{"id":42867,"date":"2024-03-21T14:10:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T18:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?page_id=42867"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:25:24","slug":"sketchbook-monkey-bird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/it-came-from-the-sketchbook\/sketchbook-monkey-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook \u2022 Monkey & Bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Monkey & Bird<\/strong>
\nThis was one of the more popular web comics published at CO2 Comics<\/em> a while back. It was the romantic adventures of a monkey and bird who met in the jungle and fell in love. I wrote and drew it while Tina colored and created backgrounds. You will find sketches and preliminary work on this page.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the Monkey & Bird<\/strong><\/em> comic strip, you can find it HERE!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Click the images below for a larger preview and then cycle through the images by swiping on a tablet or by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Miami <\/a>
Miami Vice Monkey or Altered States by Joe Williams <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Early <\/a>
Early version of apelike author <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"First <\/a>
First apperance of Monkey and Bird <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"She's <\/a>
She’s Having a Baby <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Birth <\/a>
Birth announcement <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Inky's <\/a>
Inky’s Bar. Trying to give inanimate objects a little more character <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Inky <\/a>
Inky and Monkey <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey-and-Jake\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B005-panel\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B-004-panel\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ernie <\/a>
Ernie and Mickey <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bird_debuts\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B-009\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"BirdPromo-7\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Addison <\/a>
Addison the Tiger <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey <\/a>
Monkey & Bird on a date <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B-010-p1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B-011\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hippo <\/a>
Hippo Waiter <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Hippo <\/a>
Hippo Waiter <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Shawn-MB-012\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-014-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"snow-MB\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Boogie <\/a>
Boogie Wonderland <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Boogey <\/a>
Boogey Wonderland <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"015-MB-promo-2\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"016-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Jungle <\/a>
Jungle Man and a Lion <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-018-color-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-017-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-019-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-022-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Yikes!\" <\/a>
Yikes! <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-021-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bad <\/a>
Bad Connection <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bird <\/a>
Bird on the Phone <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"bar-sketch\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"M&B-023-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"From <\/a>
From Monkey & Bird <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Marquee <\/a>
Marquee detail <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Drive-in <\/a>
Drive-in Marquee built in Adobe Illustrator <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Drive-in <\/a>
Drive-in Marquee built in Adobe Illustrator and refined in Photoshop <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"My <\/a>
My Marquee sketch <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-ch2-01-promo\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey's <\/a>
Monkey <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"ch2-09-ink-PROMO-2\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Sylvia <\/a>
Sylvia the Bird <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mickey <\/a>
Mickey the Monkey <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-Chapter-1-DIGI-ink\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"digital-inks-MB\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"babs-ink\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Poetic <\/a>
Poetic Rhino <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"hand-inked\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Drunken <\/a>
Drunken Baboon <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"cut-down\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"stapled\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"bostitch615\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mini-Layout_cover\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"MB-ch2-12-nowordz\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Shank <\/a>
Shank of the evening <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Sleepy <\/a>
Sleepy time Monkey <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
A bird on yellow paper <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"descending-monkey\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"speeding-primate\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey <\/a>
Monkey & Bird \u2022 Chapter 1 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey_and_Brid-CH1-15\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Monkey <\/a>
Monkey & Bird <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Sylvia <\/a>
Sylvia the Bird in Derwent Darkwash pencil <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Mickey <\/a>
Mickey the Monkey hurrying across “town” <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Heavy <\/a>
Heavy is the head that wears the crown as Monkey soon finds out. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"monkey-in-may\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Ant-NY <\/a>
Ant-NY the Lion <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"img_1458\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Red-Monkey\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"The <\/a>
The last published page of Monkey & Bird. They may return one day. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Back <\/a>
Back together again <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Bird <\/a>
Bird is scared <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"krita-mb\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n
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