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JAWC Then and Now
16 years ago
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I remember starting JAWC (Just Another Web Comic) way back in 2005... it was a scheme to get money to go to AnthroCon that year.. unfortunately that idea tanked... I mean.. it failed brilliantly... and since the comic didn't gather me any scratch, I scratched that idea and went ahead with drawing the comic regardless...
The problem with that however, is that I didn't have a script.. I didn't have a clue.. I didn't plan, I didn't do anything other than draw a page every week and let my whims take the plot wherever... and that... worked for a little while, but then it waned and slowly got worse and worse and then I got stuck... and that's when Volume 1 finally ended... it ended with a crazy idea that things were going too slowly and so I quickened the ending...
seriously, I wanted Volume 1 to last another 20 pages easily... just so I could've made the eryl/donovan scenes more interesting and the reasoning behind eryl's madness more apparent... but luckily I decided to continue onward into Volume 2... and now that I have a goal in mind and a script in place.. I can actually take the time to delve into the problem deeper...
I mean, I have it set up in days of the week, but thursday arc is almost done and Eryl will be taking up most of Friday and Saturday as well as the epilogue... meanwhile the comedic elements will be based around Brandon and John's double date with Miranda and Angelina... I still have to write out the script for Friday....
I mean I have the rest of Thursday written out and it ends on page 98... I already have drawn up to page 91... so 7 more pages and I'm golden for the end of this arc... and then I have to worry about Friday... which I'm sure I can script before I run out of buffer... so here's to hopin'...
Anyhow... I've posted some panels from the past until now in my gallery... so look and enjoy, hopefully I can share more info and art from JAWC and other TMG projects in the future... til then...
The problem with that however, is that I didn't have a script.. I didn't have a clue.. I didn't plan, I didn't do anything other than draw a page every week and let my whims take the plot wherever... and that... worked for a little while, but then it waned and slowly got worse and worse and then I got stuck... and that's when Volume 1 finally ended... it ended with a crazy idea that things were going too slowly and so I quickened the ending...
seriously, I wanted Volume 1 to last another 20 pages easily... just so I could've made the eryl/donovan scenes more interesting and the reasoning behind eryl's madness more apparent... but luckily I decided to continue onward into Volume 2... and now that I have a goal in mind and a script in place.. I can actually take the time to delve into the problem deeper...
I mean, I have it set up in days of the week, but thursday arc is almost done and Eryl will be taking up most of Friday and Saturday as well as the epilogue... meanwhile the comedic elements will be based around Brandon and John's double date with Miranda and Angelina... I still have to write out the script for Friday....
I mean I have the rest of Thursday written out and it ends on page 98... I already have drawn up to page 91... so 7 more pages and I'm golden for the end of this arc... and then I have to worry about Friday... which I'm sure I can script before I run out of buffer... so here's to hopin'...
Anyhow... I've posted some panels from the past until now in my gallery... so look and enjoy, hopefully I can share more info and art from JAWC and other TMG projects in the future... til then...
