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I’ve got a couple of comics that I’m going to suggest that people check out:
I’m biased, because both strips are done by friends of mine, but I think they’re both great. Don’t take my word for it, check ‘em out.
What the heck are you still doing here?
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Jetpacks and Time Machines is a comic in development, but it didn’t officially start here at this site obviously. While I won’t go into a lot of detail about my comic creation history right here, what I will do is post a link to the blog that started it.
In a nutshell, it’s the beginning. I decided I needed to get focused on my comic, and to that effect I started a blog. If anyone is curious to see a bit of my thought process that went into JP&TM, that’s where it is.
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“a subdued calvin & hobbes”
That’s a term that was recently used in description of my comic writing.
That’s an interesting observation. I’ve noticed that myself actually… There are a few ways to interpret that comment, and certainly my own characters are more laid back than calvin and hobbes, but I’ve also noticed something similar from a purely visual standpoint. I use a font I created to letter my comic. Recently I’ve been studying lettering more, and if you look at some of the mid to later C&H strips, you’ll notice Watterson does an excellent job of varying the pitch and tone of Calvin’s voice just by lettering. I think that in the modern computer font era this is really an overlooked skill.
Personally, I’m already working on some more fonts for different characters and tones, but I’m also trying to hand letter more for when I need a particular attitude expressed. I wonder though… What does sarcasm look like in lettering? Can it be expressed? Or what about boredom? Certainly, the character’s expression will play a part, but people usually read the words first… So how can expressions be encapsulated in letter shapes and strokes? Are there are books about this sort of thing? Maybe I should look into typography books? Could anyone recommend anything?
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Hey everyone, check it out, I just recieved my first blog mention/review from someone other than Jarrett:
If you haven’t checked this blog out before, I’d suggest doing so, but only if you like things that are cool.
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I know, I broke the feed. Sorry guys… I’ve kept the regular update status, but screwed up my feed by going through feedburner… I’m trying to decide now if I should keep feedburner, or try to go back to the standard setup. Why must they make things so complicated!?! I guess I’m keeping feedburner now that I’ve got it all working, so if you’re having trouble getting the feed, try re-subscribing.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Thanks to anyone who took part in the experimental survey. The survey is now closed. Results were mixed, and as a result, I’ll probably have to make my own decision.
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Everybody at some point will google their own name. Some people (like those with their own websites) will do it more often to see if people can find them… Now admittedly, what are the odds that if you’re a freelance artist for hire, and somebody is looking for a freelance artist, they’re looking for a freelance artist named Jim Tierney? Or James Tierney, or J. Tierney? I know, but regardless, when you first design a website to showcase your skills like I did a couple years ago, you like see it pop up in a search engine, even if you may have to be slightly more specific than the average person in need of a service. Now imagine your surprise when you do the aforementioned search, and your name and profession pop up, but the website is not your own.
That’s right… I went looking for myself and instead found someone el…. You get the idea…
Anyways, blah blah blah, The fact is… There are other Jim Tierneys out there, and they’re doing stuff! What the heck is going on? I can’t remember what the exact search term was, art, artist, illustrator or something, but I searched for it, expecting to find myself, but instead… I found him.
Needless to say, after I quit making highlander jokes, I had to get used to the fact that there’s another guy out there with the same name as me, doing very similar things to what I’m doing. I got used to it… but what if there are others? (I mean besides Jim Tierney of Digital Anarchy.) What if there are a bunch of Jim Tierneys out there? What if what I once thought of as my innate talent was really only a fluke caused by some sort of weird cosmic resonance based on a specific combination of letters?
Just to play it safe, I better find the best Jim Tierneys out there so we can gather together and form an army… to suppress the rest of the Jim Tierneys… cause I know for a fact that a bunch of them are gonna be real jerks.
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Well, the first couple days have gone smoothly. I’m still ironing out how this website is going to operate and I’m still finding things that I’m missing, so things will probably be changing a little bit at first. The most noticeable change will be in the comic posting… I’m going to post consistently every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, but early on I’m going to try and post an extra comic or two some time during the week in an attempt to build up content quicker.
I’m also toying with other ideas for content, maybe adding some character introductions into the news section? Maybe news isn’t even the right word for this section… I don’t know yet. Any suggestions that could be applied to help make this a successful comic are appreciated… That goes for both comic and website advice.
Thanks for reading,
-jim
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Well, this is it… the start of my webcomic. In reality, Jet Packs and Time Machines is a work in progress, a comic in development. I’ll be trying to keep a regular update schedule every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Hopefully as the weeks pass, the characters will develop, their looks will solidify, and the world of JP&TM will take shape.
Or I’ll get bored and change up everything… It could go either way.
But I’ve got a feeling this one might hold my interest.
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