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]
Category: terrifying!
oh, it’s just our town zombie. no worries
too many movies, that’s what I think
This comic doesn’t accurately reflect the horror and revulsion I feel when searching couch cushions. And actually it’s not so much that I can’t see my hands, it’s what I can feel — all the dirt and debris and weird bits of things that get wedged in there just…eeesh.
One of the unexpected side benefits of my being in a relationship is that my significant other apparently doesn’t mind. As such, she has no problem checking for my iPod in the couch while I stand back and cringe. Bonus! [November 14, 2011]
sometimes I say "forget this" and hire joss whedon to ghostwrite
it helps if you mutter about how terrible the game is, too
Doom and Doom II are classics, but Doom3 I just can’t get into. This comic marks the last time I seriously tried. As a result of the approach I describe in the comic, I went from pretending to be annoyed to actually annoyed and stopped having any fun altogether. Also, the weapons feel wimpy. Bleh. [November 14, 2011]
Sadako or Samara? Doesn’t matter, they both scare me
I don’t think I’ve talked about Words With Arrows in my comics! Let’s talk about Words With Arrows.
There are two primary reasons I incorporate WWAs, and both are crutches. One reason is clarity. This one’s slightly less necessary as my drawing skills continue to improve, but sometimes there are times when I look at something I’ve just drawn and I realize that the reader may be confused as to what exactly I’m trying to get across. Either because the artwork is no good, or they just don’t have the frame of mind that I do while creating it. So I throw in Words With Arrows to explain, as I have in this comic.
Now maybe that’s insulting to you as a reader, having your “hand held” like that, but it isn’t mean to be so! It’s mostly just me being unwilling to do my job better.
The other reason is purely as panel filler. It’s when I’ve drawn something and there’s a lot of white space that I’m not sure what to do with. More often lately I’ve been trying to fill that with simple backgrounds, but sometimes I just throw in Words With Arrows just…because. (As of this writing, there’s a recent comic about maturity that relied on WWAs for that). [November 8, 2011]