intro to scubtown and gush

Gush is a comic I started writing back in 1993 when I was going to a lot of LA raves. I was friends with John Kelly, who is still spinning to this day, and went to a lot of the scenes that he spun at (Moontribe). So a lot of the characters I draw in and around this comic evolved from the colorful people that call the rave scene home. Plus with the huge amount of drugs that are consumed at the parties, my characters can not at all be normal.

As I grew up I found myself left out of a lot of group activities, and so called friend circles(excluding a few). This obviously has had its affects on who I am as a person and how I see myself. I feel all of these personal fears of who I am in the world take their form in Gush. He is not a liked guy, by just about everyone. He is always a social outcast, the butt of any joke and generally played. No one gets fucked over as bad or as much as Gush. When you spend that much time in isolation you find you need some sort of contact, a friend. Peter is Gush's manifestation of any sort of reason or real thought process. He is the part of Gush's brain he ignores, which gets him into all of his trouble. If only he listened to his little voice. Gush being the insecure character he is, manifests peters form in the shape of a little cactus. Remember, lots of drugs.

Gush is the main of many different characters in Scubtown. The cities are very twisted and alive, everything is an animate object. He lives more on the outskirts of the action of the city, and the beatings. Gush gets beat a lot, but usually he did something to warrant it. He is not the brightest of characters. His emotions and lusts always get the best of his situations.

Did I mention that Gush was a burlap bag full of straw, that has been sewn together? He is. Girls don't find burlap bags too sexy, so Gush spends a lot of time with himself. Guys don't like him too much either, actually they hate him.

All characters are created and owned by Scott Cattanach and many not be used with out the artists permission. Scott Cattanach holds copyright ownership to Gush and all characters created with in Scubtown. copyright 1993