Cuckoos Wear Black

Richard and Julie's Story - The Trash Can is complete

2012-03-10T03:54:00.001-08:00

The Trash can version of Richard and Julie's story has now completed.

If you've no idea what I'm talking about, why not print one off and give it a go? What have you got to lose -- well besides paper, ink, time, patience, and temper. What is this trash-can version?

Below are links to all 23 issues. Hey, I've had a good idea. If you can't be bothered to go through all those links, why not buy a ready-printed version. (cheap attempt at being a salesman there)

Issue 1	Issue 2	Issue 3
Issue 4	Issue 5	Issue 6
Issue 7	Issue 8	Issue 9
Issue 10	Issue 11	Issue 12
Issue 13	Issue 14	Issue 15
Issue 16	Issue 17	Issue 18
Issue 19	Issue 20	Issue 21
Issue 22	Issue 23	Buy me.

Evil Gym Page 7

2012-03-10T03:03:00.000-08:00

Another page of Evil Gym done and dusted. Because it's only a short story, it's hard to post pages without them being complete spoilers. So all I can do is post little meaningless little snippets. But at least they show that I still exist and have managed to draw something. Three more pages to go and then I'm done and back to doing my own stuff again.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 23

2012-03-05T06:23:00.000-08:00

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Issue 23 - Bravo Richard, bravo. The end has finally come. What's this trash-can stuff?

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If you've enjoyed reading this, why not consider the hardcopy. It's glossy and shiny. What's not to like?

Evil Gym page 6

2012-03-03T10:04:00.000-08:00

Another page for Evil Gym done and dusted. Little snippet below just to show I have still got my pens out.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 22

2012-02-27T06:10:00.000-08:00

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Issue 22 - and now we wait. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Still working on Evil Gym

2012-02-26T14:05:00.000-08:00

I'm still plodding away on the Evil Gym story. Snippet from page 5 attached.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 21

2012-02-20T06:02:00.000-08:00

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Issue 21 - and now the fun starts. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Evil Gym - page 4

2012-02-18T05:56:00.000-08:00

Another page down.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 20

2012-02-13T11:24:00.000-08:00

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Issue 20 - has Richard finally lost the plot? What's this trash-can stuff?

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Evil Gym -- page 3

2012-02-11T03:20:00.000-08:00

Page 3 of Evil Gym. I've had to fold the page because it'd be a bit of a spoiler if I didn't.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 19

2012-02-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

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Issue 19 - Things are hotting up but Richard still needs a plan. What's this trash-can stuff?

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2012-02-04T03:46:00.000-08:00

Another page of Evil Gym off the drawing board and ready to go.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 18

2012-01-30T10:39:00.000-08:00

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Issue 18 - anyone reading this :) What's this trash-can stuff?

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Evil Gym - Starting

2012-01-28T02:34:00.000-08:00

Just started on a short comic - good to get back drawing some pages again.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 17

2012-01-23T10:28:00.000-08:00

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Issue 17 - Dodgy things in their heads. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Rotherham Zine Library

2012-01-19T12:59:00.000-08:00

Hey, Cuckoos Wear Black got a mention on the Rotherham Zine Library. Only found it when trying out the DuckDuckGo search engine so it was a bit of surprise.
I've got to admit they've written a better blurb than I've ever managed.

Respect

2012-01-16T14:57:00.000-08:00

#vegan

I drew this after watching the Farm to Fridge video by Mercy for Animals. Depressing stuff. Full size over at DA as usual. Take me there.

I hesitated about whether or not to post a link as it is particularly distressing and I'm not sure whether hitting people with that type of video straight off the back of a link is counter-productive. So if you want to see what triggered the drawing you can do a quick search for it.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 16

2012-01-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

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Issue 16 - oh I so nearly forgot but I've just managed to deliver it on time by the skin of my teeth. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Using Evernote for GTD

2012-01-14T11:26:00.000-08:00

Warning! This post contains content that is going to bore the pants of you unless you're interesting in GTD® -- it might bore you even if you are. You've been warned.

