As the comic becomes more and more complex (and I use the term “complex” very loosely) it requires a lot more effort to push through the idea that I have onto paper, so to speak. Because of this, it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain quality on a black background. The white lines on black background worked very well when the line work was minimal, but white is so much easier to work with now.
In addition, I started adding color. This is just to make it easier to express depth and relate importance to things that I think require it. I will probably keep this format for some time, as I already see a difference in the quality and “lookability,” if I may make up a word for a second here. Things seem to pop more from the background, and I guarantee that there will be far less feeling of not knowing what an object is or where it is in relation to the characters.
I know at least two of you have asked what the new update schedule is, and the answer to that is every Tuesday and Friday. I know I was going three times a week for a while, but I’m just trying to be as realistic as possible with my time.
I knew I wanted to do something with my tablet when I moved into the new place, though I didn’t know exactly what. A few ideas came into mind, one of which being a comic entirely dedicated to Jay and some type of subsequent magical journey he must go on. However, because I couldn’t really think of good, lasting ideas for something of that nature, I abandoned it in favor of Leon. Also, I really missed the shortness and the overall feel of Leon. I can come up with hundreds of four panel stories in the same time that I could muster up a half-decent 30 page story, and it favors my sense of humor much more than a 8 1/2 x 11 panel could.
So here is what we get: a start of a new chapter in Leon. Since most of the material for the comic has often come from my own experiences in life and on the internet, I thought that it would only be proper that the guys move into a new setting as well.
On a more technical note, I disabled comments on all new posts and comics. They were pretty pointless.
I finally bit the bullet and dedicated the day to moving the site from our old, shitty hosting company to this new one. I’ve been with the old one for like as long as his site has been up, but its recent increase in downtime and server issues made the decision necessary. If anyones interested, I now know how the kid felt when he took old Yeller out to the barn. It’s a feeling of satisfaction, a feeling of comfort and accomplishment… On second thought, the two situations probably arent that similar.
Nevertheless, shit is done. One day of summer in and one item is already off the checklist.
I have been wanting to do something like this for a while now. A comic that is… Now that the summer is here I feel like I have enough time to do a lot of the things I want, so I figured this might as well be one of them. Some others include getting the site off this God forsaken hosting company. I’m acctually pretty surprised that I was able to get this up in time considering how much the server has been down the past few days. Thanks goes to Greg for helping me tune my comic genius and listening to me bitch and moan about how the internet sucks for the past few days. Dude is a freaking saint. Or just really bored.
Anyways, here it is, a little something to showcase my achievements as a non professional classroom doodler for the past few years. I plan on updating it every friday and tuesday (the same day my trash is picked up, lol). The site is really simple, and I would like to keep it that way. So I wont make too many site changes other than this. One thing I do want to change is a better “Wat?” section. Cause it just seems… not enough. IDK.
The comic might not be funny… But I think it’s funny, and thats all that matters according to every elementary school teacher I ever had. It’s about a Soviet Communist theorist named Leon Trotsky that somehow makes his way to present day South Carolina. He moves in with this guy. Comedy gold, am i right?
