Archive for July, 2008

Internet Chats

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Being that this comic is about seven pages, I’m actually mildly surprised by the amount of attention it’s attracted already. I’m enjoying the comments coming in, especially on the most recent pages. The chats I wrote were loosely based on conversations I’d had in real life (with a sarcastic and humorous take of course). I can remember being a teenager and struggling with who I like. I didn’t have anyone to talk to in real life about it, so I saw the internet as a way to talk to other people like me. The problem with that, and I’d imagine it’s probably a universally female problem with the internet, is teenage girls tend to attract weird and creepy guys. If you say you’re bi or lesbian, some guys just think it means you’re kinky.  Or that bi girls will do anyone because they like both. Or that lesbian girls regularly have orgies with each other as soon as a camera turns on. The IM chats in this comic are supposed to be something that any girl can relate to, especially les and bi girls. Because I’m sure we’ve all encountered that one guy on IM at some point of our internet lives.

Also the “marketable skill” comment on page 7 was made out of sarcasm to all this. Like anything else that can be remotely related to sexuality, lesbianism is definitely one that is exploited.

Where To Find Me

Friday, July 18th, 2008

In case anyone’s curious and wants to see my other work or just other things I’m involved with, I figured I’d post links here.

Automaton Works - Our studio site run by Rumormonger and myself. Rumor was nice enough to do the speech bubbles and lettering for the comic and deserves a mention. ^^ We’re both on the forums every day.
Deviant Art - My main art gallery. I post a lot of stuff in my journal there, too. Plus you can see work from other projects. If you don’t like Deviantart, I also have galleries at Storm Artists and Manga Revolution. Neither gallery has as much stuff in it though.
Livejournal - I just started posting here, but I’ll probably post a lot of news and stuff here in the future.
Myspace - I’m rarely on and I’ve actually kinda grown to hate Myspace, but I still accept friend adds and read any messages that are sent to me.

Feel free to friend me on any of those sites. So long as you don’t spam me I don’t mind. ;D