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Starting a week from Sunday, Perk at Work strips will be posted five times a week, Monday – Friday. This change should allow me to not only enhance the quality of the comic, but also to devote much needed time and attention to all the other aspects of the strip.
That’s not to say that a big Sunday strip won’t ever find it’s way onto the site every now and then…
It seems that everywhere I turn I see people doing brilliant things! It’s amazing to see the talent people possess and share with others online – specifically with webcomics.
I have to admit, before posting my comic strip online, I never really gave much thought to doing so. I spent most of my time drooling over the dailies in the newspaper. I thought that if a comic strip wasn’t syndicated, it probably wasn’t good enough to read. I was wrong.
The good thing is that I now realize that there’s so many great webcomics out there. Unfortunately, I feel like I’ve got a lot of catching up on my reading.
A while back I stumbled upon a book titled “Free Agent Nation” by Daniel Pink. The book tells of the ever-increasing number of people who are taking their incomes back from out of the hands of employers. Memories of that book are coming back to me in waves as I think about a life away from the security of a regular paycheck (i.e., the employee life).
As I read other blog posts of other webcomic creators and listen to the Webcomics Weekly podcasts, I get more and more anxious to venture out on my own.
If you are a fellow webcomic creator, take some time to read “Free Agent Nation.” I hope it burns a fire under you like it has me!
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I just noticed that the last blog entry I posted was over a month ago. This is not for lack of effort but, rather, lack of blog-worthy material.
Sure I could tell you about the many, many different and wonderful things I do in my life (e.g., brushing my teeth, eating a sandwich, walking the dog, etc., etc.), but is that really blog-worthy?
I have thought about maybe trying to introduce some beginner extreme sports into my life to spice things up and share my mildly daring stories. Perhaps I may start with freestyle walking then move up to juggling butter knives. Will this please the masses? I hope so because I don’t plan on going any further than that.
If I ever do make it out of town to some star-studded event, you will know. Do not worry. Until then, please allow the comic itself to suffice.
I mildly-extreme thank you.
Today’s comic is the first to display a bit of shading. It’s not much but I’ve found that a little shading goes a long way to add depth and character to illustrations.
Adding small touches like this is strange though. Some people like no shading at all. Sometimes it messes with people’s imaginations. For instance, if a character’s hair is shading in as black and the reader has always envisioned the hair as blonde, it could make for mixed feelings.
Brad Guiger at Evil, Inc. stated in a Webcomics Weekly Podcast that, when he added color to his comic, some fans clamored. We would think that adding color or shading or whatever adds to the work but, in some people’s eyes, it may not always be true. I personally like the color in Evil, Inc. – it’s masterfully done and adds a completely new dimension.
So, is color in the future for Perk at Work? Well, color is definitely in the past. Check out some of the old Sunday comics to see the characters in full color!
There’s no denying it, watching someone get hit in the head or the groin (or both at the same time) is funny. I would like to say that I am above laughing at such but I am as guilty as the next guy. My buddy J. (www.doodleloo.com) told me about a television show called WIPEOUT on ABC. Since I don’t have a television and therefore am completely ignorant of the outside world, I checked it out on abc.com. Now, I only watched one episode but I couldn’t help but laugh.
At first, I felt like a bad person to laugh at another person’s unfortunate mishaps but then I got to thinking… These people know that they’re going to have these falls and that the show is based on making fun of them while it’s happening. And they agree to these conditions in order to possibly win money. Does this give me license to laugh? I say yes.
Could someone put this show in the same category as Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin? Strangely, it seems odd to compare the two, as if Keaton and Chaplin are somehow a high-brow version of this type of slapstick humor.
It would help to know the levels of such comedy. That way when someone gets racked in the balls I could discern if it was just a “run-of-the-mill” racking or something far more refined.
Having the web to display our comics is a wonderful thing. Unfortunately, some folks in the webcomics world feel that print is dead. While it is obvious that larger newspapers are folding, I feel there is still a place for comic strips in print.
I publish a small, local magazine called Burrito Magazine. In it I place some of the work that my friends and I do. It seems to be well received – people like holding the paper in their hands. In coffee shops, folks like to have something to thumb through.
I very much enjoy the process of putting together a magazine and placing it out there for people to read. And as long as people are willing to pick it up, I’m willing to publish it.
Print is not dead. Print may not be as lucrative as it once was, but it’s still alive. Poor, but still kicking. I can relate.
