Okay, so the first step in this little endeavor of mine (hopefully culminating in my being published AND paid for my strip work) is to come up with an interesting premise... the bare bones of character and setting. To this end, I've come up with a few ideas... very basic, very sketchy so far, but a good starting point. So, the ideas (in no ( Read more... )

I've decided I need to get back into my creative groove again... so I'm working on some ideas for a new comic strip. And, given what a wonderfully receptive and forthcoming group of friends I have here (read: willing to lie and tell me how great my stuff is, just so I won't cry), I thought I'd post my progress, my sketches, my ideas right up here ( Read more... )

... I missed posting a strip last week.  But I have a really, really good excuse: I was sick!  And, um, the dog ate my homework!!  I went blind, temporarily!!  There was a storm... and an earthquake!! Pirates attacked my neighborhood... no, no, it was pirates and ninjas!!  Pirates, ninjas and... and gay cowboys!!

*ahem*  At any rate, here's this ( Read more... )

For those of you who have ever had to deal with the idiocy that is the Temp Agency, this strip (and the next several following) are for you!

( Simply Simon #16 )

One of the more important considerations one confronts when trying to establish a new strip is finding the right mix of secondary characters... they need to be interesting enough to help support a daily dose of comedy, without overshadowing the main players ( Read more... )

At this point in the strip, I found myself asking, "Why the hell do I have to give everything a voice?!?"

Still waiting for an answer on this one... as is my therapist... and my priest...

( Simply Simon #14 )

Simon's relationship with his TV is much like my own... except that mine doesn't speak... and is pretty much never turned off... and is a large screen beauty that--

*ahem* Anyway, here's Simon and his 21st century version of Jiminy Cricket...

( Simply Simon #6 )

The second of the daily strips touched on Simon's truly geeky nature... and his love of all things Trekky... er, Trekkish... ah, you know what I mean!

Enjoy!

( Simply Simon #2 )