I’ll just let the May 21, 2012 commentary speak for itself: Oh, man, it’s Principal Praglin and the Keystone Koppers! I can’t believe it took me 11 strips to re-introduce my favorite sardonic school administrator. But it only took me[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I think by not making it clear who “James” is, I was trying to build up some sort of intrigue to entice readers to buy the first volume of The Utopian. I don’t think that ever worked.
“They say a secret is something you tell one other person.”
In the course of drawing new strips to pick up where this webcomic left off two years ago, I realize I dawdle over details a bit too much. That establishing interior shot of the cafe is nicely drawn, right? But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
T-Rex once said only “his moms” calls him “Terrence,” so panel 2 contains more of a diss than you realize. Do people still use “diss?” Oh, for anyone afraid I’m not actually working on new strips for when this massive[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did mention that I was watching a lot of “The Wire” when I originally wrote these comics four years ago, right? That influence is probably going to become somewhat evident as the strip (re)rolls out, even more so than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The original commentary for this strip (posted on April 30, 2012) made a fuss about a lot of revisions this one strip went through. I will ignore all that, and instead, just say it was birthed perfectly.