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Rocket Rabbit

Nuclear-powered engine of comedy & destruction, and the star of NERVE BOMB comics.

The Weirdlanders

September 9, 2023June 18, 2023 by James Baker
The Weirdlanders thumbnails page 1

Tinkering on a ROCKET RABBIT comics short story continues. I hope to finish a 6-page B & W story by the end of the year.

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings, My stroke Tags Nerve Bomb Comics, Rocket Rabbit 12 Comments

Year Of The (ROCKET) Rabbit

June 3, 2023January 15, 2023 by James Baker
RocketRabbitBlueprint

Gung Hay Fat Choy! Happy 2023; The Year Of The (ROCKET) Rabbit!

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Categories Comics, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Rocket Rabbit 13 Comments

ROCKET RABBIT thumbnails

June 3, 2023November 13, 2022 by James Baker
comics thumbnails

After years of tinkering with page layouts, I hope to start final art for a series of short ROCKET RABBIT stories.

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings, My stroke, Projects Tags Rocket Rabbit 10 Comments

Scribbling While Rome Burns

June 3, 2023April 23, 2020 by James Baker
ScribblingApocalypse

Much has changed in a few months. Back in January, I’d never even heard of the ‘coronavirus’ and nowadays, we barely leave the apartment..

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Categories Comics, Doodling, Updates, Work Tags covid-19, Rocket Rabbit 15 Comments

Critters

June 3, 2023May 25, 2019 by James Baker
Kwala

Some visdev for incidental characters in Rocket Rabbit comics.

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Categories Character design, Comics, Doodling, LEFTY Drawings, VisDev Tags Nerve Bomb Comics, Rocket Rabbit 9 Comments

Maverix Studios: 1995-2011

June 3, 2023October 22, 2017 by James Baker
maverix_studios

Being a member of the nutty collective MAVERIX STUDIOS was one of the most fruitfully creative periods of my career.

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Categories AutoBio, Comics, Conventions, Friends, Work Tags Bosco Ng, Derek Thompson, JourneyMan, Maverix Studios, Robert Valley, Rocket Rabbit, Sho Murase, Steward Lee 84 Comments

Robo-Brawl

June 3, 2023August 29, 2017 by James Baker
Rocket Rabbit & Bludgeonator!

One of the first colour images I ever drew of Rocket Rabbit was of being chased by a big blue robot, who came to be called THE BLUDGEONATOR.

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Categories Comics, Projects, RIGHTY Drawings Tags Rocket Rabbit 37 Comments

The Year Of The Rabbit

September 9, 2023October 18, 2016 by James Baker
yotr_thumnails

Since 2001, I’ve occasionally published silly comics about ROCKET RABBIT & PROFESSOR, and lately I’ve been assembling a 96 page full color book.

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Categories Comics, LEFTY Drawings, My stroke, Projects Tags Rocket Rabbit 27 Comments

Rocket Rabbit Collection

June 3, 2023February 27, 2011 by James Baker
Rocket Rabbit Comics Collection

I have a “new” book to sell; a 56 page collection of all the Rocket Rabbit stories that I’ve published so far.

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Categories Comics, Conventions Tags Derek Thompson, Emerald City Con, Nerve Bomb Comics, Rocket Rabbit, Seattle, Ted Mathot 3 Comments

Year of the RABBIT

February 28, 2023February 7, 2011 by James Baker
Rocket Rabbit & Professor!

It is the year of the Rabbit. Coincidentally, it is also the 10th year of Rocket Rabbit comics.

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Categories Updates Tags Rocket Rabbit 2 Comments
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James S. Baker has worked in the animation industry since 1982, for many studios all over the world. This blog is for his personal projects.

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LATEST COMMENTS:

  1. James Baker
    James Baker on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 25, 2023

    Mark! So glad you commented! It was a great trip, eh? Nutty to think that it is already 15 years…

  2. Mark Creagan (Squiggle)
    Mark Creagan (Squiggle) on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 24, 2023

    G'day James.......Loved the read. I was reminiscing at each & every turn of the page. Yep I'm a dinosaur, printed…

  3. James Baker
    James Baker on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 24, 2023

    Hey Peter! I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed a re-read as much as I did. I've had this blog…

  4. Simmo
    Simmo on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 23, 2023

    Loved revisiting this James and reading all the comments. You guys are still legends!

  5. Deane Taylor
    Deane Taylor on The Magnificent SevenSeptember 22, 2023

    It’s a happy little Vegemite that gets to resniff a cadaver… it puts a rose in every cheek!

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