I was going to draw Hodor and Hagrid carrying their respective semi-motionless boy-bodies around, but I decided they should be having a bit more fun.

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Making a HijiNKS ENSUE comic, step by step. 

These screenshots show my typical comicing process. I start by laying out the text which lets me determine my various panel widths. Then I draw the speech bubbles by hand which gives me an idea of how much room I have left to draw the characters. Then I pencil, ink, color, shade, add in backgrounds, and do any final cleanup that is needed. The whole process, not including writing, takes between 4 and 5 hours on average. 

Here’s the final product. 

I read about some science that happened last week and figured while everyone was all “SUPER HAPPY HOORAY SCIENCE!” at least one guy was probably still all “BOOO SCIENCE! BOOOOO!”

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Here’s the rough sketch for the “Tesla Uncoiled” comic. 

In the 2nd image you can see the comic was originally much longer. I couldn’t fit in all the dialog so I made some painful cuts. Writing it editing and the final product is tighter, despite lacking the additional jokes. 

wilwheaton:

You guys know the Weaton Comic Dare drill by now. He dared, Stepto jumped in, Iresponded and did my cartoonistly duty. Everybody wins.

(via HijiNKS ENSUE – A Geek Comic - Wheaton Comic Dare: We Have To Go Back!)

The Spiffiest Time And Space Man

ME AND WIL MADE A NEW SHIRT HOLY CRAP I LOVE IT!

CRUISE FUNDRAISER: About 40/100 prints are sold and I only have until Dec 15th to meet my goal of selling all 100. If you’ve got $35 bucks to spare and wouldn’t mind a couple of nice pieces of artwork for your home, maybe help me out why not?

HOLIDAY SHIPPING: The cutoffs are coming up fast. Read more HERE.

AUSTIN, TX FANCY BASTARDS: Webcomics Rampage is THIS WEEKEND! MORE INFO HERE. The guest list is stellar and it’s always a great deal of fun. Plus it’s free. C’mon! How can you argue with free fun surrounded by awkward webcomics creators?!

My cat, Replay, is a fucking asshole. 

Here’s a new Skyfall LoFi Comic. Click the image to see the whole thing. 

New @wilw Comic Dare! 

5.     ”we learn from our mistakes” – this probably applies to you as much as the rest of us, but can you tell me what mistakes you’ve had to learn from while working in comics?

I spent the first few years of my comics career trying to be accepted to the “cool kids club.” After much heartbreak I learned two very important lessons. 1) There is no “cool kids club.” There is no secret meeting of the powerful individuals in your chosen creative field. There isn’t actually any power at all. There are cliques and groups of friends and there is some overlap, but there is no one unifying body that can welcome you into the fold. Be nice, be honest, do good work, make friends and eventually you will be the center of your own cool club. And 2) You do not need permission from anyone to be the thing you want to be. You have to give someone that power over you, and no one actually deserves it.

This interview might contain every piece of good advice that I know. I guess Im done forever.