Shots to Arm, Kicks to Pants

November 3rd, 2009 | by Kyle Lees
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I was feeling a little down yesterday, working on the strip, which might show in today’s strip’s laziness.  Call it birthday blues, or post-coffee crash, or social isolation even; the point is, I was mopey, and frustrated over my lack of headway on the comic I was working on.

It was about 10:00 at night, and I was working at my university’s newspaper office, where I’m the staff illustrator, in addition to being responsible for the majority of the comics page.  I decided to pack it in for the night, as I didn’t seem to be getting anywhere, and went to catch the bus.  Once I had taken my seat, I looked out the window to the bus next to mine.  I saw a girl sit down, newspaper in hand, and immediately flip to the last page, AKA the comics section.

In summation: way to go, random girl on a bus.  You da man.

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We Call Him “Brentdan”

October 31st, 2009 | by Kyle Lees
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Hey, so it’s Hallowe’en, and because of this ill-conceived story arc, I didn’t get to do a strip to celebrate the non-holiday.  So, in lieu of playing dress-up with my characters under the guise of a comic (all cartoonists do it, and all cartoonists love to do it), I thought I’d show you what Dan’s being this year.

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I would throw up a link to PvP here, but really, does Scott Kurtz need my help in gaining new readers?  Don’t be ridiculous.

Happy November 1st, Stomache Ache Awareness Day!

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24 Hour Comic!

September 29th, 2009 | by Kyle Lees
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This Saturday, October 3, I’ll be joining hundreds of other cartoonists in doing one of the most awesome things ever: making a 24 hour comic.  I just barely pulled my comic off last year, and am happy enough with it, looking back.

For the uninformed, the rules are easy: 24 hours, 24 pages, or 100 panels. For the uninformed-yet-really-curious, the official 24 Hour Comics Day site has more details than you can shake a stick at.  Seriosuly, stop shaking that stick.  It’s rude.

So, starting when I get up on Saturday (I’m aiming for around 10:00am EST), be sure to check back here all day to witness my slow decent into madness first-hand.  And for extra fun, be sure to follow my Twitter feed, to watch the level of cursing slowly but surely rise!

Yay!

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On Shading

August 25th, 2009 | by Kyle Lees
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If you go back to about mid-August, you’ll notice that I’ve been trying to up my game in terms of shading.  Light and shadow are something that I’ve never been able to emulate very well; I was always more comfortable with dropping some shadows along my lines, which is fine, I suppose, but doesn’t end up looking realistic.  Blame it on the fact that I still think that the more simple the art is, the more easily it can convey its message.  Be that as it may, there’s no excuse for not trying, at least.

Plus, well, I ended up reading through the entire Girls With Slingshots archive recently, and that lady knows her lighting.

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Old Junk!

June 25th, 2009 | by Kyle Lees
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I’ve put some of my older work on its very own Other Comics page, by effectively using Dropbox for file hosting.  Go Dropbox!  Ski Ninjas and Fight Song can live on your computer, now, where they’ve always belonged.

As for the first two years of Premise Beach, which have never been hosted here?  Well, I kinda sorta deleted them, accidentally.  I’m sure they’ll turn up, eventually, in time to remind me of just how crude and ugly they were, made by my crude, ugly hands.

Seriously, my hands are not pretty ones.  Too much knuckle, not enough not-all-red-and-freckly.

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