Last weekend, I drew strips number 79 and 80 so logically this meant that I was going to draw strips number 81 and 82 over this past weekend. What happened was that I drew a currently unnumbered strip and then strip number 81.
How could this madness have happened? Well, after strip number 80 I had two strip scripts left. They break from the activities that Todrick and Red Rich are undertaking. But as I sat down to draw them, I decided that I was leaving the Todrick and Red Rich storyline too soon, so I needed to push the scripts I had left back. No problem except I had no scripts left. I needed to write more.
So there I am, trying to write the next strip for Todrick and Red Rich’s storyline and nothing is coming to me. I have ideas for the end of the Crimson Coast storyline which is even further along and I write those, figuring that maybe once I get in a writing mindset, something will come to me for the current strip. Nothing.
Well, I felt like I had to draw SOMETHING to maintain my buffer, so I decided to draw the first of the two scripts I had left. With the pressure of the first of the weekend’s strips off, I could concentrate on writing the continuation of the current storyline. I came up with an idea, but I felt there still needed to be a transition strip, which I wrote and drew, but it wasn’t enough of a transition, so one transition strip turned into two, the second of which still has me stumped. I have no gag. Currently it really is just a basic transition, but I want to punch it up. I’ve still got the week to think about it.
Tomorrow is the character introduction I’ve been hinting at for the last little while. I’m really jazzed about that. When you’ve been sitting on an idea for months, it’s nice to finally have it come to fruition. I’ll go over the whole process in next week’s blog. Why next week? Because this week’s blog is done! Ha! Well, that and because I don’t want to talk about it before the official unveiling tomorrow. So now you know what to look forward to next Monday. Blog ya later!