- Pants Ant
Pants Ant is a
fictional character created byWoodrow Phoenix andIan Carney . Pants Ant first appeared in 1998 in the second issue ofSugarBuzz ! by Carney and Phoenix, and was eventually featured in his own book, a one shot special,"The Pants Ant Trouser Hour", published bySlave Labor Graphics . He was also featured in an animated cartoon forThe 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", unaired
Script by Ian Carney, storyboarded and directed by Woodrow Phoenix
References
* Stangroom, Howard (2003) interview in "Comics Forum Magazine" 25, 31-43
* Kane, Will (1999) interview in "Sugar Buzz: Live at Budokan!", 180-91 Slab-O-Concrete ISBN 1-899866-33-7External links
* [http://www.slavelabor.com Slave Labor Graphics] - Official Site
* [http://store.slavelabor.com/Sugar_Buzz-Sugar_Kat.shtml Slave Labor Graphics webstore] - SugarBuzz! page
* [http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003689 The Pulse: Jen Contino ] - Interview with the creators
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