I've been playing around for a few days to see if I can use Evernote as a system for GTD. Well after a bit of playing, I reckon I've got it working pretty well; it's still a bit volatile as I keep tweaking my contexts, but the fundamentals seem pretty sound. If you're interested -- really? :) -- I've detailed my method below.

The system doesn't use any particular notebooks so you can use notebooks in whatever way you feel fit. My approach relies only on tags which works nicely on the Android app as well as the web and desktop versions of Evernote.

Collection
For the GTD collection phase the task is just added as a note. It can be added to any folder I think is appropriate. The key here is that if it is not tagged with one of my GTD tags it is regarded as unprocessed. Tags, the key to the system, are added during processing.

Processing
My Evernote GTD system uses the following special tags:

!!tickler
!delegated
!done
!note
!personal
!somedayMaybe
!waitingFor
!work

The tags all begin with ! so they stay together at the top of my list of tags and away from any others I might use for non-GTD stuff. The tickler begins with !!; I'll get to that later.

Processing is done by using a saved search called Processing. The search simply looks for -tag:!* which returns all the new notes that have no GTD tags. That's the first way the system I use works; every note I add has to be given at least one GTD tag. No special tags means it needs processing.

So in the GTD way, every day I check the documents returned by the Processing search.
If it isn't a task at all I tag it !note. If you're wondering why I don't tag it as a task, it's simply because there tend to be more tasks than notes so I work on the assumption that if it's not a note then it's a task; less tagging that way.

If I delegate it I tag it !delegated.
If it's one of those someday/maybe tasks that I might never do, I tag it !somedayMaybe.
If it's waiting on someone, it's tagged !waitingFor.
If it's a task that is going to take place on a specific day, I tag it !!tickler and change the subject to begin with the due date in the format YYYY-MM-DD. That ensures it sorts nicely in the view. More on ticklers at the end.
So I can differentiate between work and personal stuff I tag the notes either !work or !personal.
Finally, each task is tagged with the context tags. You know the ones: @work, @home etc. My context tags are all fairly conventional: @home, @work etc. Because my GTD tags begin with ! and the context tags with @, they are always at the top of the tag list; that makes it really easy to use them on the Android app.

Now I've processed everything, they are no longer returned by the Processing search because they all have at least one tag.

Next actions
Okay, what about my next action list? This is done by another couple of searches: Next action personal and Next action work. The searches are defined as follows:

Next action personal: tag:!* -tag:!done -tag:!somedayMaybe -tag:!!tickler -tag:!waitingFor -tag:!note -tag:!work
Next action work: tag:!* -tag:!done -tag:!somedayMaybe -tag:!!tickler -tag:!waitingFor -tag:!note -tag:!personal

The personal actions picks up notes without the work tag; i.e. -tag:!work. I do it this way rather than looking for the personal tag because it ensures I don't miss items that I forgot to tag. The same approach is used for the work version. I also don't bother to tag items as next actions. If it's not a note (-tag:!note) and it's not tagged !somedayMaybe, !!tickler, !waitingFor or !done, then it must be actionable.

Once the task is done, it gets the !done tag and drops out of the Next action searches.

I've also got a few refined versions of the searches that have the contexts added. e.g.
Next action personal @home: tag:"@home" tag:!* -tag:!done -tag:!somedayMaybe -tag:!!tickler -tag:!waitingFor -tag:!note -tag:!work
As you can see it's the same search but with the @home tag added.

Reviews
Reviews require a check on tasks in the !waitingFor and !somedayMaybe lists so I have a couple of searches for those:
Review waiting for: tag:!waitingFor -tag:!done -tag:!note
Review someday/maybe: tag:!somedayMaybe -tag:!done -tag:!note

Ticklers
The only problem with Evernote is that is doesn't have any scheduling. I reckoned that was going to be a problem but I've managed to work around it. Any task that has to be done on a particular date gets the !!tickler tag. The subject is also modified to have the date in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD) at the beginning. e.g. 2012-01-06 Sort out my GTD notes. The ISO date format ensures the ASCII sort in the list puts the most current at the top; I just need the discipline to look at the items under the !!tickler tag each day. Once the item is at the top of the list, it should get done and the !!tickler tag gets replaced by !done; that's the theory anyway.

