In the FUTURE....

...We'll all wear fancy futuristic clothing. Why does this matter? Easy, because I want to make my comic strip take place at some vague point in the future, but I've been having a number of issues with how to go about it. At first I wanted to have the future be kinda weird, with bizarre robot characters, post-industrial accident zombies, and aliens or something... But then I realized, I can't do that. The basic premise of my comic strip is that the main character (Adam) is tremendously bored with reality, and has to struggle between his parents desires for him to become a productive member of society, and his own desires to tune the world out. Why would he be bored with zombie-mutants and crazy robots though? He wouldn't... but the thing about the future is, I'm gonna wager that the future will be more steril, safe, and rule filled than ever before.

You see, I've worked in the sign business for a while... and one guarantee is, rule signs always get longer...

That being said, how much have houses changed in the past thirty years? You can still recognize them... So how will I show that my comic takes place in the future, without putting it in the title? Easy... Change the clothing. I'm not saying that all of a sudden jump suits will be all the rage, and I don't think t-shirts will disappear... but damn it, this is a comic! EXAGGERATE!

I'm thinking most of the robots in the future will be more like roomba, so if I want crazy robot characters, I'll have to make them Adam's imaginary friends. I think the school teacher might be a robot though... How better to accentuate the absolute boredom that is school, than with a robot teaching pre-programmed routines?