The original character in the ChrusherComix Universe was Mr. Butts. I created him as a little kid in maybe 2nd or 3rd or 4th grade or so (early 1980s… yes, I feel old saying that now, haha), and I drew a semi-ongoing series of strips featuring him and his family in many scenarios (he was kind of like Barbie with dozens of jobs, pastimes and hobbies – bowler, boxer, wrestler, surfer, construction worker, teacher, scientist, dad, husband, soldier, ally of Transformers… how he had time for all that, I’ll never know, I drew it when I was a kid, haha).
Christopher Galletta Stevens created Mr. Butts in the early 1980’s when he was a little kid who loved comic strips and cartoons. Here he brought him back for some cameos in his Chris’ Crusher Comics.
Original version (1988)
I drew it from the early ’80s up until 1987 or so, when I started drawing The (Mis)adventures of Mike Butski and then they transformed into Chris’ Crusher Comics and Welforce in 1988-89. Here, Mr. Butts returned with an even bigger gut and a gun. A newer, tougher Mr. Butts, a loveable loser who finally snapped and decided to bring justice into his own hands – looking like The Punisher here, which was probably my inspiration for drawing it. Butts makes a cameo or two in the comics later on, so keep an eye out for him.
[PS – This Mr. Butts could totally kick the @$$ of that really stupid-looking cigarette in that wicked lame-o lefty comic strip that does not belong with the Sunday funnies (supposed to be apolitical funnies for kids and families alike). That belongs in the editorial because it is a political strip, NOT the Sunday morning comics page.]
NOTE: I do have most of my Mr. Butts comics. I may upload them someday… but, they’re really nothing much other than the fact that they were good for an elementary school kid in the 8 to 12-year-old range.
Original Pencil Layout
