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Angry New Yorkers… who could have imagined?!?
So, yeah… Slightly Off-Topics Classics… I know what you’re thinking… wtf, right? Well, it’s summer time which means that a lot of my favorite webcartoonists are going on vacation and running "classic" episodes to fill in the gap. Seems reasonable, but as it is so common in these summer-esque months, I thought I’d toss it a nod and a wink… just as a joke.
So, no… I’m not returning to the early drawing style. It’s kind of hard to draw that bad actually… It took me FOREVER to get just the right craptasticness… and is it just me or does the News Guy look a bit… naked? In any case, I did the entire thing in photoshop as in days gone by. All line work is on a single layer and the word balloons are non-existent. Heck, I even went back to the gif format. When I commit to something, I go all the way man!
In any case, all will be back to normal on Thursday… multiple panels and everything! See ya!
“It took me FOREVER to get just the right craptasticness”
I love that line – that sounds like something I would say… (note: that means I’m totally stealing it!)
You could be like Ted Turner and have someone make it a “colorized classic”… but then Jane Fonda in her “Barbarella” costume wouldn’t be too far behind. And wow – another “ripped from the headlines” – wasn’t that news bit just out yesterday, to which I had the same, “this is news, really?” reaction…
Steal away… but yes, it was yesterday’s news. As I said, I have a few comics that have been sitting in the queue because every time I go to color them, I see something in the news that just screams to be commented on… perhaps I should be in the editorial cartoon biz as that is the direction my mind tends to wander…
In any case, I really do plan on adding a “ripped” comic tomorrow… (he says before checking the head lines…)
Oh… and I’ve actually thought about going back and redoing some of the “classic” strips in color for the “non-update” days… not sure though… they have a certain charm…
Miami had the number 1 spot for four years…that explains a lot…
Also, I used to read, check tweets, and talk on the cell phone at red lights. now I still do the cell phone thing, but not the others…