My name is Brian Morrissey, and this is my comic series NJ Creepshow. As a kid growing up in the ‘90s, Brian was passionate about drawing, drawing inspiration from Nickelodeon cartoons, Marvel comics, and Ninja Turtles. Over time he moved beyond imitating Todd McFarlane’s style and developed his voice which led to the creation of humorous homemade comics like Ninja Leprechaun and a Superman parody titled Super Steve. However, by the time he turned 13, Brian shifted away from drawing and started focusing on making videos and music instead.
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20 years later after a long period with no artistic output, I came across a video by artist Andy J. Pizza about finding your creative voice. Watching that video made me realize just how much of my creative DNA was shaped by comics and cartoons and how central they were to my identity as a creator. Fortunately for me, this realization happened in 2020, during a time when I was stuck inside with plenty of time to spare. For the first time since childhood, I found myself drawing every day and eventually, this led me back to making comics.
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Coming up with comic ideas is like freeform jazz in my brain lots of improvisation, and most of it is pretty terrible. I usually start with a simple everyday topic or situation and play around with it until something makes me laugh. Or sometimes, I’ll doodle a goofy-looking character and wonder what they might say. Other times, I think about what I’d like to see when I’m browsing for comics and art. If I can’t find anything that scratches that 90s horror nostalgia itch I’ll just create it myself. It’s an amazing feeling to be able to say, I made that instead of I wish I made that.
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Since the tone of my work is usually pretty silly, I love filling my comics with idiots and jerks who lack self-awareness. A lot of the funniest moments in life come from failure and embarrassment, so I prefer creating characters who are the ones getting laughed at, not the ones doing the laughing. I’m not interested in the typical high school quarterback who beats the odds to win the big game and get the girl. Instead, I want to focus on the dork in the marching band who ends up wetting his pants on the field in front of the whole school.
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