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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1989)
Page 8D The Battalion Monday, August 28,1989 ... LEASED By ^ DFvHfcErt, Pfiw/\TE INVENT i h(Krc& N/tMgP PHILLIPS. •yi/stC'h it ■ 'BoSTEfif' Cartoonist Prqfk Matt Kowalski “Spade Phillips, PJ, By Keith Spera Of The Battalion Staff . n^h/'/^— KecK, never ev&a #\a£e a sn*&l£, tittle sbry in -One f^&fta-lion- /Vo. rr\crieyj no h^c<K I^NtOCK 5pa^e Ph;/(ip5 ? I Gre^tGvm/s/ X” 3»*1 '»5 Don.Ve <lre yoor 4vin -fron? mili-tefyJchoai in Vts+'Gerrfuny- GubepT^Cj Is&tnn hdlfat'nctticJYo are cominQ bacK a^ain-S^i^r sguerkraut 6 nomefb, ya ain't real / \ Matt Kowalski always though if' he ever drew a cartoon, he'd.;;, it to be a spoof of the Humphrejfi gart detective movies of the 19t After reading a couple oft® on cartooning and noticing aii| vertisenient that said The Bat* was looking for cartoonists, Ko»|y decided to put his ideas on pap The story of Spade Phil washed-up, out of work private vestigator, soon emerged. He submitted his drawingsto! Battalion. Low and behold, hisr was accepted for publication an before you now. Although Kowalski, ajuniom thtopology major, has neverM anything published prior to iliiii er, he said that if his s Ah ve ace, my -£srH*r.7. Oo yoo remember 3 r^! n Y bl Bran kto r4,T Sum'ner cs^ I 4 !? 4 !, RoSSi3ja i ., vo^a,<3ys^r5jn a hajf Shell, art63 bdfles o\ ToHnsyv^xJcknsor * baby o. L /)W. y^>-..'paA* n ^a'" Ver keh«;... I O/yrkpic 5ht5i pvxr bronze Urtfnrlonzie bnno. netJS.-. a («5-f Cs»' c»W) obaf a J u)c>main- ...Skes^ carnet iJi+h Dammar... ^ ea^ ? £(olo? O/y «n 5ke nlost kav-e been ve^nS yrnpics nave b ^ay ^rea m • ;4 vasn Y pretty... J- c>on /_ f VinooJ, fkiS 15 kiod df ue ird .*• X" donr t.'k^ u>eifc3ness Knock ftneckKnedf ) SPftDE! Xve final ly~ -fo o y'o U / Vouj rj a ba(<3 eagle,ya. / Afe/o Ro/t.. a I ;c£l ftm LI o 3 1 JjU O/jay Xm os .. V easiest u >ay^b < yt n'daf ba^ ha floe, nations j'5 fa ttiinkoropod ones...Lom mbersonj Loni Anderson.^• Tjlll % be continued"- mestei. tie said that if msstnpiip off, he would consider canoo!| f ull time. Kowalski said that he wo those stalwarts of Battalion at [p strips, “Warped” and "Waldo the occasions he would pick if ■ Th6 T( copy of the paper, but doesr • | any sense of competition witki veteran cartoonists, “I didn’t even know there wan competition,” Kowalski said. Lake the other cartoon™ Kowalski s.tvs he plans to havemiM ol liis strip’s action take placeie^w .noimd ( (ille^c Station, andiH much of his treatment oflocal^B jects to f)e slightly on the sarf™ 1 side. BThesui “ I lust ampus is kind of Mia;;;:|^ ;i ”‘ there’s a lot to make fun Jghtclub Kowalski said. “No one will gf™ an 8 e - without being teased a little.’ 1 |f| wo ° Whether or not he is succfi‘® IW< ' nl with his strip will depend on twt)lij l ? e n w 1 c , 0rne ^ tors, Kowalski said «&Mstud “If people thought the strip* good, they would at least kno»: name,” he said. “If I hear peojl talking about the characters, l‘| would be a good indication o(s cess, too.” The fact that his characters m end up more famous thanhedoe?] seem to bother Kowalski. B' Perha] Range h ' progressiv Idge. | The cl i Hm of Bexas Av undenven [emerged 'It’s no big deal that thechaKR )ant ! ters mav be more famous thane|P u ^, mi t Cent he said. “The characters are kindL r like the cartoonist — he takestR ar y ements out of his life and putsttaR as < l uote into the characters.” Besides himself, Kowalski saidX 511 / gets ideas f rom acquaintances. as popuh pough it i On a m Inscribed funny loc In the Messed a ^/3 3 © Simple to order— To add fee options, enter: 2, then star (*) key, then 25 for video yearbook, then pound (#) key. To buy both, enter; 2, then star (*) key, then 23 for both yearbooks, then pound (#> key. At! Code Star Key Fee Option Pound Key ABC 2 # Save money by buying both Aggieland yearbook and AggieVision video yearbook! Texas A&M video yearbook only $35 plus tax=$37.63. pave. Texas A&M video/yearbook combo only $50 plus tax=$53.75. BU f ABC z : - ABC 2 ABC ' 2 # Ai3i]3©^73©0®iJi) will capture the places, faces, action and events of Texas A&M University. This professionally edited VHS quality video will be filled with the good times you share and the events which happen only once in a lifetime. Order your £\gjg]3©W!]©3©!fl now to capture the sights and sounds of Texas A&M University! £\Ui)0©W0^9®Qn] wi,! be produced by YearLook Enterprises, recognized as the industry leader by Time Magazine, USA Today, BE # The New York Times, and other media. 'ABC # d Student Publications: 230 Reed McDonald, 845-2611