Pants Ant
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Pants Ant is a fictional character
created by Woodrow Phoenix
and Ian Carney
. Pants Ant first appeared in 1998 in the second issue of SugarBuzz! by Carney and Phoenix, and was eventually featured in his own book, a one shot
special,The Pants Ant Trouser Hour, published by Slave Labor Graphics
. He was also featured in an animated cartoon for The Cartoon Network.
Pants Ant is the main hero of the town of Gaberdine in Pantsylvania, where everything revolves around pants and lower body clothing. He was once a normal ant until he decided to dedicate himself to crimefighting. He wears a mechanical exoskeleton which can change shape and extrude weapons, but it is mostly shaped like a pair of usually human-sized pants. He was once part of a crimefighting team with a dog called Trouser Schnauzer and the Trews Shrews. His main nemesis is the Bearded Swan, who wants to destroy all pants because he cannot find a pair to fit him.
Script by Ian Carney, storyboarded and directed by Woodrow Phoenix
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
created by Woodrow Phoenix
Woodrow Phoenix
Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist, writer, editorial illustrator, graphic designer, font designer and author of children's books.He was a contributor to a number of British comics magazines including Escape, Blaaam! and Blast! and was part of the British small press comics scene in the...
and Ian Carney
Ian Carney
Ian Carney is a British comics writer. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside on 11 September 1962, carney began writing comics in the 80s for Fleetway Editions in the UK and First Comics and Dark Horse Comics in the US...
. Pants Ant first appeared in 1998 in the second issue of SugarBuzz! by Carney and Phoenix, and was eventually featured in his own book, a one shot
One shot (comic)
A one-shot is a comic book that is a pilot or a stand-alone story created as a single issue, rather than the more typical series format.-United States:...
special,The Pants Ant Trouser Hour, published by Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
. He was also featured in an animated cartoon for The Cartoon Network.
Pants Ant is the main hero of the town of Gaberdine in Pantsylvania, where everything revolves around pants and lower body clothing. He was once a normal ant until he decided to dedicate himself to crimefighting. He wears a mechanical exoskeleton which can change shape and extrude weapons, but it is mostly shaped like a pair of usually human-sized pants. He was once part of a crimefighting team with a dog called Trouser Schnauzer and the Trews Shrews. His main nemesis is the Bearded Swan, who wants to destroy all pants because he cannot find a pair to fit him.
Pants Ant Appearances
- Sugar Buzz! #2 (1998)
- Sugar Buzz! #5 (1998)
- Sugar Buzz: Live at Budokan! (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999) ISBN 1-899866-33-7
- Multivitaminé (La Comedie Illustré, 2000)
- The Pants Ant Trouser Hour (SLG Publishing, 2001)
Pants Ant Animation
Pants Ant (pilot, 2004) for The Cartoon Network, unairedScript by Ian Carney, storyboarded and directed by Woodrow Phoenix
External links
- Slave Labor Graphics - Official Site
- Slave Labor Graphics webstore - SugarBuzz! page
- The Pulse: Jen Contino - Interview with the creators