When Your Consoles Are Off…
Man, this comic was a nightmare…and not just for TiMii out there in the cold. For whatever reason, we seem to be spending more time on each successive comic. I remember the first couple we put up I just sent Ray an email with a script and he sent me back a completed comic 2 days later. That was it. Then we did a multi-part comic which complicated things a little (how many parts should it have, how should it be resolved, etc.), but with a little IM’ing we were good to go. Then came the ‘300′ comic which Ray agonized over the artwork to get it just right while I ‘borrowed’ the motion picture to make sure Ray had the scene from the movie captured correctly in the comic. The hard work paid off because we won Joystiq’s Weekly Webcomic Wrapup in our first appearance. Well, that raised expectations for future comics, so what started as a simple idea last week took quite a lot of thought and a lengthy Skype conversation to complete. I think we finished with a good comic as we finished second in Joystiq’s weekly poll. This week was another challenge for us as Ray had FINISHED the comic a few hours ago when we both realized that it wasn’t funny. Big problem. So the last 4 hours have been spent redoing the entire thing. We’ve called each other a half-dozen times tonight trying to get things right. Ray will share the original with you below, but I think you’ll agree that the final version is better than the original (funny vs. depressing). Do you see the progression though? We went from email, to IM, to Skype, to phone calls. Next week I’m going to have to make a trip out to Oregon in order to get the next comic done. That’s like a 15 hour drive in case you were wondering. Ray, we’re going to have to start doing things a little differently…
I did not expect this comic to become such a problem, but I think anyone can agree that after looking at the original version, something needed to be done to - oh I don’t know - make it funny.
Speaking of a society where the rich get richer… While I slave away at creating the comics based on Tim’s ridiculous ideas, he sits on top of a huge sum of cash that’s flowing in from traffic to the site. I demand all thirty-six cents that you’ve made because of these banners, Tim! How dare you!
I think this comic also makes it clear that I have not been to many parties before.
(14 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5)
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