Treading a fine line between "cool" and "wanker".

Had a splendid time at the Midwinter Comics Retreat. This year discipline_lad directed a format that has produced a corking comic which actually makes sense for the first time ever!

My effort below the cut, text by jinty, artistic license by me.

( Comic. )

People are always saying to me - "You used to work in computer games? How on earth could you bear to leave?"
How on earth indeed.

To be fair, it wasn't always this bad. There were times when I literally couldn't wait to run into work and get cracking on the projects, I'd get up early just to go to work early, and all the team are your bestest mates EVA.
But most of the time, it'd be like this, and you hated it and everyone. Well, not everyone, Team leader and the divas. (There's always at least one sodding diva.)
When it's going well, it's the best job ever, when it's going badly, it's the worst job ever.
Not finished yet - another picture to come - present day.

Large version with extra labels can be found here on flickr.

Can you tell I'm enjoying this meme?



Labelled version below cut.
( Read more... )

I'm back from MCR. I had a fab time, being royally wined and dined by the fabulous badasstronaut.
14 chums of coolness locked in a remote cottage for a weekend, buried under vast amounts of amazing food and superb booze and not allowed out until we've made a comic. Frankly, it's my idea of heaven.

This time I'd been practicing beforehand and intended to make a real stab at drawing up pages. Managed 5 in the weekend. Woot! Don't yet know how many we made between us (some still in progress, including the rest of mine that need a bit of clean up) but up to 25 pages I believe.

2 of mine below the cut... one of which could be considered not worksafe, sort of. Though technically it is worksafe. (Cough.)
( 2 Pics. )

The full comic should be going online at some point, when fully finished. Will linky when it's up!