0218 - Fancy-Schmancy Accent

Notes on today's comic (24 Feb 2011):

This strip has been a long time in coming, for two reasons. First up, I wasn't sure if the visual joke with my speech bubble in panel 1 would work; hopefully, Kim's set-up in panel 2 explains what's going on in the first panel.

Second, I've been trying to figure out how to do Sherrie's hair justice - drawing hair that's pulled back isn't easy. I might have to get her to change her hairstyle... ;) Anyway, I just thought, "Stuff it" (or something very similar), and just did the best I could.

But there's another reason for actually doing the strip - I'm planning to use the accent thing in Monday's strip, but it won't be the joke itself. Hopefully this fairly enigmatic comment will make more sense then :)

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Thursday 24 February 2011

Changing to Thursday made one heck of a difference; I felt more relaxed about getting the comic done yesterday. I've still got to get changes made on websites which link to this one, so that there's a revised banner. Goodness knows when I'll get around to it.

Wednesday 9 February 2011

First of all, apologies for not putting out a comic on Monday - I had these sketches drawn, although it was way past the deadline for automatic uploading, but I just wasn't feeling up to continuing.

Second, I'm still getting to grips with the tablet PC's pen, so I hope you'll excuse any inconsistency with the drawing. I'm also drawing sketches much smaller than they need to be, which is causing problems later on. Of course, I'm not practicing anywhere near enough.

Last, but by no means least, a happy birthday to my mum, Sandra, who is 59 on Friday!

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 :)