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I'm going to try this here and on the forums [1] to see which one gets more response... if, you know, any...
The basic idea behind the Week in Review is that sometimes I want to comment on my own comics... difficulties I had working something out, origins of a joke, interesting things you may not have known, alternate versions of punchlines... stuff like that. Also, since I often will draw the comics first out in pencil/paper (usually just a storyboard to script action and placements out), if I have a really good rough sketch I might post those here from time to time.
This week was "Big Things" theme week, a week dedicated to objects larger than a
prehistoric man-eating breadbox:
Title: The Terror of Gayzilla [2]
Date: Monday, 4-7-2008
Style: Experimental (Neon on black)
Creation: The style mostly came about from two sources... I was playing around with PSP's "Neon" Picture Tube tool trying to come up with something neat to use it for (other than lightsabers) and decided to make a frame for the comic. Then, some buildings... then the rest just sort of happened.
Notes: Obviously a riff on Godzilla and the other kaiju which were formative in my youth. This was actually the 3rd AOD comic I ever wrote, and one of my personal favorites, however for some reason I kept putting off putting it up until now.
The Apple is hidden on the guy's shirt in the last panel.
Title: Fowl Play [3]
Date: Wednesday, 4-9-2008
Style: Standard (Color on light texture squares)
Creation: Played around with layers a bit for the squares here. There's two layers of transparency, each with a different gradient, the bottom one slightly smaller than the top. That's how the edges of the squares have that weird gauzy drop-off effect. Other than that, I did some shading... that's about it.
Notes: I'm a big fan of "misunderstanding" jokes. This is actually a play on the classic "Duck!" joke, except in reverse and with a giant pissed-off chicken. The guy in the hoodie is named Art, and he will be back.
The Apple is hidden in the logo on the truck in the 3rd panel.
Title: Curse of the Giantess [4]
Date: Friday, 4-11-2008
Style: Standard (Color on light texture squares)
Creation: This one was a pain in the ass. I drew the entire thing once in vectors, then before I had a chance to color it (or save it) Windows Vista decided that it was time to restart my computer. So then I drew it again. Grrr. Then again, I think the second one may actually have come out better.
Notes: The return of the knight from the Law & Order comic a couple weeks ago! Once again, he's getting the short end of the stick. This comic was inspired by my good friend "Mike"... I don't remember how this came up, but I said something about a giantess using a sheep in an "alternative to normal sheep usage" method... and he recoiled in horror... and then it was a webcomic.
The Apple is hidden as the jewelled top of the king's staff in Panel 3.
[1] http://www.insignificantcomics.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=20
[2] http://www.theappleofdiscord.com/index.php?date=2008-04-07
[3] http://www.theappleofdiscord.com/index.php?date=2008-04-09
[4] http://www.theappleofdiscord.com/index.php?date=2008-04-11
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