Rant #083 Tuesday, December 14, 2004

The next page is going to be story-intensive, so I'm getting an early start on it.

Currently, I'm cooking up some ideas for a printed comic, based on the 2214 world. So far, the story will feature characters and locations from 2214, further down the timeline from where the webcomic leaves off. Based on the finished script for the webcomic, there's a way to go before the first story ends.

Doing manga for print is going to be an entirely different process, since there's a whole new format to adhere to. Folks have asked about a print version of the web comic, and while that might be an interesting idea, none of the art is really properly formatted for it. The page layouts themselves would have to be completely re-done, too. That's why my idea for the print comic is starting anew.

Doing this drawing stuff, I've learned, seems to come in short bursts of motivation. For a few days I'm on fire to do all sorts of stuff, then the next day I'm totally burned out. When and if I actually start doing this for money, that'll change in a hurry (for some reason that works).

Let's see if this next page can get done ahead of schedule.