Original DA Upload Date: May 23, 2021
The Oddball Tetrad as the Three Stooges (from both of the most famous lineups), because I’ve been watching a lot of Hats Off Entertainment lately, which led to me also watching a lot of Three Stooges. Which then led to me drawing the Tetrad as the Stooges! Gilarry, Moendy, Shempril and Curgo!
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I’ve been looking into how I can integrate more old-fashioned humor into Grunvale. Like, really old-fashioned. Stuff you’d expect from comedies and cartoons of the 30s and 40s and 50s. Of course, Looney Tunes-inspired humor would go over well with audiences, but then, during a recent sleepless night, I decided to watch some Three Stooges shorts I found on YouTube. I’ve known about The Three Stooges all my life, of course, but I’ve been watching a lot of a YouTube channel called ‘Hats Off Entertainment’ lately. The user behind Hats Off Entertainment analyzes a lot of decades-old comedies, as well as the careers of deceased comedic actors such as Gene Wilder, Leslie Nielsen, and John Candy. And talks about what made them work so well. He is also a major fan of The Three Stooges, having made several videos on them. Which led to me doing my own research on the Stooges, as well as watching several of their shorts and analyzing some of their more famous bits.
Then one day, on a walk, I got the idea to draw my own characters, the Oddball Tetrad, as the Three Stooges. As well as put my own spin on the idea I’m sure some fan has had, of what the franchise would be like had there been four stooges, with Shemp and Curly having been part of the lineup alongside the constant members, Larry and Moe. And this was the result of the idea!
Now to the piece and my thought process behind it.
I chose to draw April as Shemp due to the former basically being the mature one of the Tetrad, and Shemp himself being the eldest of the Stooges. Wendy is actually the eldest of the Tetrad, but let’s be honest, April is the most mature of the group, so it’d make sense that, if she were cosplaying as a Stooge, she’d cosplay the eldest one. And Margo is Curly, due to both being the youngest of their respective group (who are Joe and Curly Joe?), as well as the most marketable characters of their respective franchises. Also, good luck getting any of the other Tetrad to cut their hair as short as Curly’s. Even teenage Wendy wouldn’t shave her head to look like Curly.
Gilda is Larry, because… many reasons. Firstly, as HOE analyzed, Larry is often an unfortunate victim of the slapstick of The Three Stooges, often getting slapstick-ed just for trying to break up a fight or even just being there. Similarly, I picture Gilda as the kind of character who’d fall victim to slapstick antics the most, due to often being oblivious to her surroundings, or being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Hell, during the time I was writing the web novel, Gilda’s impact-caused nosebleeds were a running gag. A gag I’d like to continue for the graphic novel in some way. Second, while Margo, Wendy, and April are lifelong friends, Gilda takes a while longer to find and join the group. Much like how, with the Stooges in real life, Shemp, Moe, and Curly were brothers, while Larry was a friend who was discovered by the Howard brothers, and would end up joining… well, Ted Healy and His Stooges, as the act was originally known, later on. And third, let’s be honest, out of all the Tetrad, Gilda would be the one to mind getting a pie in the face the least. She’d at least like the taste of the pie, since she’s got such a strong sweet tooth.
And finally, Wendy is Moe because… well, she has black hair. That’s it. Funny that whenever I draw the Tetrad cosplaying, Wendy ends up filling the open spot by default. It happened when they were the Citrus Squad, and it happened again here. I don’t even think of Wendy as a lesser member of the group or anything, she just ends up filling open spots for no other reason than ‘by default’. Heheh.
As for technical notes, you’ll notice this time that the upload is in black-and-white, without a color counterpart. Truth be told, this actually was drawn in color. I even uploaded the color version to Twitter. But I decided to make the black-and-white version the main version, because the original Three Stooges shorts were in black-and-white, so I figured that it’d only be fitting that this artwork’s main version would be as well. The color version is and… probably will always be, a Twitter exclusive. So if you have a problem with this being in black-and-white, to that I say:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVtOcS…
That’ll be all for this one. Until next time, take care. Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
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