Stupid — Hostess monster!
on November 18, 2020 at 1:01 amIt was amazingly refreshing, finding myself in the middle of a years-long slog of drawing nothing but talking heads adjacent toy store countertops and apartment interiors, to let myself draw some fun jumping and punching. I get that itch, okay? I gotta scratch it. I was so far out from It’s Walky! I also sorta felt I had to prove to myself that I could still do this. It is amazing for me to consider, looking at this a decade out, that I was able to accomplish this with real pen on real paper. In digital, you can just fuss with things until it works, but when drawing in analog, you kind of have to get it down right the first time. Fixing things in post is much harder!
Note the conspicuous “Toys & Games” shop behind them. It’s a cousin to all those “HONEY BUN ATTACKS” newspaper headlines.
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Funny that you kept having an itch to draw action scenes, every time I tried to draw a big, ambitious comic, I always got stuck on the action scene and ended up stopping there.
Well, except one exception when the action lasted for one comic</a<
ALWAYS THE LAST CHARACTER that fucks up the post, huh
Your saying > is the Mike character?
The Mike character is whatever you DON’T want it to be
but is always the one in the last position before hastily hitting POST
I wonder what Honey Bun is thinking in that last panel
“Not this shit again!”
I always loved Mike’s “I hate” line here.
Likewise.
All these years later, the punchline of Mike just deadpanning “I hate.” fills me with glee every time I see it.
Really, Amber? THAT is what you’re focused on right at this minute? RLY?! 😀
“hate what?”
“Oh, no, just in general”
Fighting a giant mutant honey bun seems like an excuse Galasso would accept for needing another day off work.
David, this is really pen and paper?
I honestly can’t believe you. The inner panels borders do look a little handcrafted, but apart from that, I don’t see anything. Especially the soles of Mike shoes.
Or is it added in post?
So what scratches that itch in DoA? Amazi-antics? Upcoming roller derby sequences? The entire season 1 finale chapter?
Priorities – Amber is actually quite good at getting them right!
Love the look on Honey Bun’s face in the last panel. Side-eyeing Mike all like “Dude, seriously?” lol
We’re about to get what is probably my favorite Amazigirl line in all of Shortpacked. I’m giddy with anticipation.
“I hate.” is just one of those BEST lines that just evokes a certain thing so well that I love it, it’s a perfect line.