0213 - Eloped

Notes on today's comic (31 Jan 2011):

Hmm. I think Laura should have thought twice before doing that to Penny - ever since Penny was invited to be Maid of Honor, she's really been looking forward to it! Perhaps Rob's being a bit too influential on his fiancée...

This is the first comic done on the Tablet PC that my brother kindly gave me (see more in the News section). The difference from the previous method is phenomenal; nobody should have to draw with a mouse! And I had such a blast drawing the comic - although yes, I did only do my usual tweaking between frames, rather than redrawing each panel!

One major difference, versus the older method of creation, was doing the whole thing on the PC, rather than drawing pencil sketches first... It's still experimentation, but I think it's a good method to work with at first glance... I've uploaded the 'pencil sketch' to my Flickr stream, for you to peruse, too.

News, Views and Just Plain Schmooze...

Monday 31 January 2011

I'd like to take the opportunity to say a huge

THANK YOU!

...to my brother, Patrick Johnson! When my laptop died, he very kindly said that he would send me - free, gratis and for nothing - his old Tablet PC that he was no longer using; he added that it could come in handy for drawing the strips... The thing is awesome, and I'm so happy with it! Thank you so much Patrick! (Now I'll have to up my game to do the tablet justice...)

Monday 24 January 2011

I'm back! Sorry for being away for two weeks, but the ribs were really bothering me the first week, and I still wasn't sure by the time the second week came along. But, I'm back now!

Since I've been away, there's been a visitor from Zambia, making 95 countries!

Monday 3 January 2011

Happy New Year! I forgot to mention it, but Latvia has joined the list of visiting countries... And, within the last few days, there's been a visitor from Senegal, too! That brings the country count up to 94, and the visitor count over 8,100 :)

Wednesday 22 December 2010

TWO YEARS! I'm amazed I've been able to do the strip for this long... Admittedly, there have been a few downtimes, but in terms of quantity, I've still managed to do so many that I'm only three short of two per week for two years (208), so I'm pretty happy with what I've managed to do. Thanks to everyone who has visited since 2008, and a special thank-you to those of you who keep coming back! It's been hard at times - especially when I think I've not got anything I can use - but I'm enjoying it!

When I sent a copy of Monday's strip to my lovely web-comic-artist friend Bridgett Spicer (you really should check out Squid Row if you haven't done so already), she said it put her in mind of the "Keep Calm And Carry On" poster, created by the UK Government in 1939 and used to very popular effect since 2000. So, I decided to put one together, and decided to post it to my Flickr stream!