If you missed the memo saying that the comic is updating daily this week(Mon-Fri), you may want to go back to Monday’s comic and catch up. There will be one more update this week, so come back Friday(mid-day, just to be safe, or subscribe to the rss) for the exciting conclusion!
If you got here searching for “How to use a spork as a lethal weapon”, you can read all 5 comics here. Seriously, I went searching for that, and apparently I thought up more ways than the internet did(I didn’t use all my ideas, like gagging somebody or anything involving breaking the spork), even when searching for using a spoon as a weapon, as well. Basically you have a stabbing device.
Two things I didn’t consider were a catapult and breaking off the 2 middle tines to make it Batman. If she had anything deadly enough to launch, it would’ve been an eye irritant, which was already trumped by the more direct approach. And Batman, yeah, he’s a pretty dangerous weapon on his own, but I had to pass.
And now to end this spork-packed week, I give you the Dramatic Spork:
She had in fact used the spork as a distraction device in one of those strips.
Okay, so new strip size. No, I’m not increasing the frequency of the strips just yet. I’m going to see how much time I can save(and sleep I can recover) by using a standard strip size. If I can save enough time, I’d like to increase this to 3 strips a week BUT NO PROMISES and certainly not before the end of this year(December’s always busy). Last week’s strips actually took the same time per strip as my double-row comics, but there was also a lot of action, extra shading, and some designing of one-shot characters(took way to long to decide the species), so it’s possible I could save a fair amount of time. Time that I need for other creative projects I’d love to share here(*ahem*Â and on YouTube) but haven’t had the time to work on.
So far I’m liking this new size. The main thing I notice is… that empty template doesn’t look quite so scary now! AWESOME! One of my slow-downs was procrastination due to the huge block of work ahead of me. I look forward to smaller chunks.The other thing I’m noticing is that the whole strip fits on the screen. That can be a nice advantage from a reader’s perspective.
The biggest drawback of the double-row format was that I do a comic all in one shot, so that’s a huge chunk to do in one sitting(8 hours, no lunch break, I’m my own worst boss). Several strips actually could’ve been split into 2 comics anyway. There have been comics that demanded a larger size, but I think it’s best to do a double-row comic only if it’s called for.
I seriously hope I can save a significant amount of time and start waking up in the morning again.
When I was designing Death, I knew I wanted a disabled character, and she would fit nicely in that role. Trouble is, 117 years in the future, what disabilities will still be unfixed? I eventually came up with missing limbs. I think we’ll have realistic prosthetics by then, but they’ll still be prosthetics. I doubt we’ll be re-growing limbs perfectly within that time, considering all the new bones and muscles you’d need.
ALSO- this will be the last Thursday comic of this year. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving here in the US, and every week after that has always been busy, so I always put the comic into half-hibernation for the Christmas season. I’ll still be updating on Mondays. When 2011 rolls around, we’ll be back to Mondays and Thursdays.
Comic information: Posted: November 22nd, 2010 Comments:Comments Off on Does It Slice And Dice? Keywords:Death Golden, Guy King, Kenny, outside
Remember, there won’t be a comic this Thursday because of Thanksgiving in the United States, and I’ll be updating Mondays-only through December.
While inking, I listened to alternative rock versions of various theme songs like Laverne & Shirley and The Golden Girls. Stay Tuned is a cool band, heh. You can listen to their music here.
