hyperblogianism: My Early Work

I was rummaging through some old keepsakes today, and I stumbled across some books I had made in the third grade. I'd like to share two of them with you now, because they're so awesome. They're illustrated, which is the best part, so I scanned them for your pleasure.

The Prince Who Saved The Princess

Nothing to see here. Carry on.

"Once upon a time there was a princess who lived with the king and queen. One day a prince was riding by the castle and saw the princess. He fell in love with her right away. He went over to the princess and said, 'I love you.' 'I love you too,' said the princess. After they fell in love they got married.

"A witch was watching this. She was mad because she wanted to marry the prince. So she sent her dragon to kill the princess.

"When the dragon got there he tried to kill the princess but the prince killed him. After the prince killed him he went and killed the witch."

Notice that the prince is a good two feet taller on the back than he is on the front. I especially like how blood is dripping off of "The" but not "end"

A very simple story. It's kind of unrealistic how quickly the prince and princess fell in love, but that's basically how it happens in Disney cartoons, so I give 8 or 9 year old me a pass in that regard. The real gem to this book is the cover art. So much blood. I literal lake of it. If you look closely, you'll notice that fire is still spouting out of the neck stumps from the dragon's severed heads. Nice touch, if you ask me. Oh, and the one head growing out of the dragon's tail on the front cover? Pure genius. Too bad I forgot to carry that detail over to the back cover.

I can't help wondering what my teacher thought when he saw this book. He never said anything. I'm also curious how modern teachers would react to something like this. I probably would've been sent to counselling.

Enemy Mind (I wrote this one shortly after seeing the movie Enemy Mine)

I was really into space in grade three. There's a lot going on here, but I think my favourite detail is the laser shooting out of the side of the missile.

This story is quite a bit longer than TPWSTP, and there's art throughout, so I scanned the whole thing, and you can read it in the following photos. Click on them for larger views. Note: this is an early precursor to Admiral Mike.