Considerations...

I've been feeling really stifled recently. It's the space, the space in which I am trying to cram my comic. That cursedly small newspaper space, or in my case, that cursedly small sherpa space (which is where I'm considering going...) it's just too little... too confining. But what option do I have? I've got to work in that format if I want to be syndicated don't I?

It's at this point that I begin to consider the basic assumption underlying that question. I want to be syndicated... or I did... when I first started my serious attempt at cartooning three years ago. I've come a long way since then. I know more now than ever before, and I realize that I don't really know that much. What I do know is that I need to take a long look at what my goals are. I'm discovering some real issues with syndication that I tended to ignore before.

This is all water under the bridge right now though... I've got a ways to go figuring out what I'm gonna do... My primary objective has not changed. I still plan on making the best comic I possibly can. I think the question might be whether or not it will be in the "strip" format...

With all that in mind, here are some more character studies I've been working on...



Monkeys, robots, old decrepit retired super-villain, a half robot boy and his nerdy friend... How will I fit all this into a panel that will be printed about two inches tall? Or have they reduced the size again?