Artwork:  "The Puzz Fundles" (as featured in 1985/86's THE ONE, Rick Veitch & Epic) © 1984 - 1986, Rick Grimes.

GRIMES:  "Puzz Fundles (notes): newly named in '82 notebook. childhood characters from a handful of mostly recurring drawings. deliberate attempt to retain whatever was wrong with them in early renderings, while still giving them form. invite from Veitch. extremely and minutely thorough notes on first #1, then #2. enthusiastic response.

Begun in '84. published '85, '86. especially liked first and second best, 3 & 4 good art, 5 & 6 deliberately trying sloppy approach, suffers that. Thripey Skake always has his three pieces o' (chocklit) cake. look for cameo appearances of Sicky's gang.

Attempt was made at deliberate 'disconnections', usually in the opening of each page from the factuality of the prior page. While working on the real, new page itself, this often tended to try to disappear, as reason tries to take over, and banality. But, traces linger. Such as how for, Von Sticky at the end of #2 all is lost, but in #3 he is back. Furthermore, what reason for his brain's absence in #4 vs. #3? T.S. falls to his death in #5, etc.

Unused notes for 'detergent box comic' using Thripey etc. For the Tide box cover of #1, no doubt for space & overall design reasons, never happened. But, look for Veitch's use of my characters internally, and on all (?) the covers, including #1. and 'The One' poster I included behind the beggarly Fundles in #6's last panel.

My perennial characters. By no means through with them. Ask for them by name...

Sir, do you have Puzz Fundles?"  -- Rick Grimes (December 22nd, 2008).