Hope you all had some fun holiday times and finished this year with style, safety, punctuality, and courtesy! Katy and I had a brief window of celebration. Times were had, and now we're right back to webcomicking, working day jobs, and throwing knives at each other.
What I'd like to discuss with this blog update is the importance of a buffer zone for your comic. We have been able to release consistently thanks to the work horse that is Katelyn Amacker, but also thanks to the fact that we prepared as much as we could. This past summer, we wrote and drew like angry, workaholic dragons. From this effect, we have a reserve of panels that can be uploaded weekly while we work on future panels.
The other side of a comic buffer is that your story and art style may have changed slightly as time went by. Personally, we've had to play around with the sequence of some events; largely due to the fact that after about 17 pages we haven't yet had an action sequence. Originally, I had written prioritizing character development and establishing the setting. While that may work well within a novel or a printed issue of a comic, a weekly updated webcomic needs some interstitial moments of energy. Having flipped the chronology around a bit, we had to cash in some of our buffer panels early. However, it was still nice to have that option.
I'll be blogging more frequently as I've recently freed up some time for myself. Until then, I leave you with a late holiday gift. This is a gag gift my friends and I made for a Xmas Eve Eve party. It's long, and manic, but we enjoyed it and I hope you do too. Also, it gets a little dark halfway through, so I don't recommend it for small children...
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