The Dregs #63

First of all, I'm happy because I was proactive enough to draw another episode the week I drew the last one. But this was an old script that I found as I was going through an old sketch book. I couldn't believe I never used it, but better late than never, right?

On a technical note, I am really happy with the way things are looking. Hands, angles, line work, etc. The only thing that I think is a little tough is the flow - going from left to right and then down to the middle row and not top then middle then right. But I don't think it'll be all that difficult to figure out. I just want it to be seamless. It's a comic strip and not meant to be difficult to read, so I hope it doesn't come off as that.

Cheers!

Johnny

The Dregs #52

Let's see... I reached back into my old book of ideas and pulled out this pearl. Originally, the joke was someone saying, "Are we going to do a shot before we go?" Someone else would then reply, "We'd better. You're driving." Not funny and I don't remember why I thought it was in the first place, let alone why I decided to write it down and save it for later. I was, and hopefully you agree with my use of past tense here, very good at writing confusing dialogue.Thankfully, I've been getting better at not doing that anymore. But I welcome the challenge of going back through these bad joke ideas and doing something with them after having given up on them years ago. It's fun reading the original ideas and saying to myself, "what was I thinking?" Hopefully, you're finding the effort worthwhile too.

I'm sure you've all noticed the addition of the title to the new format. I think it'll give each edition a more professional look and, once I come up with a signature font to use for it, I'll replace the one I'll be using for the time being.

Cheers.

John

The Dregs #49

Once again, I apologize for the delay with putting out a fresh Dregs episode. The last couple months have been busy gathering material, writing scripts, thinking of voices, taking software classes, reading books, yadda yadda yadda... all to move forward with The Dregs Animated Series. So, know that I have been busy while Sal, Peg, and Onions have been on vacation. I'll try my best to have them coming regularly.

This episode is a play on a joke that my fellow bartender zings me with whenever I say "SOMEONE'S gotta work around here, ya bum!" His response - "When that person shows up, let me know." I was in the Omar's Zing Zone (if you don't already know what that is, don't ask) and I got "zung".

JW