Where Are The Women?

Perhaps you've wondered why there are no women in my strip, yet.  That is no big mystery: I've just been adding characters one at a time, and it's easier for me to conjure and draw a male character than female character. But at this point, the time is ripe for the introduction of my first female character. 

I've had some in mind, but it is only when I really need to have a character, that I get serious about creating one.

Today I did some sketches, and the first character that emerged has dark hair, and is a 'girl-next-door' type. After I drew her, I thought that she might look like a character from the strip, LuAnn. So I checked, and have decided that my character looks unique enough, i.e. unique enough to be a new character in the LuAnn strip.  But since, I'm putting her in my strip first, I've got dibs, so there.

I've not finalized the character, but I'm going to add her, anyway, and develop within the strip. And as an extra added bonus, you get to watch my (her) progress as it happens!

Watched C-Span2 For 53 Hours

This one was especially fun for me.  I got to do a different character, scene, and perspective. I used muted colors in the middle panel, and no outline around it. My lettering is still rough, and I'm not sure how I'm going to improve it, or if I even can soon improve it.  I might use Photoshop to produce nice uniform text.  We'll see.

Yachts O' Luck

I guess we can't all live in the rarefied air of Larry's world, although Larry doesn't seem to know that in this case. The good thing about 'telephone characters' is that I don't have to draw them. This strip reminds me of some comedians in the early sixties, who used this one-sided telephone conversation  shtick in their acts, especially Bob Newhart.

This Doesn't Suit Ivan

Ivan thinks he's in deep trouble, but I don't think there have been any successful heresy suits in the last several decades.  Can Larry be dissuaded?

Ivan's God Painting

Our heroes come and go so quickly.  It's difficult to find people who are blemish free.  Yet we all seem to want to have someone to look up to, and emulate.  The really good ones are hard to emulate, precisely because they have higher standards than the rest of us.

Ivan Has A High Aspiration

Mr. Rhooms changed his shirt (color).  Cartoon characters usually wear the same clothes all the time.  That's the good thing about cartoonland: no laundry, and no ironing.

I don't know if anyone uses the word 'jazzed', but I like the sound of it.