And that's the end. You were warned.

GTD® and Getting Things Done® are registered trademarks of David Allen & Co.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 15

2012-01-10T14:47:00.000-08:00

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Issue 15 - oh no it's late. Sorry. Completely forgot :( What's this trash-can stuff?

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Breathing holes and silver spoons

2012-01-07T07:07:00.000-08:00

Full size over at DA as usual. Take me there.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 14

2012-01-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

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Issue 14 - you should have recovered enough from New Year's Eve to read something. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Richard and Julie's Story - issue 13

2011-12-26T22:09:00.000-08:00

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Issue 13 - your Boxing Day treat. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Richard and Julie's Story - issue 12

2011-12-19T11:42:00.000-08:00

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Issue 12 - Just in time for xmas. Go for it.What's this trash-can stuff?

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Whoops

2011-12-18T13:53:00.001-08:00

Sorry if you got this link early. Mucked up the schedules. You need to wait a bit I'm afraid. Issue 13 arrives on 26th December. Mea culpa.

Tall ships -- short anchors

2011-12-18T13:39:00.000-08:00

Full size on deviantART.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 11

2011-12-12T22:29:00.000-08:00

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Issue 11 - we're still going strong. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Digging 4 Victory

2011-12-12T08:19:00.000-08:00

View on deviantART.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 10

2011-12-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

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Issue 10 - Still going. The trash-can version arrives on time ready for your printer. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Everyone's a critic

2011-12-05T03:04:00.001-08:00

Still experimenting a bit with Illustrator. Pen and ink scanned into Illustrator and coloured.

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 9

2011-11-28T21:41:00.000-08:00

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Issue 9 - Almost forgot to post this. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Sudden Vertigo

2011-11-24T09:25:00.001-08:00

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 8

2011-11-21T12:27:00.000-08:00

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Issue 8 - arrives. What's this trash-can stuff?

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Chi Factor Piñata

2011-11-20T04:09:00.001-08:00

For Chi read X ;)

Richard and Julie's Story - issue 7

2011-11-14T16:28:00.000-08:00

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Issue 7 - on time and on your doorstep. Pay this paper-boy overtime. What's this trash-can stuff?

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The height of puppet mastery

2011-11-13T04:48:00.000-08:00

A bit of colour. Didn't scale down well :(

Height of puppet mastery - WIP

2011-11-12T08:40:00.001-08:00

This is supposed to be a colour piece. I've just finished the inks. I'll crack on with the colours later.

Richard and Julie's Story - Issue 6

2011-11-07T14:06:00.000-08:00

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And issue 6 arrives. What's this trash-can stuff?

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2011-11-06T03:55:00.000-08:00

Pen and ink. Chopping and changing between 3 different pens to suit how I was feeling at the time; Gillott 1950, Deleter G, and finally a Hunt 102. No idea why I couldn't settle on one.

Richard and Julie's Story - Issue 5

2011-10-31T20:37:00.000-07:00

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Issue 5 is here. What's this trash-can stuff?

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The Giants are Winning

2011-10-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

One more drawing for the pot.

Collecting Dynamite

2011-10-25T14:47:00.000-07:00

Got another drawing done tonight.

Richard and Julie's Story - Issue 4

2011-10-24T04:33:00.000-07:00

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Issue 4 has just dropped on your door step. If you want to know what this trash-can version is all about, check out the trash-can page.

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Gulp

2011-10-22T04:21:00.000-07:00

Back drawing again at last. Pen and ink and then all doctored in Illustrator.

Richard and Julie's story - Issue 3

2011-10-17T10:18:00.000-07:00

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And now Issue 3 arrives. We're still on time. If you want to know what this trash-can version is all about, check out the trash-can page.

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One by one - v2

2011-10-15T13:48:00.000-07:00

And a splash of colour - well a little bit ;)

One by one

2011-10-15T11:45:00.000-07:00

Finally managed to get some drawing done.

Richard and Julie's Story - Issue 2

2011-10-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

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Issue 2 arrives at your door. If you want to know what this trash-can version is all about, check out the trash-can page.

