John Johnson here, writer, creator & web master of this comical fantasy whatsit. I live in Kentuky USA which is a great place to live if you like idiots. No really. Born and raised in the US, i'm a real hick and comics is what i do when i'm not doing something else.
Hope you enjoy Galumph. I first started drawing comics in 1995, and first went online in 2001. I consider the pedigree and discipline of originating from this thoroughbred camp give me and my work a qudos and integrity that other creators lack because they went straight to the internet because the internet is sexy and they wanted a way to exppoit it as opposed to me that loved just to draw and capture ideas in comic format for its own sake and found the internet was just a great way to share it.
My work can be quite challenging, I believe, shocking, embaressing, moving and all sorts. In short, whilst not totally brilliant, I think my work stands out from the crowd, even though its had no real recognition. When I read each story I have created over the years I am filled with a strange awe that I could have done what I did. I wonder if maybe someone else did it, some one that was not me. I often feel sad that I have not done more, but I do intend to keep it going, and I fully intend to increase my output.
I think that alot of people will think that perhaps as an artist i'm disturbed, depressed, sad, suicidal. I just want to say that like everyone I have my ups and down, but its just the downs can be more interesting to explore. I also record the highs. I like to celebrate what I consider to be of value, GIRLS and to explore that which I feel is wrong, EVERYONE ELSE. I think when the dust has settled I am sad, I am a looser, I dont have any of the things I ever wanted, just second place rewards. Second place doesn't count. So I am bitter, greved, angry and pissed off with my lot, but its not an overall reflection of me. I am also very happy with who I am, what I have achieved considering my limitations, and content to go on. I laugh alot, but I laugh like a man on his way to the gallow.
I feel that I have alot to say about life. Maybe not anything that has never been said before, but I often feel I have thought of something on the limits of my own perception and so I try to capture those thoughts in comic form. I am inspired by lots of things including Leonard Cohen, Leon Roselson, Juliette Binoche, Jack London, Pink Floyd, Faulkner, Ken Kesey and many other great artists. I feel that they were all striving to create and deliver important messages and I feel the same compulsion. I get a real buzz when I feel that i'm nearing the mark, when I read somthing I have written and feel that I might have approach something great, and that if I keep on I might create a masterpiece. I really believe that, but I also know that when walking through the hills there is always a new peak ahead of you and the land you left behind is often flatter than you first thought it was when passing through it. Web comic wise I like Leisure Town and Cat and Girl.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy Galumph, wether your just in it for the ride, a serious thinker, or a fellow creator. My art is free and I feel thats the only way to be. I have gained so much from work that I found for free, or found very cheaply, a borrowed book, a taped album, a web site. So enjoy.
If anyone has any comments or suggestions, then I would be interested to hear them. I can be contacted through galumph@online-web-comics-galumph.com