Mr. Sucky and Mr. Licky
I’m not sure exactly when I came up with this odd idea – a ‘children’s book’ that most definitely WAS NOT a children’s book. I started writing these weird little vignettes about two best friends – Mr. Sucky (A vampire) and Mr. Licky (A werewolf). Mr. Licky is a very friendly, naive soul that happens to become a slavering, deadly beast when the moon is full. Mr. Sucky is a long-lived blackguard of a fellow who happens to be rather sweet on his furry friend. In my head, they appear as tiny, sickeningly cute little characters that roam around together and have adventures, eat ice cream, visit Opium dens and such.
Earlier this year, I decided to do a ‘dramatic reading’ of a segment of the Mr. Sucky and Mr. Licky saga for YouTube, and I’m currently shopping around for a cartoonist interested in helping me turn their stories into actual books. I’m really very fond of both characters and the ideas that pop into my head when I think about them. It’d be nice to see them in print/art someday.