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Richard and Julie's Story - Issue 1

2011-10-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

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Okay let's get started. Issue 1 of the trash can version of Cuckoos Wear Black hits the road with 3 versions for you to pick from. If you want to know what this trash-can version is all about, check out the trash-can page.

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It's about to start.

2011-10-02T04:14:00.000-07:00

Cuckoos Wear Black; the trash can version launches Monday Oct 3rd.

Spread the word.

Warning. Ridiculous sales hyperbole follows.

This is going to turn the world of webcomic publishing on its head. *

* Disclaimers.
Any famous actresses used in my advertising will have been subjected to a plethora of post-production techniques, will be wearing hair extensions, false eyelashes and anything else I can think of to ensure that any claims about any products are rendered highly dubious. Your investments may go up or down. Your house is at risk. And this comic is not going to change diddly-squat.

2011-10-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

Managed to get back on the drawing board this morning to ink page 18 of Silver Skin. Got some programming to do now, so got to put the ink away for a bit.

2011-09-26T13:40:00.000-07:00

If this works I've fixed my twitterfeed. If the link is still broken it's back to the drawing board. Just finished my instructions picture for the forthcoming trash can version. Almost there.

Cuckoos Wear Black - The trash can version

2011-09-25T09:29:00.000-07:00

I've been playing around with a few different formats for Cuckoos Wear Black lately. I've never been convinced that the original version, updated twice a week, really worked for CWB; getting one strip every two or three days just seemed a bit weird to me. So now I've decided to reissue it as a series of mini-comics which I'm calling the trash can version. Each issue should print out on a single sheet of paper, which folded in half will give the 4 page trash can version. That gives 8 strips per issue which I reckon is a reasonable size to read. I'm just tweaking the formats a bit to give an A4 and letter size version (see I haven't forgotten you across the water). As these will all be in pdf format, they should work on your smart phone or tablet as well.Anyway, enough waffling; Cuckoos Wear Black, the trash can version, should start hitting the web Monday, October 3. If your missed it first time round, or got fed up waiting for the strips to arrive, this might be for you.

Cuckoos Wear Black on Android

2011-09-10T10:59:00.000-07:00

Cuckoos Wear Black goes mobile and hits the 21st century. Richard and Julie's story is now on the Android marketplace. Just search for Cuckoos Wear Black and you'll find it lurking there. Or you could go to my apps page for a bit more info.

Now I'm off to get a beer. Too much technology for one day.

Another page.

2011-09-06T14:07:00.001-07:00

A little bit of page 15. Ready for some ink.

Changed picture. Last one from the phone got shrunk to nothing. :)

Werewolf posters

2011-09-04T03:27:00.000-07:00

I was looking for list of old werewolf movies so I could slip in a subtle reference in the background of a panel when I came across this at The Film Connoisseur. There are some absolute crackers here.

My new ad box

2011-09-03T05:51:00.000-07:00

Been working on a new ad to pull in the punters. If nothing else it all helps fill ProjectWonderful's coffers, so at least I'm helping someone.

Still not sure that the subjunctive case works on the bottom line -- probably evidence of some sort of personality disorder worrying about it :) -- I need to get out more.

Oh, and yes, it is supposed to be slightly ambiguous.

Klaus Janson’s Tips via the Comic Academy

2011-09-02T05:16:00.000-07:00

I came across this blog post via a Twitter feed from the Comic Academy Twitter feed. It's a really interesting post; really wish I'd been there.

Another page roughed

2011-08-22T14:53:00.001-07:00

I've cut out the bottom panel as that would give far too much away :)

Page 10 pencils

2011-08-17T11:00:00.001-07:00

Progress is slow but page 10 ready for transfer onto bristol board.

Revised portfolio

2011-08-14T03:37:00.000-07:00

Well I've been playing with Wix.com to see if I could use it for a portfolio site. I have to admit the tools are pretty good for getting a site up at breakneck speed and for free.

Silver Skin - page 9

2011-08-11T12:28:00.001-07:00

Got the pencils ready to put onto bristol board and then its inking time.

