The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The man who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.

— Alan Ashley-Pitt
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Page 5

It’s always a tradeoff, I find, between number of panels and detail.  The fewer panels the more detail I can put in, and I’m a fan of detailed comic art like that of Geof Darrow and Darick Robertson.  I’ve gotten faster as an artist, but I’m still slow, so you won’t be seeing much Darrow-esque art around here.  But I can find a balance, and I think on this page I made a good example of panel content and plot advancement versus artistic detail.

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Jacob: You're an Inuit.
Bartender: Yep.
Jacob: You have blonde hair.
Bartender: Ancient tribal secret -- it's called 'peroxide'.
Jacob: Ah. You know, for a dive bar above the arctic circle...you're the cleanest bartender I've ever seen.
Bartender: Thanks. And for a dude who looks like he's pushing a hundred years old, you sure can handle your liquor.
Jacob: Alcohol doesn't affect me. And I'm ninety-eight. You have a good dye.
Bartender: It's my job. But hey, you look great.
Jacob: Yeah, you might say that I've had some 'work' done. Can I get one last whiskey for the night?
Bartender: Here you -- whoah!
Jacob: Thank you. Very much.

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  1. squirrel says:

    this is a different kind of comic i will watch it closely