AXE COP. Best. Comic. EVAH!

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This is the premise:

Written by 5-year old Malachai Nicolle
Illustrated by 29-year old Ethan Nicolle

The AXE COP saga began on a Christmas visit to see my family. My Father, a man with very healthy loins, has managed to produce a variety of children, ranging from me, a 29 year old comic book artist, to my 5 year old brother Malachai, a 5 year old boy genius, with four other siblings in between. During the visit Malachai was running around with his toy fireman axe and he said he was playing “Axe Cop.” He asked me to play with him, and I asked what my weapon was… so he brought me a toy flute (actually a recorder). I told him I would rather be Axe Cop then Flute Cop, and he seemed just fine with being Flute Cop. The story that followed became more and more brilliant, until I couldn’t contain myself and I had to draw the whole thing into a one page comic.

From there the saga continued, and over the course of my week-long visit we cranked out the first four episodes of AXE COP. I posted the comics to my blog and on Facebook and they got great responses. I decided to give AXE COP a home on the internet here and attempt to continue the saga as often as I have time to draw them, and I can get Malachai to write them.

The writing process is basically just me quizzing Malachai as he develops the saga. I’ll just try to pry all the details out of him and write them all down until something like a complete little story has been formed. Everything in AXE COP started in Malachai’s head, all I do is sort it out and draw it. Here is a video of the writing process.

http://axecop.com/index.php/blog/axe_cop_interview

So enjoy these comics, they are a fun slice of the mind of a 5 year old boy processed through the pen of a 30 year old comic artist. Please send us your comments and questions, but keep in mind a child is present, so watch your frickin’ language.

If their site is too slow for you, there's an image mirror list in a post here: http://www.theawl.com/2010/01/axe-cop-rocks#comment-62772

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1. Keep this on the front page or I WILL CHOP YOUR HEAD OFF!

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2. another write-up:

What do you get when you combine a 5-year-old's imagination with his 29-year-old brother's design skills? Web comic genius.

'Axe Cop' is a collaborative online comic strip started by kindergartener Malachai Nicolle and his (much) older brother Ethan, an artist and writer living in Los Angeles. As Ethan explains, the idea was hatched from a game that the brothers used to play, involving the elder Nicolle wielding a toy fireman axe in the heroic role of "Axe Cop," while Malachai, as "Flute Cop," brandished a fearsome flute. Intrigued, Ethan began picking his little brother's active imagination, and began framing a story based on his elaborate narrative. He eventually decided to post the strips online, and, not surprisingly, the 'Axe Cop' saga soon garnered a veritable following.


Ethan specifies that the ideas and characters (including "Bad Santa," "Sockarang" and "Leaf Man," among others) are 100-percent the property of Malachai's brain, and that all big bro does is "sort it out and draw it." Though Ethan may be the one bringing the story to life, Malachai's fingerprints are all over the Web comic. An unmistakably childish quality oozes out of the strip's narrative in such a unique way that it could only be the brainchild of a 5-year-old "boy genius." If nothing else, 'Axe Cop' is a refreshing reminder that no matter how old we get, the little kid in all of us, much like Malachai, will always get a kick out of "anything involving bad people getting destroyed."

http://www.switched.com/2010/01/30/genius-axe-cop-comic-written-by-a-5-year-old-illustrated-by-b/

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3. Show Axe Cop some love -- buy a T-Shirt!

http://ethannicolle.com/shop/