Todd

For my new comic I’ve decided to take a little different approach compared to my previous work. I guess I’m deconstructing things a bit because when I first dove into comics with FRIK, each episode was 10-12 panels. Then I made HOLES IN IT, which was 6 panels. Now for the new comic it will be 3 panels.

This currently untitled comic will be more akin to a “joke a day” comic, and because it’s 3 panels, that means writing scripts for it is incredibly fast. As I’m still in the process of sketching out character design, I decided to start writing the scripts to see where it takes me.

I plan for this new comic to be released twice a week, which means I need a much bigger buffer of finished comics in case something happens and I can’t work on it for a bit. As of last night I’ve written the 40th episode, and as you can see from the photo, that’s 5 months worth of comics right there.

Heck, I haven’t even figured out what the character names are minus one, so I’m using temp names just to keep things organized. I was originally going to call this LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR, but then I realized rather quickly that there’s already another comic by the same name. Back to the drawing board on that.

As far as how I will create it, I’m leaning towards it being traditionally made by hand 100%. With my first two comics I would draw it out, then scan it, then finish everything digitally. With this one I’m thinking of keeping it all hand made, but I’ll know more when I get into it. I love working digital, so it will be hard to get back into the groove of a fully hand made comic.

Thanks for reading!

It’s hard to believe that my first “official” digital mixed media abstract artwork was released almost ten years ago. I had dabbled in it before that point, but it was really more of a curiosity than anything. Why I chose that moment is because of two things.

My son was born two months prior, and we were still in the “every 3 hour” feeding phase. I spent many late nights creating digital artwork in lieu of sleep. I had massive sleep deprivation and that probably fueled the abstract nature of the art because I was on auto pilot for most of it and not thinking about what I was doing.
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KIDS COMIC WORKSHOP – 6 WEEK COURSE
Besides the classes I’m teaching that will finish up in a couple of weeks, I have no plans to add any more six week KIDS COMIC WORKSHOPS for the rest of 2015 due to the holidays approaching. Either sign up to my email newsletter to the right of this page or keep checking my KIDS COMIC WORKSHOP page for updates for 2016 classes.

HOW TO DRAW MONSTERS
During the winter break I will teach a one day, two hour class on how to draw monsters. It will be on December 30th from 10:30am-12:30pm (Green Door Gallery, Webster Groves, MO) and is $20 per kid. You can sign up at the HOW TO DRAW MONSTERS page if you like! Limited seating!

KIDS COMIC WORKSHOP – 1 HOUR INTRODUCTORY CLASS
For those who are not sure their kid would like a 6 week course on comic making, I have created a 1 day, 1 hour class that skims over some of what I teach in the main course. I am holding this class December 19th, so take a look at the KIDS COMIC WORKSHOP page and see the details!

NOT A KID AND WANT TO LEARN THIS STUFF?
I am in the process of re-tooling my Comic Workshop to cater to adults. If you or a group of people you belong with are interested in the class, by all means CONTACT me!