The Dregs #59

Hey, everybody. I seem to keep apologizing to you all for not producing more comics than I have been. I'm going to continue to try to keep my promise to you all and have at least one a month. They're probably going to continue to be more adult, like this episode, so I hope you all still enjoy the "charm". I feel that these characters need to more deeply explore their vulgarity/depravity to truly speak from their stony hearts.

Cheers.

Johnny

the dregs #30

this episode was done late december 2009. like many of my joke ideas, this was an old one (i think you're probably noticing a pattern here). thankfully, the timing worked out with x-mas so that i could use a gift joke. i guess it kept on giving, as they say. enter the rim shot...

anyways, i've been really happy with the way "sal" has been looking lately. i think the look of his character, has really come into itself. if you didn't notice, this is the first episode where "sal" has a neck at all. i still want to give him that stiff look, but i think he looks better. now if i can only get "peg" down. there's something missing from her look and i don't know what it is.

merry christmas, everybody!

-johnny-

ps - if your first reaction to my "merry christmas" was to think "what if i don't celebrate christmas", then i take back my closing statement of holiday cheer and replace it with "maybe you should ask santa for a box of tissues, cry baby. jeeeeez. lighten up, it's christmas!"

- j -

the science project #23

titled "Ticket to Ride", this was done in late february 2008. i had gotten the idea while watching "rudolph, the red nosed reindeer" over the holiday. exactly how i thought of it i don't remember, but i'm glad i wrote it down. i think it makes for a funny comic.

if anything, i wish i spent a little more time with the shading. i think it still works, though.

the science project #15

this episode, titled "A Christmas Story", was done on christmas eve eve 2007. obviously, i ripped off the title from one of my favorite movies of all time (i triple dog dare you to challenge me in a trivia contest), but it fit too well. the cool thing about this episode is that most of you don't know the back story to this one. every year, my uncle writes a poem summing up the year's activities. it's always well received because of its creativity and humor. my dad came up with the idea to make something special for him because he always took the time to write the poem for us. so, the main character in this episode is a caricature of my uncle (who admits that i gave the cartoon version of him more hair than he actually has - you're welcome, uncle bill). the scenes in the cartoon are not exactly realistic to our family get together, but i used creative license to make it more interesting. the last panel, however, is pretty accurate visually because he reads the poem after christmas eve dinner, since some of us don't get the poem mailed to us.

i do like this episode, not only because we were doing something nice for a man who does nice things for us every year, but because it's just cute. this is probably the first comic that i had done that was personal to me. that will change in future episodes.

the science project #14

done in mid december 2007, this episode is titled "Merry F'n Christmas" and has become a favorite with some of my fans. i'm glad because i think this is not only funny, but the best drawings of the characters "bob" and "lawrence". it flows well and i like the usage of uncomfortable situational humor. if you haven't noticed, this is also probably the moment of conception of the comic i'll start to develop in about 3 months.