Comic 20100912

Another last minute update. I got a few minutes further along with the foreground but skimped on the background. Mother's Nose.

I placed this way back towards the beginning because the 'cold' is a winter ailment and I hadn't really gotten into the second winter in the comic. I also should mention that the last frame Roland is supposed to have two noses .. on purpose. With the haphazard way I draw things I was thinking that some might believe is was a overlooked mistake.

My side project is in a gamma/beta stage of development. Once I figure out where I'm putting it I'll have it up tomorrow. Having to figure out where I'm going to upload a php script is one of the reasons I keep coming back to maybe hosting my comic someplace else.

Comic 20100911

A 15 minute page is gracing the comic today at Marla Gets Company 2. It seems that since Mary and Marla last met in Marla and Mary Again 3 Marla has a few new moves. In the timeline it has only been 10 days but it is about quality not quantity.

This is typically how a comic page starts out for me. I have a rough idea and a thumbnail in a comp book with some dialog. Then, I rough sketch, then rough in the layers. Here we have layers from top to bottom. Letters, Frames, Lines, Color, Bglines, background. This is where I stopped today.

I would clean and sketch and color and for this one add a shade layer and word balloons. Another hour or more of work, but I will be sleeping by then.

Spent a good bit of time beating my head against a side project and will be spending a most of the weekend working on different home projects.

Old Vote Incentive - New News

Doesn't look like there will be a regular update today so here is another another old vote incentive. I'm not sure exactly when I ran this one or on which voting site. This is a little updated with some shading thrown on top.

I have errands and other time consuming chores for a few days. I will be working on a few projects related to Cutethulhu, but I'm unclear when the next real update will be.

Comic 20100909

I just got a call, looks like Hiatus Man is coming around again, but for now we have Gunplay.

Will be working on an incentive piece later on. It got a bit involved so it will take time to finish. I also have another little art project I'm trying to get to also .. who knows what will get done? I sure don't.

Comic 20100908

Not a song by Aerosmith Granny's Got a Gun. (does that joke date me? it sure dates them ) So this is a small subplot that I was going to skip but I think I mentioned something about it in Saved Seat 3. So, I thought I better at least steer something in that direction. I needed a quick comic to put together too.

heh, I've also mentioned Roland's uncle Jack many times but none of you have seen him yet. I'm not sure why. I have a neat story involving him and the River God brewing.

Vote Incentive 20091200

Old vote incentive December 2009. I may have posted this elsewhere.

Comic 20100907

woo callback in Division of Labor to Tools of Industry Which was first put up 4 years ago .. but in terms of the story as it stand it is only 10 or so pages back.

I am working a bit on an incentive piece and I think I'm going to put up a small past incentive gallery someplace. I spend a bit more time doing an incentive p[iece than I do on regular updates and I would like to show them off a bit more.
... I am really aching to put a more versatile site together, but I'll have to wait.

Likewise, I looked at a few free forums and I don't think I am going that route.

Comic 20100906

Division of Labor jumps way back to the end of the Garden of Serenity Story. I also finally moved Deadline into a more proper place in the flow of events.

Also did some updates to the links page and fixed a few small errors that had creeped into the comic site.

I've been seriously thinking about having a forums with the site, or switching to wordpress, or doing a dozen other things.

I have not worked on my extra stuff for a vote incentive or anything like that, I did finish the page for the seventh. So, I will have a bit more time this evening and tomorrow to knock something out.

Comic 20100905

Poor ole Marla ,Marla Gets Company. Going to be making some good/evil/naughty/nice decisions about a few things coming up.

I've been trying to get some extra work/vote incentives worked on. I just did a sketch I hope to work on this evening and i have a few other stand-alone pieces in various stages. I'm looking for a art site to post a gallery. I've looked at a few but nothing seems to suit my level of skill, style type and subject matter.

Comic 20100904

Marla's new hobby Marla Works One Out. This whole part of the story is getting a little ahead of itself. I may have to rearrange things a little bit or think to move events around a little differently than I originally planned.

