July 17, 2012:
Furniture Legs
Holy shits, guys. For weeks
straight I've been working days,
nights, and weekends on an
obnoxious work project. I think
it's behind me now. Well, I took
my first vacation day in forever
and what did I do? I made a
comic! (See above.)
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Whenever I come up with an idea
for a comic, I search the
internet to see if it's been
done. Here are some ideas I had
to give up on recently because
someone else beat me to them.
1)
A guy is putting toothpaste --
specifically Crest toothpaste --
on his toothbrush. The
toothpaste slides off the brush,
and falls to the sink or floor.
The guy is way too sad about it.
The caption: "Crestfallen."
2)
We see three drenched T-shirts
on a stage, not actually worn by
anyone. An MC is approaches one
with a blue ribbon, says, "Oh,
this one is definitely
the wettest!" Caption: "Wet
T-Shirt Contest."
3)
A guy taunts a professional
wrestler at a bar. The wrestler
gets fed up and seemingly beats
the crap out of the other guy,
using all kinds of pro-wrestling
moves. Afterwards, the taunter
dusts himself off and laughs
because he is completely
uninjured. (Because wrestling is
fake, you see.)
Maybe it's for the best I didn't
get a chance to do some of
those. Regardless of the quality
of the joke, it's infuriating to
find that it's already been
done. It's like someone pre-emptively
stole from me.
I
guess that's one reason longer,
story-driven comics are looking
more and more appealing to me,
as opposed to the corny gag
strips I currently do.
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