm busting out the original sketch for the first page of Gas Baby. There are a lot of things different with this version, including the design of the Gaseous Babe himself.

The whole reason I came up with the character in the first place was because I was making fun of the English synopses on the back of Hong Kong DVD boxes. The opening lines of this page are my impression of said HK translations (hence it not making much sense). Well, the scan didn't go so well since the whole thing was in light pencil, but you'll get the picture.