I see Plop week is raging on. It's actually nice to see the difference between how you handled this gag and how Gabe handled it yesterday.
The Plop is funny, but really it's an after thought. It's where we're going, but as usual for 'Through the Porthole' getting there is the real fun. Never been big on barf gags myself, but it's fun to see the fish eat and then realize what they're eating. Two gags in one strip, you overachiever you!
Beyond the humor, seeing the Captain wretch is actually, dare I say, poinant in a way. In most of your strips the Captain is already in a state of action when the story opens; the scurvy dance, rushing so as to not be late, ect. It creates the illusion that he really has a life and we're only catching glimpses of it. That theme is what makes your cartoon so enjoyable to me. We don't really know the Captain. He's a private person and we're only catching snipets of his life.
Good job, Sean. I can't wait to see what other Plop themed humor awaits us on Dumm.
Chain Message in a Bottle: awesome in that it is so not awesome to get these damn letters and it seems one can never escape some of life's little aggravations. It's a wonder the vomiting didn't occur AFTER receiving the letter!
I think there's a guy who just spends his whole life writing these in various formats. The other day I say one painted on a building and another painted on a wall.
I am honored to present Dirk Erik Schulz, today's guest artist on 1930 Nightmare Theatre.
The talented Mr. Schulz (AKA Themrock) hails from Germany and is one of the most unique and visionary artists I've ever had the pleasure to work with. Check out his Deviant Art gallery and prepare to have your mind blown!
This week sees the 13-part Strawberry's Quest come to an end. This was sort of an improv experiment in comic form: I wrote part one, and from their John and I took turns writing each part until the comic came to a "logical" conclusion. It was a lot of fun, and I like what we came up with. We won't be doing it again anytime soon, however. We've got other fish to fry. We'll do more multi-parters in the future, possibly just as long, but with the story figured out beforehand. In the meantime, we'll be here with some gag strips, though we're going to take a three-week break after Valentine's Day. We've got some incredibly awesome guest strips for those weeks, so look forward to them.
In other news, all the old stuff in my Etsy shop is on über-sale, and I've added the piece above. Check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/TVsKyle
The Plop is funny, but really it's an after thought. It's where we're going, but as usual for 'Through the Porthole' getting there is the real fun. Never been big on barf gags myself, but it's fun to see the fish eat and then realize what they're eating. Two gags in one strip, you overachiever you!
Beyond the humor, seeing the Captain wretch is actually, dare I say, poinant in a way. In most of your strips the Captain is already in a state of action when the story opens; the scurvy dance, rushing so as to not be late, ect. It creates the illusion that he really has a life and we're only catching glimpses of it. That theme is what makes your cartoon so enjoyable to me. We don't really know the Captain. He's a private person and we're only catching snipets of his life.
Good job, Sean. I can't wait to see what other Plop themed humor awaits us on Dumm.
Chain Message in a Bottle: awesome in that it is so not awesome to get these damn letters and it seems one can never escape some of life's little aggravations. It's a wonder the vomiting didn't occur AFTER receiving the letter!