Panel 2 is one of the few times that I tried to do something a little extra, in terms of the art, and it came out exactly the way I’d hoped it would. That’s a very good feeling. Also, this comic is actually kind of meaningful to me in a Christmas Spirit sort of way. [May 21, 2008]
I feel like I nailed the piano, as well as Mario’s expressions. And it was good to talk about something that made me jump so badly, back in the day. [April 16, 2008]
I’ll save everyone some time and say that the acronym for the agency in the alt-text is DRMAICABWTNT, which means nothing. In hindsight I’m very disappointed that I didn’t come up with something better. How would the department tasked with creating clever acronyms not have one for its own name? [November 14, 2011]
I marked this comic as personal favorite because I dig the art, man. And, though it may be a reach and somewhat pretentious to say it, there’s a teeny, tiny bit of Jhonen Vasquez influence on the guy in panel one.
I don’t know where it is now, but there was a comic I read years ago where he drew himself heading out to a convenience store and confronting the devil, and the pose he strikes when he busts through the door is one I tried to recreate for a long time. It’s not like this pose, exactly, but…ah, nevermind. [August 17, 2007]
This comic turned out exactly the way I wanted when I first made it, but little did I know that I would get much better at drawing cats in a couple of years on account of adopting an intermittently evil cat named Gideon who is currently sitting on the windowsill and probably conspiring against me.
One thing I’ve found tremendously helpful for drawing animals in general is just to use reference photos for goodness’ sake — not everything has to be off the top of your head, and even in copying something else you can make it your own.
Since we’re on the subject of things I can’t draw well, I hope I never have to do one about pregnant woman. I have no idea why it would ever come up, and if it does, I’m hosed. [May 22, 2011]
I marked this comic as a “personal favorite” because I like the monster, and I love the idea (Matt’s idea, so credit where credit’s due). Though I will say that it does make me seem like I have a much more cynical and fatalistic outlook on life than I actually do. [August 17, 2007]
