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Below is some of the sketching that went into writing this 2-page gag. I typically write in doodles. "Drip is awoken by vacuuming birds and retaliates."—that doesn't get me very far until I work out the individual drawings. Often, the drawings come before I've figured out the story.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY4m-4cdT3fEDox_xydLXBItTJYvIQSYZl3EzancR5J4vwqPST11LZPOPqLFxIJoYhLu49aePII-Q3rSIwhKaK-qxrQ2eEGQfc-dstX807cskVVzol75LTTFLFnUVtSo59EgI/s400/drip_sketch2.jpg)
The vacuum crew: big bird, little bird (circled).
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And my pencil rough on copy paper, where I plan everything out.
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Drip is an older character (spawned from a sketchbook around 2003), so I'm glad he finally made it into a Heeby Jeeby comic. If you're interested, here's an old post where I explained some of the story behind him --> (Drip!).
And finally, below is the comic I drew for ARGH!#5 in 2008, where Drip made his first major appearance. I noticed the quality in this earlier post wasn't so great, so here it is larger, less compressed, and hopefully easier to read (4 pages in two spreads).
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHPJzZBQmus5JgaLIXIRMz3aAD2tgvIpnpMdjKwUopcmM-_ZhXvl8n0I2ZTb0vx3ZbIIva4CEw14GSYFhgFk-4qzHJqzI-4iZuYDGz2QsO1ArLaVjcoE8c_toqmjGopMFdjd4g/s400/argh5_spread1_flynn.png)
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This was when I was predominantly inking with nibs; now I use a brush pen. More info on ARGH! at its website, if you haven't heard me mention it before.
1 comment:
You and Jim Woodring... creating some of my fav insane wordless strips ( ^_^ )
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