Character: Jorocks Raefish
An exceptionally tall fellow with an affinity for odd dress. Is the drummer of the band Jorocks & the Quads. Architecture major at Edona College and roommate of Percy. Dating Holly. Has a knack for popping up unexpectedly. Fun Fact: Stein Auf is a reference to the band Lost and Found.
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The Tower Room
A new story arc means a full-color splash page! Huzzah!
For those of you that like the behind the scenes stuff, here’s a little backstory. The first two splash pages took over five hours each. I keep fairly busy, so having to spend over five hours on a single comic is not very reasonable for me. Thus I tried to keep this page nice and simple, and I was able to cut production time in over half and still be reasonably satisfied with the results. Hopefully as my art skills improve and I get more practice with GIMP, I’ll be able to get more detailed in the same amount of time.
Oh, and in case you missed it, there was a special Halloween posting on Saturday.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
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Debate Is Fun, Set-Minded Professors Aren’t
This comic is actually based off of a history class I had. The second panel is a direct quote. Most of my professors in college have been great, but this professor (deliberately unnamed) is one of the worst I’ve ever had. I was quite offended by her statement, but at the time I was too distracted by sketching preliminary comics during class to start a debate, plus she discouraged discussion. Looking back, I wish I would have, so I made this comic instead with the objective to encourage people to have open minds and not see everything as good vs. evil.
Also, this comic lands on Mole Day! I accidentally forgot about Mole Day when I was scripting the comic, and by the time I remembered it would have thrown off my entire script to include a special comic honoring this awesome holiday.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
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Visualizations
In case it isn’t clear, Chris is visualizing a party, a fifth wheel, a female Percy, and the height difference between Holly and Jorocks.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
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Character Development
Pete Dubois is a reference to my favorite magician, Peter Boie. Just thought you might find that interesting.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
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Extreme Climbing Adventure
At this point, I discovered that three panels wasn’t as easy to do as four. It’s kind of odd. Part of this had to do with sizing; I draw everything out on a sheet of paper. With the three-panel strip format I was putting six panels on a page, while with four panels I use one page per comic, thus giving me more space to work with.
Have fun!
~Stretch Longfellow~
