The Pen Comic, page 29
Genius is fleeting, and then it's left to the schlubs to pick up the pieces. To wit, our superstar artist took off here 75% of the way through another page of sheer brilliance, and the task fell to me to finish it off. I did what I could, but the best I could do was kind of like gliding an engine-stalled airplane into a controlled crash landing.
Soapfrog: "THaT IS A bURDeN TO BE RELieVEd of, FOR SURe. DO YOU tHInK THAT WE STILL HaVe tO WEAr-"
William Shakespeare: "This accursed nose of a fool? Nay, says I - even now hath I divested the proboscis from mine stately features. Hark --
Mac: "WA."
Syccy: "I ha-aave come to give ma-ahy chaald his she-eep na-ame. But wha-at are the-ese new people doing here?"
Baby: "MOTHER. FATHER. THE UNSEEN PORCINE GUIDE AND THE OMNISCIENT NOTEPAD SHALL RENDER YOU SATISFACTORILY INFORMED. FOR NOW, LOVE ME. MY WOOLY ESSENCE DEMANDS MAMMALIAN NURTURING THROUGH LACTATION."
The smudging of the soft graphite is criminal; this should be one of the best pages in the comic, not an angry cloud. I dig the classic Shakespeare portrait and the size mismatch between him and the frog; the sheep's emergence from the clouds is also inspired, as is Soapfrog's lettering. As for the rest, I just tried to follow the bold lead and draw which characters as I was capable of drawing (Clipboard Girl is right out! She does not suffer from any old war wounds), letting their personalities guide the way. I'm still quite pleased with my Shakespeare and Soap-Sheep lines, and the little accent I threw in to the baby's pupil. As for the sheep portrait, I'm sorry. Maybe I should have done two panels of Mac.
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Soapfrog: "THaT IS A bURDeN TO BE RELieVEd of, FOR SURe. DO YOU tHInK THAT WE STILL HaVe tO WEAr-"
William Shakespeare: "This accursed nose of a fool? Nay, says I - even now hath I divested the proboscis from mine stately features. Hark --
Mac: "WA."
Syccy: "I ha-aave come to give ma-ahy chaald his she-eep na-ame. But wha-at are the-ese new people doing here?"
Baby: "MOTHER. FATHER. THE UNSEEN PORCINE GUIDE AND THE OMNISCIENT NOTEPAD SHALL RENDER YOU SATISFACTORILY INFORMED. FOR NOW, LOVE ME. MY WOOLY ESSENCE DEMANDS MAMMALIAN NURTURING THROUGH LACTATION."
The smudging of the soft graphite is criminal; this should be one of the best pages in the comic, not an angry cloud. I dig the classic Shakespeare portrait and the size mismatch between him and the frog; the sheep's emergence from the clouds is also inspired, as is Soapfrog's lettering. As for the rest, I just tried to follow the bold lead and draw which characters as I was capable of drawing (Clipboard Girl is right out! She does not suffer from any old war wounds), letting their personalities guide the way. I'm still quite pleased with my Shakespeare and Soap-Sheep lines, and the little accent I threw in to the baby's pupil. As for the sheep portrait, I'm sorry. Maybe I should have done two panels of Mac.
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