Well, reading the strip is different with the new format- I knew that would be the case… but what I didn’t know is that writing the new format would be different also.
Somehow, I assumed that I’d be writing the strip the exact same way and then working the drawings into this new and daring vertical stack.
But it doesn’t work that way.
My brain short circuits when faced with this new shape to fill. The almost automatic way I visualized the traditionally shaped strip was out the window and impossible to retrieve. It’s very weird.
So, I’m going to stick with the new format until it has a chance to take hold, then see if it really does work to my advantage and yours.
For those of you who don’t like to scroll down to read a whole strip, I apologize. But the fact is that it does allow me to unveil a gag to you by degrees instead of allowing you your ingrained 2 second comic strip reading time. Did you know that’s what they discovered about traditional comic strips in the newspaper? 2 seconds. That’s what the average person spent on each average strip. Bam. Two. It’s not that I’m trying to bog you down or anything, but the web allows for the art form to be approached and consumed in a different mode. The different mode might actually be psychologically advantageous, for the sake of more room to tell a joke, if not for the jolt of seeing an old thing in a new form.
So. In a couple of weeks we’ll see if I’ve made something good or something just different. And then we’ll see if it’s worth keeping.
You guys continue to let me know your votes on it in the comment section. And if anyone wants to keep count of the ‘pro’ and ‘con’ opinions, well, by golly, I’m not going to stop you. Just lemme know what you discover, right?
Nah, I had learned to look at the strip for four or five passes or I’d miss something.
I’ll read it because it’s HUBRIS.
BTW, everybody, VOTE, it went from 58 to 86 last time I looked, sinking fast!
see, did it again. Betting that’s Mako, the third shark, doing the ‘under radar’ stealth. Badum, badum…
Currently at 76.
Voted. Damn 77.
Nice sales pitch for Hubris.
76 at the moment. 451 votes this month so far. Entertaining, isn’t it? Watching the numbers wiggle. The top sites have so many thousands of votes… makes you wonder.
I like the new format. Nothing against the “old” format, but I don’t mind the scrolling and I like the reveal…
Greg, I spend a full minute on strips I like, particularly if I like the art. Can I bill you for that?
Stylish pants. He’s like that, which is why I named him “Stylish”. He’s a great dog, too.
Thanks for the mention on your blog! And, sadly, there are no billable hours here at Hubris- as we’ll see in the strip. (no spoilers)
Sure thing! (But, how’d you learn about it so fast?)
Bill him anyway!!
Send it to the “Bridal and Bridle Shop” … the post man knows where it goes!! LoL
You know it’s going to be a short wedding when the groom gets a Scold’s Bridle for his share of the bridal shower loot.
Make money by skating? You tube.
I like the new format… the logic you use seems sound. Keep it up!
paste should just be patient and keep practicing and turn pro skateboarder for thats the only way he will be paid to skateboard. and wonder if that guy will wind up golfing with those pants hubris is talking about
I’m liking the new format. It’s different, but it works for exactly the reason you made the switch.
Golfing was invented in Scotland. Therefore, golf pants are traditionally ugly, oftentimes plaid (or tartan, for those in the UK) & never in style anywhere else. I don’t golf but if I did I’d do it in a kilt (hey, I’m part Irish.)
Hello, I’m enjoying the new format except I tend to read several strips at once so could there be a “Back” button near the top of the page as well please? In the interest of spoiler avoidance? Thanks and great job!
Ah! I hadn’t thought about that. Yeah, let me see what I can do.