"Dr.Heckel and Mr.Jerk"

Here are some screen grabs from our 2nd Episode called "Dr.Heckel and Mr.Jerk". It's about a brutish bank robber on the lam who hops a train for a quick getaway and shares a car with an unsuspecting little doctor who unleashes his own form of justice.
When we first cut the lieca I remember we laughed like idiots. I think cause everyone loves to see a jerk get his lumps.
The jerk squares off with our protagonist Dr.Heckel. We painted the doctor in soft pastels opposite to that was the bankrobbers dirty money colors. Our approach was the same for the train car which was lush and velvety...
...and our exterior landscapes harsh and inhospitable. Our inspiration came for Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula who had a similar theme.
Ouch! Was that something in my sandwich or the rockhard fist of the doctor?
Chuga!Chuga! Woooohooooooo!
The MONSTER finally reveals himself!
Here's comes the cops!
The coppers react to the horrible aftermath of Dr.Heckel beat down on the robber. Priceless.
"Good job, little boy!" The cop congratulates the doctor on his capture.
"I'm a man." Corrects the doctor.
We would have loved to do a few different stories with these characters. Put them in different situations and settings. Because being a jerk is timeless!
Enjoy!
Riccardo

35 Comments:
Riccardo these are genius! SO much fun to look at.
SUPER!! I was only just thinking yesterday about Coppola's Dracula - LOT of good stuff in there despite Keanu's wobbly accent & Oldman & Hopkins playing their roles drunk! The fx were all done pre-digital - many in camera. The seq. on the train that you've referenced so beautifully is amongst my favourite scenes.
GRUESOMESTEINS just keeps getting better.
We wanna see these again! More!!
It a great, original idea with some awesome character designs. I can definately see some great influences in your work
Man this was one of my favorite episodes. The bg with the trains are friggin AMAZING! And I love the design of both Jeckel and Hyde. Fantastic work and I think I speak for everyone else when I say, " more please"!
This show looks SO good! I cant wait to see it.
this stuff is genius. pure genius
I saw this on tv not too long ago, very funny! I loved the art style. Great stuff! it must have been a blast to work on.
Brilliant stuff, amazing backgrounds and such a fun story. I adore the wee lil doctor 'man'!
Hey Rick, thanks for the nice note on our blog! Love this Gruesomestein episode... It was a beauty.
Wow...great lookin' backgrounds!
These are awesome!! GREAT WORKS!
Dude I'm loving all of this!
MORE HIGH RES PICTURES FOR ME TO COPY!!
These are so good...I....I...
I think I love you.
EEEEEheheheheee. So much of the fun:)
These designs are hilarious! Great expressions on the characters! You've really pushed it! Nice work! I look forward to seeing more!
Cheers!
Thanks y'all!!!
Not sure why the high res versions aren't going up...you can't sem to click on them. Anyone now why?
I'm glad you've seen the eps Miah and were impressed...we're big fans of your stuff.
Wow, these are ridiculous, yet awesome!
thanks for the comment mark! i see the word genuis use a lot here. so i'm going to say super mega genuis!
rock on.
I think this was my favorite of all the funpak episodes. Great design, great boarding, gags that are ACTUALLY funny, you guys really hit it out of the ballpark with this one. Congrats.
Thanks everyone! I'll post stuff from another episode real soon!
It's great to hear from all of you!
AWESOME stuff man. Great blog.
MAC
Mr. Ackland, about where I found the "monstruos diabolicos" stickers,that is a collection I almost complete when I was a child ...20 years ago... I´ll keep on posting !
Drool. You talented bastards, you! Great stuff!!!
crikey moses, these are so cool :)
i likes your site, i just discovered it off thomp's link.
you should send him some daffodils or something :)
moremoremoremore!!!!!
I just LOVE this...
just came back AGAIN to see the fun stuff. Cheers! ~Arna
Awesoem, just awesome!!! Any chance of getting these online for those of us on the other side of the earth?!?
Just watched this episode-- Those BGs are incredible. Really nice job there, guys.
very very cool, first visit in your blog, and already addicted !!! I would someday make animation like you....great stuff !!!!
: )
I wonder if these could find there way onto Youtube? (hint hint)
The rich colors in the backgrounds work really well. I love it.
The rich colors in the backgrounds work really well. I love it.
I saw this on Teletoon a while back and couldn't believe what I was seeing, amazing work. I wanna see more!
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