From the June 6, 2012 commentary: When I wrote this scene, many months ago, I was not specific about what Luis dropped. It varied between being a utensil, a jar of peanut butter, and other items. But it ended up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fun fact: I added the “CLANK” sound effect this time around because I felt like it wasn’t obvious enough that Luis accidentally knocked over that pan, which is kind of important.
In preparing these strips for re-publishing, I had to go back to the original Photoshop files, which wasn’t a problem for the first 13 or so strips, but when I came to this one, I found that the file was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Surely, there’s no foreshadowing happening here at all.
Hey, have I thanked all the people who’ve shown renewed/new interest in this webcomic since it relaunched? No? Well, thank you. I sometimes feel like I’m throwing this stuff out into the void, so when you share or tweet or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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.