…and “the Calico” sleeps once more. The question is, who does Mallory (unwittingly) work for? Anyway, Horace is a bit of a loathesome bully! He didn’t rise to be #2 in an evil organization by being a nice guy. Despite that, he still needs to unwind with some General Hospital. I think he was really into the old Luke and Laura storyline… now I’ve said too much.
I originally inked Bunny Wiggins digitally to set it apart from my previous strip, Muddlecreek. Since the action of the story is already setting it apart, and since I enjoy the old fashioned brush inking, starting next week you’ll be seeing a change in the art to more traditional inks. I think the quality of the art improves quite a bit starting next week, too, in my humble opinion. I hope you’ll agree!
At the moment, I have a buffer of several weeks. I like having that kind of buffer, because I go back and change the pages several times from the point I originally post them, until the time when it’s scheduled to post. Then after they post, I leave them alone, unless there’s some egregious typo. I even redid one upcoming page completely – inks, colors, layout and all.
Man, safety words can get you an enormous back hand! Yowzers! I love that line about "getting down to brass tacks." I haven't heard that in awhile. 🙂
Thanks, I was happy with that "brass tacks" line! I enjoy writing the dialogue for the various characters. I try to have Mallory speak UK, english, but as an American, it's tough to do that authentically, so I try to get reference where I can. It helps that I've watched lots of British TV shows.
Well, at least he keeps to a schedule. Routine is healthy, even for a psychopath.
Hmm.. What might that look like?
7:30AM Breakfast
8:00AM Random brutality
8:30AM – 10:00AM Give Intimidation Seminar
10:00 – 12:00 Torture/Interrogations
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 Give world domination seminar – (followed by question and answer session)
3:00 – 4:00 General Hospital
4:00 – 5:00 Performance Evaluations/Shark Feedings
5:00 Quittin' time!
I'm kinda interested in the 8:30 seminar myself actually! *grin*
Although you have to wonder… would you learn intimidation at the seminar, or would you BE intimidated?
I guess even a baddie needs to unwind now and then. What will he do when they cancel all the soaps? Take it out on everyone else? Too bad Mallory couldn't switch on her alter ego when it suited her.
The method of switching to her alter ego is inconvenient and uncomfortable for everyone involved!
Horace will be even more intolerable when he can no longer get his fix of All My Children or One life to Live.
He was irate for YEARS because Susan Lucci didn't get the daytime emmy for playing Erica Kane… imagine
what he'll be like when it's all gone… he'll turn all of that wrath towards mankind.
Nic e page. Looking forward to seeing the brush pages. My buffer is slowly fading away thanks to becoming a new dad. Hopefully the wee guy's sleep patterns will improve before I run out of pages 🙂
Thanks James… Congratulations on your new baby! If there were ever a reason for a buffer to disappear, that's
the best reason I could think of.
For the moment, my wife and I are an old childless couple (Hey, it worked for the Kents!) which is sort of a novelty
in a big family like mine… I have about 50 first cousins, I'm an uncle 14 times over and a great uncle about 8 times (I've lost track).
I'm gonna be careful with my words when I ask her on a date 😉
That, indeed, would be wise!