Archive for The Adventures of the S-Team
This is the only strip so far where I’ve broken my “four-panel” rule, and tried to tell a whole joke in a single panel. I much prefer the closer shots and additional elements of a longer strip, which is why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I completely forgot to do the post-production work here, and there is no cityscape outside Silverstein’s office. My rationale is that his shades are closed. No, really.
I’m not really obsessed with ninjas. I just thought the team needed someone who could be serious, because there are a lot of goofy folks already on board. Silence fit the bill. If you want to see about someone who’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And at last, we meet Silence, the ninja. I debated whether to make her like Silent Bob – only speaking when she had something truly profound to say. So far, though, she’s kept any wisdom to herself. That’s probably the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I wanted to have a larger-than-human character in the S-Team, but wasn’t sure how to do it, since all LEGO minifigs are the same size. I finally decided that I could give a regular figure larger hands/arms, make his legs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trying to figure out a way to make Stretch’s arms extend was giving me fits. The tube is from an old Expert Builder series LEGO engine or an early LEGO Space kit (could be either).
Here you see a low-tech special effect. Smokescreen’s smoke is a bit of pulled cotton. LEGO is a toy that has spread around the world, to just about every country on the globe, and yet there are so few non-white[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…