Making of "Move"
Added 2022-06-04 18:52:56 +0000 UTCAs a horribly awkward English person, I think about stuff like this a lot. With the addition of social distancing In the summer of 2020, I thought about it a whole lot more!
I sketched out this comic and showed it to J. He didn't really get it, so I tried tidying it up a bit. He got it, but didn't really find it that funny -he's not so into the #relatable stuff. I pursued it, but with the character designs and backgrounds it was proving to be a huge time sink. I got half way through inking it and lost faith in the joke. I was worried after all that work, I'd post it and it would fall flat! I cut my losses and figured I'd leave it as an exclusive comic for the eventual book.
Roll on 2 years and I am getting stuff together for a book. I took a fresh look at this one and realized it would do far better online with the "relatable" factor than it would as a book exclusive! It was already half way inked, it wasn't too hard to push it over the finish line. I'm glad I did! It's been my most popular comic on Twitter by FAR! Funny how that works! :)
For the bonus panel, I wanted them all tired looking, still standing there as the store closed -BUT I had covid, so I didn't have the strength to do that! I took the easy way out and made it go dark haha! :)
Comments
That's a good question! It's been 2yrs and I can't actually recall. I remember thinking a sheep with a rockabilly haircut would be cool. I'm not sure where the mandrill came from -I think I just wanted something with an interesting grumpy face. Looking at the sketches, it seems like I came up with foods they were holding after the animals, because the mandrill appears before the bananas.
Chesca Hause
2022-06-04 20:06:01 +0000 UTCHow did you choose the species for the other two?
Ian R
2022-06-04 19:59:07 +0000 UTCThe replies were fascinating! The full range from "I feel SEEN!" to "Do people really do this?!"
Chesca Hause
2022-06-04 19:11:11 +0000 UTCThis comic appealed immediately to me, because I was in this situation way too often (I spend grocery shopping yesterday longer than needed, because of it). And seemingly a LOT of your readers experienced it too.
Steve the Writer
2022-06-04 19:04:35 +0000 UTC
