Winter Roulette

I suspect this is more than just a Georgia gag, but it's very true right now. Snow one day, sun the next, then rain, then warm, then below freezing, the snow... I just can't keep up.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

Ye olde con sketch

One of the big thrills for me at a convention or book signing event is when someone asks for a sketch. It's doubly exciting because we writers are not often asked to doodle. With an artist you can ask for a sketch. It's harder to walk up to a writer and ask if they can write you something. My favorite is when they say, "Write something funny."

What follows are three such con sketches. These are the only three I have copies of to my knowledge. Who knows what lurks in the various CDs, disks, and nooks and crannies of my hard drive. I hope to add more later now that I have a decent digital camera. I can snap off a quick shot of the sketch.

Since Life In The Faster Lane is the only thing I draw these days, I usually sketch out an R.O. headshot. Sometimes, however, people come with theme books and I do what I can. I hope you enjoy these sketches and if you see me at a con, please stop by and ask for a sketch.

Click on the title to this post and check out my upcoming convention appearances.
This was done for a theme book for Legends comic shop owner, Gordon Lee at the 2006 Dragon Con. I remember the date because I finally got smart and started adding them to my signatures. Tricky, huh? Gordon's sketch book had these famous lines from movies and asked for a sketch to fit the quote. I picked this one. That's R.O. sharing space with Top Cow's Renae Geerling's character, Puma Girl, a project I had been slated to write, but unfortunately fell through.
A few years back I did some sketches for a fan using stick figures, similar to what is seen above. To my suprise, severl people watching me draw them thought they were cute so I ended up doing several. I still get the occasional request for one. The image above was another Dragon Con 2006 sketch book with various themes. Actually, the owner of this book saw me drawing Gordon's image and liked it. The page I was given had a note that said, "draw whatever you want." Well, being the smart alec I am, well... you see the result above.
Another Dragon Con sketch, this time from 2007. My first sketch on a corset, which was not as easy as you might think. :)

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

2008 OR BUST!

Best wishes for the New Year from the gang at Life In The Faster Lane.
May your resolutions stick and 2008 be your best year yet.
Yeah. This was originally done after the first Lord of the Rings movie came out.

I resolve to... oh never mind. :)

Keep on cruisin'

Bobby

From all of us to all of you...

As the holiday season is upon us and the New Year is just around the corner, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who visits this page. I hope we've entertained you and I look forward to bringing you more Life In The Faster Lane in 2008.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

See you in 2008.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

Christmas In The Faster Lane [part 3]

And here we go for another round of what I like to call Christmas In The Faster Lane.
And away we go...
Growing up, my Dad was always threatening to give us I.O.U.'s for Christmas. It never happened though. I guess Mrs. R.O. had soemthing to do with that. :)
Ironically enough, in reality this year I'm giving my brother, the real life inspiration for Mel Nudell, an I.O. U. because one of the items he wants doesn't come out until after Christmas. I guess art really does imitate life, huh?

A complete fabrication, but it does seem like something R.O. and Mel (not to mention their real life counterparts) might try.
Yep. R.O. said this one.
Every kid has probably thought of this one once or twice. Ha!
I got a big kick out of seeing one of my young cousins try to figure out where the batteries went on a toy that did not require batteries once. It was just too funny not to use.

That's it for this Christmas and another year is almost behind us. I look forward to seeing you all here in 2008.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

Christmas In The Faster Lane [part 2]

More Christmas folly from the gang at Life InThe Faster Lane.
Merry Christmas.
With apologies to Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Stewart. :)

This one cracked me up when I came up with it. To my knowledge, my brother has never actually attempted this.
Like Sgt. Schultz, Honey has learned to "see nothink!"

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

Christmas In The Faster Lane [part 1]

Merry Christmas.


Oh, that R.O. :)

It was bound to happen eventually...

'nuff said.

It all adds up...

This one's for my real life brother, who was the inspiration for Life In The Faster Lane's Mel.

