The Mural
The Senior Pastor and son at the church I work at have an artist friend who volunteered to fly out and do a couple of murals for the new children’s building that was just finished. While expectations were high on what Noah was going to do on the murals the final product far exceeded them. It was so cool to watch him work with the airbrush and do such amazing detail. I’m still not sure how he did it and Iwatched him a lot. He finished both murals in just 2 days. The art work is something that really complements the new build and makes a nice transition from the worship center building to a more kid friendly children’s building.
In no way did I do justice to the work that Noah did in my cartoon and it should be considered a parody at best. I did make a few wise cracks, as I’m know to do . One of them I said was when a group a people stood watching they would say how great it looked and I’d say “well, if you like that sort of thing”. Luckily everyone laughed ans saw that as a joke. I also made a joke about how Noah being so good you could not even see the numbers where he was painting. Several folks laughed at that joke and when it was repeated to our Senior Pastor he said in a very loud voice, “BARRY, you’re and idiot!” At least he was smiling when he said it. Chuck has a great sense of humor and it is never lost on him. he himself is a quick wit, I guess that’s one of the many reasons he is so well known around the world. That and he speaks so loud everyone can hear him anywhere in the world.
Just joking…..sort of.
I may do a separate blog post with pictures of the mural later. I may also give the link to Noah’s website but I hestitate as I’m not sure how he might feel by being linked by a hack such as myself. Noah is a great guy and a supreme talent.




February 9th, 2010 at 9:33 am
HAH, I’d love to see the actual mural in a photo, but you did a great job on depicting it in the comic. At first glance, I thought Geek and friend were going fishing! (LOVE the red vacation shirt.)
February 9th, 2010 at 9:37 am
Great work on the mural painting Barry! Your line quality’s looking good too!
February 9th, 2010 at 9:40 am
Thanks Krishna! And yes line quality is one of the many things I struggle with. I’m trying hard to do better.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:00 am
Great strip. I am glad your pastor is a quick wit… I have mostly just lived up to half that.