This is a drawing by my son, who is about to turn 4 (I have to use my own kids until I get permission from more parents to use their kids' work, so bear with me).
As you can see, there is a main character on the right. This is the "Iron Giant." He is blasting with his arm (that's the "Supersonic Bad Guy Blaster") - tons of ink and pen movement have gone into giving that arm all its power. Then there are two figures at the left, one is Sean and the bottom one is his friend. There's also a vanquished orange dude at the bottom. Oh, and he's blasting off at the upper left with flames coming out of his feet.
Two things of interest here:
1. It was very informative to be present at the time of creation of this drawing. Most of the lines around the main figures are emphasis, or blasts, or have sound effects that went with them as the pen was zooming around. It was more of a performance piece than just a piece of artwork. I see this a lot with Kindergarteners too.
2. I can't get over how much drawings at this early age look like Petroglyphs. (Here's a good example - scroll down a bit to see the photo). It makes me wonder if, even though these were made in rock, they may have had stories that were told as they were drawn. Maybe they needed something more durable than dirt, but didn't have paper, so they used the walls.
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