This is nonsense for most comics readers, but for any of you who look closely enough- The original Hubris art style was influenced by a particular pen I liked at the moment. That art style was modified a little when this site went into production and I decided to ink everything with my usual fancy brushes: Raphael and Winsor-Newton. But you know how us old guys are. I listen to the kiddies talk about their fancy inking preferences, and so I bought a nice Pentel brush pen for twenty bucks and a bunch of ink cartridges for it for another eleven dollars, and I’ve been using that lately. It’s convenient, I suppose, and it certainly is better than any other brush pen I’ve ever tried, but it’s just not a fantastic thing. So whether you can see it or not, today’s cartoon was inked with a real brush and real Higgins Black Magic ink again. The brushes are hard to get these days, due to some weird snafu about overseas shipping of hair from a weasel’s tail or some damn thing, or the work would be even better. My brushes, poor things, are old and nearly used to the point of being downgraded to emergency-only use. There you go- a look behind the ragged curtain.
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Oh yeah, grow up with a particular tool or something, been buying them forever and they’re everywhere and suddenly you lurch into WAAAA?!?! when they evaporate. If you notice soon enough and have enough $$$ (haahaha for most of us) you can snap up a good supply and pray they last for awhile!
Now as for what’s going down…..I can understand after a good coral sanding and a guppy trying to nibble on you, Bob is found further inland these years….
Award 1: First person to discover a tribe of raccoon people.
Award 2: First person to escape Lo-el, king of the raccoon people.
Like the second award. LoL
I learned to ink with rapidographs. Never could get used to brushes.
If it’s any consolation, I think Hubris’ hair tuft is tuftier in today’s comic. Also, the lines seem to lengthen more into the hair than usual.
Looks like more detail around the eyes.
And Bob’s entire wardrobe came from surfing awards?
Learned more about Bob in this panel than in the previous 2 years. Cool.
first award goes to the person who manages to get hit by a paint ball by bob or paste. second to bob for keeping his spirit no matter what he gets involved in with hubris