Content Accumulation...

...is hard work! I know I haven't been very consistent on this blog, but my consistency is about to change...

Not on this blog though.

Sorry, I'm afraid this blog will be coming to an end. I'm going to actually transfer it over to my new site, and re-direct the domain eventually, but for right now if you want to check out the new stuff that will be appearing soon, look no farther than my new site, JetPacksAndTimeMachines.com where I'm going to actually try to keep a regular three day a week comic schedule (other content appearing at random) in an attempt to further develop my comic.

We'll see how it goes.

How Much Future is Too Much?

That's the question... As I've previously mentioned, my strip takes place in the future. What I'm dealing with now is, how futuristic can I make it without making in inaccessible? I read a lot of science fiction, and play a science fiction themed video game on occasion, and it seems to me that a whole lot of science fiction involves explanations and descriptions. This concerns me because I don't have a lot of room... and I'm afraid that I could easily slip into really deep and inaccessible nerdery if not careful. What I'm dealing with right now, is how to properly render the homes and neighborhoods of tomorrow. I've also just been messing around with landscapes, which I think are far too often ignored in most strips, much to many strips' detriments. There is no better way to add atmosphere and flesh out a world than to add the occasional landscape or establishing shot.



In other future news, I think I'm getting ready to get more serious about this comic. And no, I'm not concerned that I seem to be talking about my comic strip like other guys talk about their girlfriends. I really like the direction I'm heading, and I think I might want to consider taking it to the next level. I might set up a web comic and all that entails. That's right, I might set a schedule and actually try to keep it. I might look into how I could begin promoting myself, and I might look into whatever else I need to do to attempt to generate some sort of income from this thing. I don't know... I'm scared... I'm not good at things like commitments, or consistency... I'm an artist... I can't help it... But I think the time may have come.


...Unless I change my mind tomorrow.

Endurance

Well, I'm almost out of comics. I've got to make some more. I've got excuses of course, I've been busy with work, and I went on a vacation for a while, and I've been playing more video games recently. All this has made me realize, I have nowhere near the endurance needed for syndication at this time.


Will that change? I do have to work for a living, but regardless... I just don't think I could come close to keeping my day job and making seven strips a week (and I don't even work full time!) Supposedly the test would be to attempt to make a month worth of strips in two weeks - according to Wiley Miller. That makes sense I suppose.

Just thinking about that makes me want to take a nap.

It doesn't matter though... Maybe I won't be syndicated, maybe I'll do something else. Maybe I'll just set up a website to pedal stuff from while making cartoons... Maybe I'll get off my ass and go find myself a wife with some earning power who would like to pay me an allowance... It's all irrelevant... cartooning is just something I do and I'm going to continue in my goal of making trying to make the best cartoon I can possibly make.

Right after this nap, and maybe some videogames.