Haha–it sure is, speearr. Thanks for reading along over at This Week in Webcomics, and thanks a bunch for the kind words on the art for this strip. If you ever start up a new comic project of your own, just let me know–maybe I’ll do some kind of feature on it for TWIW!
Oooh, different art direction (mostly? second panel sticks out as being the most simplistic, similar to previous strips, with the exception of Jay’s pants).
But I’m just being a little nit picky up there in the parenthesis. ^^;
This a great strip…makes me think how I’ve had even my bed for a long time. Probably since I was eight, so soon it’ll be about ten years I’ve had it. Doubt I’d want to keep it and take it with me post college graduation, though, considering it’s a huge, bunk bed like thing.
Question: Is the “Jesus Christ” in the first panel an exclamation or an address? I kinda how in the context of the strip it realistically could be taken as either…
Glad you like it, Tsu-chan. Some beds work better for portability than others. As for the art, it’s not really a new “direction,” but just something that creating strips entirely freehand really lends itself to. I think the style suits this particular subject matter well, too. I still should’ve put a few more wrinkles and details in Jay’s shirt in panel two, and I still just may, but it’s my custom to try and keep moving forward rather than perfectionistically going back to edit old strips. ::shrugs:: We’ll see!
As to whether panel one’s “Jesus Christ” is an exclamation or address…I think it’s best for the reader to consider what they know of Jay, and answer the question for themselves.
January 16th, 2009 at 8:22 am
It’s gritty and realistic. Good work! I’m also enjoying reading your webcomic blog. It IS your webcomic blog, isn’t it?
January 16th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
Haha–it sure is, speearr. Thanks for reading along over at This Week in Webcomics, and thanks a bunch for the kind words on the art for this strip. If you ever start up a new comic project of your own, just let me know–maybe I’ll do some kind of feature on it for TWIW!
January 16th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Oooh, different art direction (mostly? second panel sticks out as being the most simplistic, similar to previous strips, with the exception of Jay’s pants).
But I’m just being a little nit picky up there in the parenthesis. ^^;
This a great strip…makes me think how I’ve had even my bed for a long time. Probably since I was eight, so soon it’ll be about ten years I’ve had it. Doubt I’d want to keep it and take it with me post college graduation, though, considering it’s a huge, bunk bed like thing.
Question: Is the “Jesus Christ” in the first panel an exclamation or an address?
I kinda how in the context of the strip it realistically could be taken as either…
January 18th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Glad you like it, Tsu-chan. Some beds work better for portability than others.
As for the art, it’s not really a new “direction,” but just something that creating strips entirely freehand really lends itself to. I think the style suits this particular subject matter well, too. I still should’ve put a few more wrinkles and details in Jay’s shirt in panel two, and I still just may, but it’s my custom to try and keep moving forward rather than perfectionistically going back to edit old strips. ::shrugs:: We’ll see!
As to whether panel one’s “Jesus Christ” is an exclamation or address…I think it’s best for the reader to consider what they know of Jay, and answer the question for themselves.