Saturday, January 12, 2008

Go Fish!

I had fun drawing all the fish for this comic, but it ended up being more about the format and visuals than the narrative. I'll chalk it up as a learning experience, because I started drawing the comic before I came up with the dialogue—I was in an "I'll think of something later" mind set. Even though the humor fizzles, I still think there's something worth while about it.
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6 comments:

  1. Jim Fagerquist1/16/08, 8:19 AM

    Bob,

    This has to be my favorite piece of these two guys. It looks like you had lots of fun with the "Creatures of the Deep". I like the fact you did the depths in green, not blue. The green gives it a creepier feel. Nice work.

    -Cheers,

    Jim

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  2. DB Dowd1/16/08, 11:05 PM

    I love this thing. The two-headed turtle is especially funny.

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  3. Renee Kurilla1/16/08, 11:53 PM

    Hah! - looks like they're about to get a pretty big nibble. It's funny to see a comparison between the small of "on-shore" reality and how great and powerful creatures really are under all that water... we just can't see them from plain view.
    (Funny to me mostly because when I was jet skiing, all I could think of when we went too far out was how I was going to be gobbled by a shark, hehe)

    Love it.

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  4. Bob Flynn1/17/08, 12:21 AM

    Thanks everyone. It's nice to get so much positive feedback. My plan going in was to have a narrative on top with the two characters...and then all the fish below as a subcomic. But then I just started having fun drawing all the fish and neglected the story. In the end, every idea I thought of seemed forced and too much like a comic-strip (4 panel gag). So I decided to let the fish carry most of the weight, and gave up on the characters. Which I guess I thought was kind of a cop out. But you're right, there's still something fun about it.

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  5. KristyD1/24/08, 11:18 PM

    Hey Bob! Thought I would peek in... I love this one, and my opinion is that this is better not being dialog-heavy.

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  6. wanderingspace.net4/29/08, 5:38 PM

    nicely done #1

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