So here is Marla, obviously hooked on Roland. Mary knows it, Roland suspects. How will it all resolve? I have a few suspicions but I can't say for sure. SOme sides of some of the main characters are going to start showing that may be a little uncomfortable.

Comic 20100903

Not sure exactly if there is going to be one more page in this little series or not. I think I have another page of Roland and Mary scripted for this, but it is something that may be handled a little bit differently elsewhere. I may jump to something else while I think on it. Suprise Bedroom Guest 3

Comic 20100902

Here is the next Suprise Bedroom Guest. Telling a story from two different directions is interesting to me. Some who have read through my comic may have a guess as to the nature of Mary's abilities, but not likely to their exact extent. It seems from the current point of view a somewhat preserved grandmother and a young Roland Link are having pan generational affair.

The truth is a little more bizarre than that and somewhat less disturbing. As we go back in the story and tell some more of Mary's relationship with Mable's parents and a few other people around town how this relationship sits in the grand story will be noticeably different.

So, I've mentioned before. As the story grows in both directions it will change in both directions.

Comic 20100901

This is half of the page I've been working on today. I will work on posting the full page. Suprise Bedroom Guest. Yes Roland is the victim of the booty call.

Comic 20100831

Todays quick Comic is not about a supper in a whorehouse. Whorehouse Supper is talking about a whorehouse during supper.

A bit of trivial background information about the town. It is one of those things you think about when doing background stuff that sometimes never sees the light of day. In this instance I needed a little supper conversation piece and Stan seemed like the sort of fellow that would know that sort of half gossipy information. The boarding house is a setting for things in the past.

Comic 20100830

Just a little quick one that I didn't get to where I wanted. It sets up a little arc for the future. Community Picnic. I was hoping to have a little joke in there; one that was funny. But, no dice.

I am possibly back to the grind tomorrow, so the hiatus may continue. I have a few pictures I want to work on today. So watch for them.

Comic 20100828

Did this in a short amount of time, as usual .. Cousin Guy Epilogue This actually may not be the epilogue for these few pages about this planned marriage. It is also not the epilogue for Guy, who we have already seen in a later page (Cankers 8).

Comic 20100827

Hiyas Gang, There is a break in the action of my life for the rest of the week and I have been aching to make a page or two, so today I've thrown together Cousin Guy 3.

I inadvertently misnamed Guy in the previous comics, but that is corrected at least in the titles. I can not guarantee any particular update schedule, but I have pictures I want to work on and I should have a little bit of time.

These Cousin Guy strips are a crux of much of the main story of the comic.

Small Hiatus

This past week and the next three to four weeks I will be involved in career schooling. I've decided to take a plunge into a semi career to take care of some extreme cash flow problems I'm experiencing. I'm still working on pages and working through stories and I'm also still sketching some stand alone pieces. But, making any sort of promises about scheduling would be silly.

After the school is finished, assuming I pass the various knowledge and skill tests I will be working long days and long weeks at least until I get financially solvent and have a bit put aside. As a requirement for the paying of my training I will be working for at least a year. (though, I have found a way around that if I get enough cash in hand).

I will be thinking of my dear QT and company often. I am going to try to work through some of the pages and pictures I have started but the priority now is school.

Comic 20100707

Heh, Well, this took a week to get to. Marla Wakes Up.

My car update is now two broken front coil springs, which should be arriving in the next few days. So we stand at: fix the strut springs -> front end alignment -> two new tires -> state safety inspection. This is after all the brake pads, caliper mounts, rotors. The car drama is one of the contributing factors to the comic being a bit off schedule.

New Vote Incentive

I had worked on a few little things for an arc we have all been waiting for and I just uploaded a preview character design as a vote incentive here.




I wanted there to a be a reveal in the comic, but I haven't posted anything in a while /and/ not many people vote to ruin it anyways :p .