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Dirtnap, Page 180

by on July 14, 2020 at 6:00 am
Chapter:

Well. There it is– the wrap-up! This was all a giant experiment for me. I had never written a longform comic.

If I now turn it into a printed edition, there are things I want to go back and change. It probably gets too wordy in the middle. Some characters are what I would consider “off model” visually in the first third or so.

Also, times have changed since I first wrote the rough draft for this. I now feel I need to soften the “freaks” aspect, and have Dirtnap have a stronger arc of disrespect-to-respect. I wrote this for the “kid me” and I was fascinated by freak shows and such. Now that it’s done, I need to think about the “grown-up me.”

If you have thoughts on the overall story, or weak aspects, I would LOVE to hear them!

Thanks for coming along for the ride.

Kerry

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Check out MAD magazine for more of my work. IF YOU DARE..!

by on January 1, 2019 at 6:00 am
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I’m not sure I’ve ever mentioned it on this site, but I’m now doing occasional work for MAD magazine! The publication rebooted with issue #1 earlier in 2018. Below is an image of mine that appears in issue #5, on sale now–

BatMan_Gargoyle

Sadly, I have no comic story in this issue, but I did have a 3-pager in issue #1 and issue #3. My favorite work may be the comic page scheduled to appear in issue #6, on sale in February–

Ha! I just realized a slight connection between this image and my DIRTNAP storyline. Not all my work is based on fluids, I swear.

 

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Dirtnap on hiatus

by on February 6, 2018 at 6:00 am
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I HATE to do this, I but I need to put Dirtnap on hiatus for a few months before it’s conclusion. There are several reasons for this. The biggest is that it is running longer than I originally planned. I’ve drawn far ahead of my posting dates and my “padded” weeks have run out.

I started with a full, written script. It was a 52 page document. At first, on average, each page of script equalled 2-3 drawn pages. So, I figured the story would be between 140-150 pages. I now know it will be closer to 180! As the action increased in the story, a single written page was often turning into 5 or 6 pages of drawn art!

Below are examples of how I work. I print out the script and draw thumbnails on the edges. You can see the page count varies widely (right click on image to “Open Image in New Tab” if you’d like to view them larger)—

121-127rough

128_130roughs

If you compare these to the finished work, you’ll see I sometimes change things as I draw out the actual page. The creative process doesn’t stop at any given point. I love that freedom.

I think the hiatus will be around 6 months. We’ll see. I’ve also taken on some exciting freelance work which I will share more about in the future on my blog. I’ll understand if you suspend your current Patreon support. I also, of course, will appreciate if you don’t. 🙂

Thanks for reading!!!

I’ll miss interacting with you in the comments. 🙁

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I’m Sneaky

by on September 9, 2017 at 12:27 pm
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I know it may sometimes be challenging to read a 170 comic story at one page a week, but here’s a creator’s benefit I love– I occasionally go back and read the story to insure it’s holding together or see if there’s improvements I can make. I have altered art or dialog a few times, but no one probably ever knows.

So, just for kicks, I’m telling you about one I just did! The top image has the old dialog from page 117. The bottom image is the change I made. It hit me as a little more fun, which is hopefully the bottomline for this strip!

Toothpick

 

 

 

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