past and present

Okay, last post I said I'd show you what Silent C used to look like. So, here it is. Umm... can't think of anything else to say about it at the moment.

The Book of Sighs

Oh snap, yo! It's the Book of Sighs! This is the first page! This, right here! It's about a hapless guy with no face called Silent C! Click it and read it!


The original page of this series (instead of individual strips or drawings) was drawn in November (I think) of 2004. The character looked different, the art style was even worse than it is now, and the dialog was a tiny bit different. There's more to come! Tomorrow (or soon, regardless) I might post something showing how different Silent C used to look versus his revised appearance. Woo!

Late Night Paint

Here's something I just whipped up at around three am in MS Paint. Also, I drew a test page for The Book of Sighs, but it doesn't scan well (it's in pencil, and in a hardbound book... It turns out that neither of those conditions are optimal for scanning!)

coming soon...

Back in 2002 and thereabouts, I drew a comic strip that I called "The Book of Sighs." It revolved around a character named Silent C (who had no face) and his friends, all of which were super-heroes (with maybe a villain or two). To this day, I think that my best attempts at humor lie in those old pages. The humor was silly, the characters were far-fetched, and there was the ever-present melancholy. When I look at my more recent comics, I see a trend for lighter, more realistic comedy. ...And frankly, it doesn't seem as worth-while. In my attempts to mature my story-telling, I've been using a different type of humor. It's not bad (I've been told), it's just, well, different. Well, I say it's time to bring back the old comics, redrawn with my somewhat improved skills.

I'll still continue my other comic, if I can get past a little writer's block, but I'm looking forward to getting my pencils back to what I consider my definitive series.

Maybe you'll look forward to it as well.