And the first appearance of the giant robot, which stood just under a foot tall. That would be the equivalent of something like four stories in normal human scale.And the first appearance of the giant robot, which stood just under[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for July, 2006
Giant robots. Every comic book has to have at least one appearance of a giant robot. I think it’s a law or something. The fellows over at The Ministry of Minor Perfidy, which I read regularly and occasionally contribute to,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“You’re not going all funny on me” is a reference to The Tick, a hilarious comic book series by Ben Edlund.
Yep, eleven weeks into the comic and so far all the S-Team has accomplished has been to elect a leader and then split up for character development.
This week features the two cops that stopped Smokescreen and Stonewall two weeks ago. I wanted to do a tribute to the short cop bits from the Kids In The Hall sketch show from Canada, of which I’m a big[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And here is the fiftieth strip, with a reference to an obscure comedy troupe called Duck’s Breath Mystery Theater. They had a character called “Dr. Science” in a bit called “Ask Dr. Science!”. The announcer would say “He’s not a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Every supervillain has a secret hideout where he develops his nefarious devices. Except Dr. Mat, apparently, who hadn’t gotten around to building his yet.
I was still experimenting with different post-production techniques and wasn’t getting things to look the way I wanted them to. You can see the color variations and the graininess that I was having difficulty eliminating.
The wordplay between Dr. Mat and his two Henchmen (named Henchman 1 and Henchman 2 in my scripts) is a lot of fun to write. Like many supervillains, the guys who carry the spears and throw the switches know a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…