The Intertidal Zone Comic

The Intertidal Zone was used as a title for Stephen Hillenburgs old comic strip.

The intertidal zone comic. It featured anthropomorphic forms of sea life many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters 23 including Bob the Sponge the comics co-host who resembled an actual sea sponge as opposed to his later SpongeBob SquarePants character who resembles a kitchen sponge. This was inspired by a recent visit to Tahiti and a love of Hawaii he told the Guardian. You are about to embark on a journey into one of the most incredible ecosystems on this planet the Intertidal Zone Bob says.

Starred in a comic book and described life in an intertidal pool which is an ocean habitat home to millions of sea creatures. He was a marine biologist. The high intertidal zone is flooded during the peaks of the once or twice daily high tides and out of the water for long stretches of time in between.

The intertidal zone is divided into several zones starting near dry land with the splash zone supralittoral zone an area that is usually dry and moving down to the littoral zone which is usually underwater. The Intertidal Zone is an unpublished educational comic book written and illustrated by Stephen Hillenburg in 1984. TIL marine biologist Stephen Hillenburg created an educational comic book about tide pool animals called The Intertidal Zone to help educate his students.

Barnacles and limpets in the intertidal zone near Newquay Cornwall England. Titled The Intertidal Zone it explained animal life in tidal andor rock pools through the use of anthropomorphic sea creatures. Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.

30 35 36 39 In determining the new characters behavior Hillenburg drew inspiration from innocent childlike figures that he enjoyed such as Charlie Chaplin Laurel and Hardy Jerry Lewis and Pee-wee Herman. He created a comic called The Intertidal Zone which he used to teach his students. He wanted more of a tiki vibe.

Here plants and animals are used to living above the water surface. So Hillenburg started brainstorming. The comic strip starred Bob The Sponge who became SpongeBob SquarePants.