Archive for October, 2009
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When was the last time anyone wore a ski mask to ski? I’m guessing that these days just buying one of those things will raise eyebrows. Imagine going into Walmart and buying a ski mask and a crowbar…That’s got to immediately raise some red flags. Might as well have the cops meet you as you walk to your car.
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It’s been a while since I’d done any comics where Adam’s partially robotic nature was displayed, so I felt like it was past due.
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Well, things are progressing nicely here at JP&TM. This wraps up the somewhat unofficial zombie comic storyline (more of a continued conversation than a true storyline, I know) but there are more festive Halloween comics coming. Next week, I’ll be posting the usual two comics on Tuesday and Thursday, and a special Halloween comic on Friday too.
Creation Notes: What we have here is a classic Jetpacks and Time Machines background in this comic. Maybe a little too much detail on the machinery that Adam is jumping off in the first panel, but this was a fun comic to draw.
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A little too gratuitous?
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The zombie jokes continue. In the world of Jetpacks and Time Machines, when I talk about (or when my characters talk about) zombies, they’re the slow-moving, infect you if they bite you type of zombies, not the fast-running super-strong mutant type of zombies. Nothing against those type of zombies, except that I just don’t think they should really be referred to as ‘zombies’.
Creation Notes: I really enjoyed doing that center panel, but in retrospect, I think I could have made Fred stand out a little more maybe. Or maybe not, I don’t know.
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This is the beginning of Jetpacks and Time Machines 2.o. Technically, the strips begin here: http://jetpacksandtimemachines.com/4/ for anyone interested, but for the re-launch, I’ve been working out some issues with the world of JPTM, so there will be changes to the universe and some of the old strips might not be consistent with the new progression. (Most of the issues will involve character personalties or designs, but there is one MAJOR change and I don’t know if I’ll have time to change the old strips.)
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That’s right… This is it. No more sketchbook pages, and no more posts this week. Next week, the comics begin.
Since this not the first time I’ve tried to return to a consistent comic posting schedule, I’m not going to make a big deal about it, or make a whole lot of promises about how this time it’ll be different and all that. I hope it will, but I’m not going to go there. What I will do, is say that I’m trying really hard to actually create a bit of a buffer this time around. Next week, and the week after that I’ll be posting two comics each week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For the week before Halloween, I’ll be posting three comics - Tuesday, Thursday, and a Halloween comic on Friday the 30th. After that, I’m not yet sure what my posting schedule will be, but I plan to strive for a minimum of two comics a week, and the occasional extra comic or larger f0rmat comic every once and a while.
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Johnny Sanderson, the nature hating nature show host is here to stay. Johnny is a great example of spontaneous and flexible character creation, and I’m quite fond of him.
The Creation of Johnny Sanderson
Originally, my idea was to put a really extreme nature show host in the strip based on Jeff Corwin (who I’m a fan of). On paper, this was a good idea, but I found that once I started writing and drawing, I quickly became bored of the character. I decided I had to make changes. While sketching out the character, I found I couldn’t draw a pair of legs I was happy with… which lead to the first defining characteristic – the wheel. At this point the switch flipped (because I felt that a guy that had to get around on a wheel probably wouldn’t be a tremendous nature fan), and I decided to flip the personality around, so the nature-lover had to go. The safari hat was actually part of the original design, and absurd enough to keep. From this point, Johnny took on a life of his own both in my imagination, and in the strip, and now he’s one of my favorite characters.
What I learned from this experience: If I’ve got a character I’m just not sure about or one I don’t think is interesting enough, I can’t be afraid to go back to the drawing board, because even a week idea has the potential to work out great with a few tweaks.
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