Ink wells

2011-08-07T02:06:00.000-07:00

My new high class ink wells. A wine cap for black and a crown cork for white. The wine cap is filled so I can touch the pen nib on the bottom and the nib is covered to just the right height.

Part of page 7

2011-08-06T03:22:00.000-07:00

Still working away on Silver Skin. Going to be on this for a while I reckon.

Do I want to go digital?

2011-08-06T03:16:00.000-07:00

I do all my ink work with a dip pen but I keep thinking it would be quicker to go all digital. I've got Manga Studio and its inking tools are pretty cool but I just can't get round not being able to just flip the drawing around. I know MS has a rotate page option but it's just not the same.

So I've been dreaming of the day when I might get enough pennies to get a Cintiq. However, I've just read this http://frenden.com/buyers-remorse/ . I know it's old but perhaps I'll stick to having inky fingers.

Silver Skin Page 4

2011-07-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

Just finished page 4 of Silver Skin. I've started obfuscating the text now to prevent any spoilers.

Ooo. A press kit - sort of.

2011-07-09T04:35:00.000-07:00

Well I've put a sort of press kit together. Now I've just got to find some smallpress reviewers.

Silver Skin page 2

2011-07-08T15:35:00.000-07:00

Just finished page 2 of Silver Skin. For some bizarre reason I finished up using three different pen nibs on this. Don't know why but I just couldn't get any of them to do exactly what I wanted. Flicked between a Deleter G Pen, Hunt 102 and Gillott 1950.

Now at DriveThru Comics

2011-07-03T06:39:00.000-07:00

Cuckoos Wear Black, Richard and Julie's story, is now available as a download from DriveThru Comics. 188 pages at a low, low price. Man, I'm practically giving it away. Check it out at DriveThru Comics.

If paper is what you crave, then there's always the hard copy over at Lulu.

Silver Skin Page 1

2011-07-02T04:04:00.000-07:00

First shot at a page for Silver Skin by Steven Deighan.

Abigail's story - page 4

2011-06-25T04:23:00.000-07:00

I'm about to start on a new project so Abi's story might go on hold for a bit. Let's see how it goes.

And an evil gym slows my progress

2011-06-19T11:08:00.000-07:00

And as ever, any excuse to move off at a tangent. Progress on Abigail's Story stalled a bit this week. I've been trying out a few things on a page for Evil Gym by Steven Deighan. First off is below.

Page 3

2011-06-12T02:34:00.000-07:00

I got distracted this week by programming and other things that seem to get in the way. Anyway, page 3 done. I'm still tweaking the colour; I'm not sure why though because I'm sure I'll finish up printing in black and white anyway.

Page 3 layout

2011-06-07T15:24:00.001-07:00

Reckon that's page 3 ready for transferring to the bristol board. That's a job for tomorrow though.

Page 2 done

2011-06-04T08:42:00.000-07:00

Page 2 done. I've adjusted the blue a bit on this one. Not really sure if I like it but I can always change it later.

Richard and Julie's Story is complete.

2011-06-03T05:16:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it! The last page of Richard and Julie's story finally went live today. It seems ages ago that the first page went up -- August 2009 to be exact.

Just so I don't get withdrawal symptoms from being away from the drawing board for too long, Abigail's story is now underway.

I'm not sure how long the Richard and Julie site is going to stay up as I'm looking at ways of moving across to Blogger. Mind you, Richard and Julie's story is available in print now at Lulu so surely that must be tempting; 96 pages of indy goodness. Who needs the web version?

Page 2 wip

2011-06-01T15:01:00.001-07:00

On the lightbox now. Putting the pencils on the back of the bristol board. Really this post is just a way of testing posts from my phone to the blog.

Abigail's story - The first page

2011-05-31T11:55:00.000-07:00

Just finished page one. Took me a while this -- I seemed to have been drawing the other story for so long that getting into the feel of another comic was harder than I thought. Anyway here is a mini version of the first page.

You might have noticed I've dropped the halftones this time. I always quite liked them but they are a nightmare if you every need to resize the images for anything. Lots of psychedelic interference patterns all over the place.

Keeping it simple this time :)