Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2014
Capstone Advisor
Yvonne Buchanan
Honors Reader
Frank Cammuso
Capstone Major
Art
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
yes
Audio/Visual Location
Honors Library Drawer
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Creative
Subject Categories
Illustration
Abstract
Millennial Rust is a one-artist anthology comic, consisting of the first chapter of a serialized story, The Turkey Avenger, a series of autobiographical comic strips, and a collection of developmental material from the two projects.
The Turkey Avenger follows the exploits of the Turkey Avenger, a self-styled superhero with no discernable superpowers who hopes to “do good” in the best way he knows how: fighting crime. Unfortunely for him, the Turkey Avenger has no idea where to begin his quest for justice, stumbles into what appears to be a kidnapping, and is soon drawn into a conspiracy that’s clearly over his head. This comic book contains the first chapter of the story, beginning right in the heart of a vague Western New York city. It ends with the set-up of a four-part story.
The autobiographical comics, Belted, are drawn from my senior year journal and chronicle the thoughts, frustrations, and struggles encountered while I attempt to create the Capstone project itself. The two projects are included simultaneously because the autobiographical strips became a way to test and explore the medium of comics in a more informal way, explain some of the process of making the story, and helped me to grow as an artist.
The center of the book, between the two sections, there are two drawings of the Turkey Avenger: the first drawing of the character, from 2006, and the final drawing of the character pre-Millennial Rust, from 2013.
All material within Millennial Rust was created using a brush and ink to draw the comics by hand, and then digitally putting in color and the lettering for some of the comics.
Recommended Citation
McGowan, John, "Millennial Rust" (2014). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 725.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/725
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