I got a few emails asking me not to color the comic. But knowing me and how much I hate to color, I colored it anyway. I did however save the B/W version and it can be found here.
Also, I finished AG Lite #2 and it will be up tomorrow.
Now, if I’m not mistaken, I have homework to finish now.
Haha, apparently we got a mentioin in PA’s newest podcast. (Scroll to the last post for a link there, or follow this one.) I gave it a listen last night, and it was fuckin’ hilarious … I’ll have to go back and get the rest now. It was pretty interesting to you hear them talk their way through the process of developing a strip. Ah … and thanks for the good words, guys. :)
Comic is up. I’ll finish (color) the comic after I get some sleep.
Fred is under a major deadline for his next book so we helped him out with another guest strip.
Here are couple of doodles I did while I was in class yesterday. I was trying out couple of panel ideas for the guest strip. Even though I didn’t use the second doodle, I really like it.
I started to add hair (check HawkEye cam) to the Eve model. I’ll post better pictures once I finish with the hair.
Anyway, I better get ready for class.
I’m sure that, in the natural process of scrolling down to read this, you’ve seen the little black and white comicstrip sitting quietly beneath our usual full-color content. This is Applegeeks Lite. The name implies what we intend - a standard, 4 panel newspaper-style comic, where the focus is humor (although, as always, we leave that case-by-case judgement up to you guys). The system will work like this: the newest comic gets posted up where you see, and if you click on it, it will link out to it’s own delightfully minimalist site, where you are free to scroll through the archive. This conveniently keeps the front page of Applegeeks from getting too cluttered with navigation.
Now a moment of your time, if I may. While this has been a vague idea on the backburner for a long time, credit must go where credit is due - the awesome format and setup of the comic on the site is all Jamie. Jamie Noguchi does Angry Zen Master, and he also does his AZM Minis, which are a more random style of strip, often not pertaining to the standard fare of AZM. The idea behind AG Lite, and the AZM minis, is to provide a potential escape from the story and plot of the larger format comic. This is where we can make pop culture references, attempt non sequiturs, and speak directly to the audience by hammering through that dreaded fourth wall. While AG Lite may one day bear the insufferable marks of continuity, it will never turn into a serious storyline. The extent might be - for example - a moldy piece of pizza in the fridge gaining sentience and terrorizing the denizens of the house. And none of the story arcs will be long-winded. Above all, we hope to keep AG Lite dedicated to randomness and humor.
Oh yeah, the update schedule is Wednesday and Friday! I know, we have the wierdest update schedule … but now we update just about every day of the week. Tuesday and weekends is when we take a break. ;)
Comic is up. I hate doing backgrounds but I’m getting use to it.
So yeah, this week…. I don’t think I really want to think about it. I got a 5 page paper due tomorrow. Ananth and I are releasing Applegeeks Lite on Wednesday. We are also doing another guest strip for Fred on Wednesday. Then another AG comic on Thursday….then something else on Friday. Doesn’t this week sound like fun??
Now and then I’ll find some time to work on this, just to keep me from going insane.
EDIT: Oh, what?! Mookie went there … This won’t go unpunished …
Saturday was Katy’s birthday, so belatedly, happy birthday Katy! We all went to Dave and Buster’s, hung out, and had a good time. We also got a pretty cool waiter, so if you’re reading, this is a shout-out for you, man. I spent Sunday at Shannon’s, working on scripts between Easter stuff while she did art and messed people up in GR:AW on XBox Live. It was a day well-spent, in that lazy-yet-productive sort of way.
On a sidenote, I started playing through Kingdom Hearts 2 with my friend Fil - it’s interesting. Some awesome (and lovingly gratuitous) cameos from some great Square characters, but eesh … the intro part of the game is 3 hours long. Expect to hear more in the weeks to come, I suppose.
I’ve got to be up early for work tomorrow. It’s going to be a busy week, so I’m going to attempt to start it right. I feel like I’m forgetting something, so if it comes to me then I suppose you guys can expect another post …
