Dregs #61

Hey, everybody. I find that I keep apologizing for not putting out cartoons on a more regular basis, so hopefully, one of these days, I might make good on that promise. But, in this episode, we see Sal getting confronted by a random customer. At first, I was going to have Sal look stunned and that was what Peg comments on, but it seemed unnatural - Sal doesn't get stunned by customers other than Peg.

All in all, I like this one, but I'm worried that the flow of panel #5 is a little awkward with the two different conversations in the same scene. The only way that I could think of not confusing people was the use of the arrow connecting panels #5 and #6. I just hope it didn't look like I gave up.

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