A great invite to any dinner party.
Welcome
to BiNGE the web comic. Presented in the format of an animation storyboard
and script. The story takes place in the run down New Jersey shore town
of Keysburg Beach. Rather than a family centered story line, BiNGE is
friendship oriented. A yuppie stoner couple, Lance and Jody, befriend
the hapless artist and try to guide him in his chaotic life. BiNGE is
a starving artist who unwittingly aims for the red flags on the slalom
course of life.
BiNGE's life starts to become more complicated when he establishes an
on again / off again relationship with an Internet Dominatrix, Athena
DeCruelle. Athena, a former B-Movie actress, fetish model, and now full
time sadist, drags a reluctant BiNGE into her surreal life. Other residents
of this beach town include a paranoid boardwalk psychic, alcoholics,
crackheads, gimps, aging beauty queens, illegal aliens, space aliens,
Russian mobsters, and obsessive compulsive types.
Earlier this year (2007), I was invited to another one of Styles' art exhibits in Asbury Park, NJ. Advertised as "The Starving Artist", Eric was hanging out on a street bench, selling the hundreds of storyboard pages he had drawn for "BiNGE", his latest creation. I was totally taken in by the gist of the work, which, in essence, is all about 'addictions'. Realizing the potential and the quality of the work, I purchased all of his storyboard cartoon drawings. They represent the development of all of the characters he had created to date, and they were fascinating. The idea of creating a cartoon series that concerns addictions seemed (and still does seem) totally unique in the art world. While there have been any number of movies and books on the subject, I could not recall a single cartoon that dealt with the topic in such a humorous and provocative manner.
John Tuttle
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© 2005 All Rights Reserved.
Artwork
and story by Eric T. Styles can not be duplicated without expressed
permission of the artist / writer. Website design and graphics by Bedsoar.com