Dis 04:02, MM 02:05, and a Shirt!

Whoo! Stuff! Comic stuff!

Got some Dis for you darlings.

This is the first page of the comic where I haven't inked the entire thing by hand. Instead, I experimented to see if it would save some time to fill in the black areas digitally. I'm not sure if it was really easier; I found it difficult to see where the finished image was going, and to balance out the value balance of the page as a whole. So...we're left with these two very heavy black top panels, and the bottom one ended up all white. I'm not sure that I'm really happy with it.

I know that every single page doesn't need to be a first-place winner, and that it's the quality of the book as a whole that's important...but man. This just keeps up the trend that the first page of every chapter is the worst one.

Dis 04:02: "Muffin...?"

And here is some Makeshift Man!

I'm really especially happy with the art on this page; it's full of really specific gestures, but I think they read clearly. :)

It's so dumb, but I was fretting for a while about whether jackalopes would be rabbits or hares. I'd initially planned for them to be very distinctly of the Lepus genus, as jackrabbits. However, I find rabbits to be much easier to draw, and that's what I found myself doing. I had seven pet rabbits when I was a kid, and so I'm very familiar with their anatomy, movements, and expressions. (Rabbits are definitely among my very favorite animals!) Anyway, this is such a silly thing that I was upset with myself for. After all, jackalopes aren't rabbits or hares; they're jackalopes. They'd be a whole separate family of lagomorphs, or at least a separate family in Leporidae (if spiritual creatures could even be counted in the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature at all.)

(JoJo has a tendency to overthink her work.)

Anyway, I also really love getting the opportunity to drop little hints about MM's past. It's a doozy of a biography he's got.

Makeshift Man 02:05

And I've got a new Shirt-of-the-Month shirt for ya! You might have noticed that I took the Summer off from this project, but I'm back. Bu-u-u-ut...due to my upcoming wedding, this shirt shall serve as design for both September and October. But if you've just gotta buy stuff twice, never fear, because I have made this design in, like, a gazillion color combinations to choose from.

Well, bully for the 26th president of the United States. This design is inspired by my own recent journey to the Badlands of western North Dakota. So you can wear a bit of history on your body in fantastically bright color. :D

Uh...Got two more drawings for ya to see.

In other news...I am stressed. What's, like, the most relaxing thing ever? I need that, whatever it is. I think I'm dehydrating, too. Catch you kids, later; I'm gonna go slurp down some delicious watery water.

Peace.

Status: STRESSED...Listening To: Robyn - "Hyperballad"...Been Reading: Emily Brontë - Wuthering Heights...Been Watching: The Daily Show