A New Look!

Unbound #356 & Sketchbook Fun

Ta-da! After much ballyhoo this is how the comic is going to appear in this newsletter. I took ALL feedback into consideration and made some adjustments to get it to look much better than even I had originally intended. I might make some more slight adjustments moving forward, but they will be incremental and you won’t ever notice them! *waves hands in hypnotic fashion*

If you gave me precious feedback and are reading this, thank you!!! You contributed to making this newsletter better and voiced some concerns I wouldn’t have considered otherwise.

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Process:

Another pre-comic thumbnail. I wanted the kids section to feel over the top, but in a real way. I’ve been telling myself lately I don’t take these gags far enough and so I played with the idea of a Ferris wheel. (I even thought about a roller coaster) but once I saw the doodle, I knew it didn’t work the way I wanted. A good “writing” habit to keep though - taking things too far and then reeling them back in.

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From the Sketchbook:

Meet “Tater.” He didn’t immediately have a name, but I had written “cuter?” next to my little doodle and when I woke up the next day, in my half-asleep stupor, I briefly read it as “Tater.” It made way more sense than it had any right too, so we’re sticking with it. If you’ve been reading these newsletters you know I’ve had beetles on the brain lately. Will you ever find out why? Will you ever see Tater again? I can’t promise anything. But just stick around. Things are only gonna get cooler. At least, that’s what Tater would probably say. What a stud. Spud? What a spud.

See you next week, my dudes!

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I’m teaching a pen and ink workshop at the Massillon Museum this next weekend. Be there!

• Aug 24th - Massillon Museum, Pen and Ink Cartooning

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