About

The Comic

I started getting the idea to start a webcomic about two or three years ago, when I first started reading them. I don't really know why... there's just something about them that I am drawn to. However, I didn't want to just jump right into the webcomic pool without looking around, checking out what's out there, doing my research, and waiting around to see if this project would just be another one of my spur of the moment type things.

Two or three years later, and almost a hundred webcomics later (I know I'm a loser, shut up), I made up my mind. I still wanted to do a webcomic, but I hadn't actually succeded in drawing the same character repeatedly without making drastic changes each time. I had drawn the first stages of Harrison a couple of times, and Vernon in a few different ways, but nothing that could keep the continuity of a comic. I started small, drawing silly little one page fan comics using stick figures, geometric shapes, and random little doodles I stuck onto spare bits of paper. These seemed to go over pretty well in some online communities, but I hadn't figured out my style yet.

And to be honest, I still haven't. Even time I go to put pencil (or pen or crayon or chalk or paint or sharpie) to paper (or board or table or wall or sidewalk), something has happened to me since the last time I drew something. I talked to a friend, I attempted a Calculus problem, I found my lost sock, someone poked me in the eye with a clarinet... but something had happened. And, for some reason, I cannot draw that same way twice. My style is constantly changing as I change through the day or week or month or whatever. So the comic you see today, may not be the same comic you see tomorrow. That's just how my brain works.

So, what was I to do? I needed a comic style that could change with me, without looking like a completely different comic with each update.

Viola! Curvy boxes. Drawn around the different panels after they're drawn.

That's right. I draw the boxes around the people.

I'm such a freak! DX

Anyway... so... that solved one of the problems I was having with continuity. When actually designing the characters for the comic, I decided to keep it as simple as possible. So... we've got this kind of stick-figure/geometric shape/actual drawing crossbreed, here. And it works. I've managed to keep Adrian looking pretty similar.

Alright. So I have a style down. Subject matter... hmmm...

I had never really thought about using my life as a model for anything. When I was aspiring to be a writer (that totally happened... *rolls eyes*), I didn't use anything personal because I didn't think it all that interesting. I've never been one to socialize or anything. So, when I hit senior year in high school and did start socializing, I discovered that lots of weird stuff happened to me whenever I did get out of the house. Mysterious burns, people I've run into, stories I get to hear from my friends... Stuff that you'd bring up at parties when there's a lull in the conversation and everyone wants to hear the story. So... hey... why not share it with the internet?

The white lined paper thing and the title come from my tendency to doodle in class. I've always found that I draw best when I'm drawing something in the margins or on the backs of tests. Hell, napkin drawings turn out pretty damn good.

So, there you go.

Exciting, isn't it?