Went to a cartoonist meeting tonight and inked this comic strip sitting at a table in a pizza restaurant. Nice change of pace.
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Double strip today. And when I say ‘strip’, I’m talking ‘comic’, not degrees of nekkidness- and that’s despite what some of the contestants are wearin’.
Sorry for the delay! I’m in New Orleans! Wooooooo.
This strip is the first time in a while that I’ve created the final art digitally. There’s a pencil sketch, and everything else is digital today.
Also, it’s the first time I’ve done the strip on my laptop.
And the first time I’ve uploaded using WiFi at a hotel.
I hadn’t realized how much I prefer ink and paper. And a large desktop system.
Ah, well. I had to enter the 21st century someday!
I like writing cartoons this way. You have a group of people, and you throw the same general situation at them, but the reactions of the characters vary with their… y’know, character. It’s fun. I did this once with a Buckets cartoon. It was a Sunday, so I had lots of room to work with. The family decides they’ll go out to the park or someplace. Sarah goes to the door and pokes her head out. Larry rushes to the computer, Frank goes to the calendar, Toby goes to his closet, and Eddie plows into his dresser. When they all meet back up at the door, Sarah’s wearing a long-sleeve shirt and a hat. Larry’s got on a sleeveless shirt and sunglasses. Frank’s got on a rain slicker and boots. Toby’s wearing something ‘cool’, and Eddie’s wearing a halloween costume. The fun was throwing a simple task at some very different people to see how they’d handle it individually.
And so you get these last couple of cartoons here.
