Click on it to see the full sized horror of the most thrilling Econostuds to date!!! It got cropped a bit at the top, but holy crap. This thing took long enough to put together that I'm not going back to fix it. I'll fix it if I ever publish a book...that's fair, right?
Here you go folks. Econostuds...now....WITH COLOUR!
This is the third edition of Econostuds...my web comic about stuff, and things. You can find the previous two on the site, just by scrolling down! Enjoy my Wordless Wednesday (thanks for visiting), and take time to enjoy Trivial Tuesday. To play, email your answers to mikecthomas(at)gmail.com! Remember...Brannigans Law loves you. So have a nice day on us!
Click to view the second installment of Econostuds. Man yesterday's sucked. Today's sucks less, guaranteed! Check out Trivial Tuesday as well! Brannigans Law doesn't fake the funk on a nasty dunk...we bring it every day...or so.
And...BOOM goes the dynamite...Here's your first taste of Econostuds. I hope you like it! Take it with a grain of salt...I will get better at drawing, and with the humor. Special thanks to Marko Peric for walking me through Photoshop and helping make this happen! Click on the comic to view full size, then come back and leave me a comment on it! Constructive criticism and adulation are both accepted ;)
Here, here for the Bangals! Welcome to another week of Brannigan's Law. Make sure you don't miss your chance to play Trivial Tuesday tomorrow, and remember to drop by for Wormless Wednesday if you get the chance!
Well, the weekend saw little progress on Econostuds, that is until last night. I finished and inked three strips last evening, and was I ever excited. The good news is that they look very professional. That is, if you take nearly every professional comic strip, their stuff printing today makes their very first few strips look like garbage. I mean, think of what the Simpsons looked like on the Tracey Ullman Show in the 80's.
So my poorly illustrated, butcher quality writing, and hack sharpie inking will soon be available for viewing on this blog! Hooray. Really though, I think that the strip has potential, and I'm going to keep on plugging, even though I almost jumped off of my roof when I saw how the first strip looked after finishing it. What I was doing drawing on my roof in March...I don't know. Whatever it takes to be productive I guess.
What I look forward to doing is searching out how you're supposed to draw comics. I mean, is there a stock board you can buy that's broken down into panels, how big are you to draw the initial cartoon, and how small do you shrink it down to? All of this and more, I hope to find out.
In today's clean cut world of graphic designers and Photoshop wizardry, my paper and pencil mess should be a breath of moderately fresh air...or at least I hope so!
Above is a picture done by pros. It's in celebration of the soon to be released "Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer" movie.
Monday Mike wants to take Sunday Evening Mike and shake him a bit. Monday Mike is wondering why Sunday Evening Mike didn't do like 30 Trivial Tuesdays to get ahead of the game. Well...Monday Mike may never have his answer.
I think it's funny how we consider our past selves such fools by times. We look back at our mistakes or omissions and think "Why didn't I do it?" almost as if we were thinking of another person (i.e. Sunday Evening Mike). In reality the person who didn't do it is in all actuality Monday Mike!
I think it's another facet of our sketchy nature as people. Even on this small scale, it is evidenced that I want to avoid taking responsibility for something I have done. I get it honestly though, we all do. Our distant relatives invented the whole thing for Pete's sake!
So, that being said, tomorrow will be TRIVIAL TUESDAY! Horray! Good times for all. I experimented on the weekend with drawing, inking, and sizing for my web comic. Yikes. I found out for the scale I'm using, a regular sharpie is too fat, and a fine tip sharpie is too thin. More experimentation to come though.
My webcomic will be entitled "Econostuds", and it will feature all of the fun and craziness that I have seen or imagined in the world of building supply retail. It follows the lives of a few Schrumans employees (pronnounced "Screw-mans") and their encounters with each other, management, and of course the crazy DIY'ers that are always around. If you're ever worked retail, this story will ring true to you, and if you've ever shopped in a building supply store and witnessed an employee act a little odd, this will explain it all. So keep an eye out for Econostuds, because it's coming soon!
The image above is 'Omega Flight'. Canada's new 'super team' in the Marvel Universe. 10 Trivial Tuesday points to the first 2 people who can correctly name all of the members pictured. This is another hint as to what is coming for the voting tab on the right. Keep submitting votes to make this test worthwhile!