He knows why.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Bobby

For these things we give thanks...

Thanksgiving In The Faster Lane.

As we all settle in this week to celebrate Thanksgiving with our families, may we all take a moment to remember those people, places, and things that are important to us. In that regard, I would like to thank my family, Bobby, Margaret, and Wesley Nash (the real R.O., Honey, and Mel Nudell) for not only supporting me in my career and enduring the fun I poke at them in these strips, but for being the best family a guy could have. I love ya, guys.

I've added the customary commentary below each strip.

Honey has to be quick or she might just lose a finger.

Oh please, like this has never happened to you.

Another one of those taken from real life strips. My Dad actually made the only dieting between meals comment. Naturally, it ended up here.

That Mel sure is a smart kid. :)

From me and the Life In The Faster Lane cast, have a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

Just remember, Christmas in The Faster Lane is just around the corner.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

Have a great weekend

Here's another little add on for MySpace and ComicSpace (or anywhere for that matter) I created. Just something to post when you want to say "hi" or "have a great weekend."
Have a great weekend.

Bobby

Thanks for the add...

Here's a little gem I worked up today that I now use on my MySpace and ComicSpace pages when I accept friend requests. Simple, but fun.

Please feel free to visit me at any of the following:

www.myspace.com/bobbynash

www.comicspace.com/bobbynash

http://www.pulpfactory.blogspot.com/

And of course there's the old standby, http://www.bobbynash.com/

Bobby

More classics

A few more classics from the early days, long before the strip was actually called Life In The Faster Lane. I have edited these somewhat fr their reprint here. I've touched up a few things and replaced the bad hand lettering with computer lettering. An, of course, I added the Life In The Faster Lane logo, which did not exist when these were originally created.

This first strip is from 1992 and is one of the earliest drawings of R.O. I had done. I thought the idea of him sleeping on the job was very funny at the time.

This second strip is from a year later, 1993. If memory serves (darned CRS) this was the start of the R.O./Mel war of the jokes. I thought the gag worked well, but the expression on Mel's face as he peeks around the open door in that 2nd panel really sells it. I only did a handful of strips with more than one panel. While they can work, I felt that the Life In The Faster Lane strips worked so much better as single panel gags and have stuck with that formula to this day.

Another two panel gag, this time from 1994. This is more slapstick and really never clicked for me. I never really drew that second panel to my satisfaction.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby

The classics never go out of style

These are some of the earliest drawings of R.O. You'll notice the character had not quite yet melded into his current look. He was a little more cartoony looking. Also, I was heavy into using China Markers at the time for shading. While the effect looked great on paper, it did not reproduce well in print.

I'll just let these strips speak for themselves.




Keep on Cruisin'.

Bobby

Kiss the cook!

This is just one of the images I've added to the Life In The Faster Lane store at http://www.cafepress.com/fasterlane.

I hope you'll check these cool items out.

I've also updated the existing Evil Ways store at http://www.cafepress.com/evilways.

And don't forget to check out the Lance Star: Sky Ranger store at http://www.cafepress.com/LanceStar.

Keep on Cruisin'.

Bobby

R.O. Halloween Mask

Halloween costume suggestion

Wanna be R.O. from Life In The faster Lane for Halloween?

Just add a hat and coveralls and you're all set.

Keep on Cruisin' Life's Faster Lane.

Bobby

Halloween in the Faster Lane part 2

Ah, Halloween.

Halloween in the Faster Lane part 2

Ah, Halloween. 'nuff said.

Something new...

Something I was playing around with today.

Which one do you like better?

Bobby

Nashcar comes to Atlanta

They're racing at the Atlanta Motor Speedway this weekend and R.O. can't make it. I know this strip I came up with after a visit to the Daytona Motor Speedway in Florida can't make up for it, but it's a start. If you are racing this weekend, remember poor R.O. as he watches the race at home.

Keep on Cruisin'

Bobby