'Drew' Week 2

Week 1 of 'Drew' can be seen here.

TO BE CONTINUED...

'Drew' Week 1

A recap of the first week of 'Drew', all in one handy digestible post. Week 2 and it's 8 brand new pages, will be up tomorrow.

'Drew': Page Changes

So, week one of 'Drew' happened. Did you like it? I hope so. Did you like the way it was presented? Because that's about to change this week.

The one problem about producing a daily webcomic is that it can feel a bit disjointed and a bit disconnected. When you're only getting two pages a day it can be hard to keep track of the story and keep the momentum of interest in it. Just as you're getting into it, it finishes and you have to wait a day to get the next piece. It's a bit like trying to see the entire jigsaw picture by looking at one piece at a time and building up the image in your mind. So rather than have two pages every day, there's going to be one post on just one day with a week's worth of pages (probably about ten, and probably this Thursday). That way you get a good chunk of story that won't feel all choppy. Why did I pick Thursday? I like Thursdays. Thursdays are good.

I said at the start that 'Drew' would be a bit of an experiment in the early stages and this is just part of it. If it works this week, it'll stick. If not, I'll find another way and in the mean time go back to 2 pages daily. If you have an opinion, then voice it. After all, you are the reader.

'Drew' pt.5

'Drew' returns on Monday.

'Drew' pt.4

(This is where I decided that colour is a language in Drew's world, and as a result another level of segregation. Mr. Klam is speaking Blue. You can't understand it because Drew can't understand it.)

'Drew' pt.3

'Drew' pt.2

Drew

'Drew' Preview

So the great experiment begins. I say that because I think 'Drew' is a great idea that I worry could be let down in its execution. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to undersell it, but I'd just like to say here and now that it's a project still very much in the experimental stages, and that, at 2 pages a day, it's something that will take a few weeks to really get going. Will that work in daily blog format? I don't know. I hope so. But we'll see, and your feedback is, as always, more than welcome. One page, page 1, is all you're getting today as a little preview to the story and to set up the whole premise. Usually there'll be two pages daily (one just seemed stingy), but as it's the start on Monday there'll be three. Click on the page to make it nice and big, and above all, enjoy!

Like what you see? 'Drew' starts proper on Monday, and I hope to God I can keep churning out the pages fast enough...

A New Daily Cartoon: 'Drew'.

Grandpa T-Rex is on hiatus until Christmas (oho, don't worry, he'll be back and in spectacular style!), just to give him a rest, give me some time to think up plenty of jokes for him, and overall make sure the quality of his cartoons doesn't dip. I'm not going to leave you without a daily cartoon though. Oh no. There's something new. You see, the other day I was thinking about different cartoon styles and people's differing levels of ability at drawing, and how, if all cartoons existed in one cartoon world (ala 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit') then the stick man would be the underclass of the cartoon hierarchy. You never see them in comic books or cartoons, yet we all know they exist. So what do all the stick men (and stick women and stick children) do all day? How do they feel about being poorly drawn in a world of well-defined characters? And that's how I came up with 'Drew':

In the Drawn World, the stick man is the lowest of the low. Downtrodden, discriminated against, and looked down upon by the better drawn characters, they're left to do all the menial jobs that keep them out of the spotlight and the eyes of the readers and watchers. They're not even allowed colour (when have you ever seen a stick man that wasn't black and white?). A lucky few have managed to get good work, but most make a living in the drawing rooms of InkCapable Plc., creating the scenery and items you'll find in the backgrounds of frames and panels. And that's where Drew (centre) works, designing the mundane objects that cartoon characters take for granted. Everything from bolts to bedside tables to batarangs. He's joined by pencil-drawn Casey, and his full colour boss Mr. Jaw, as well as a vast cavalcade of cartoons. And that's what it's all about: essentially a cartoon all about cartoons. It'll play with colours and drawing styles and the whole thing will have a much different feel to Grandpa T-Rex. It'll be a bit more bittersweet, a lot more satirical and allegorical, and there'll be the occasional cartoon cameo.

'Drew' begins on Monday 4th October and will go on for as long as I can think of good ideas for it. It's something I'm excited about and I hope you enjoy it.