Location: Percy’s Mind

Somehow, I don’t think that’s what Nikki had in mind. But remember, Percy doesn’t know WHY Chris activated that emergency rocket; he only knows why it went off.

Anyway, welcome back and happy New Year! It’s been a while! Working my way through my first year of teaching with six different classes each day; on the days I haven’t gone straight to bed I’ve been too fried to think about drawing. I do want to at least finish off this story arc, though, so hopefully you’ll see a few more comics in the coming months. I haven’t been COMPLETELY dead to the webcomic world over the past few months (although I was rather disappointed to not participate in the webcomic Secret Santa this year). I drew a guest strip for John Troutman’s Lit Brick (you may know him as the author of Mary Elizabeth’s Sock and Sporkman). My comic can be found here (be warned that Lit Brick tends to be a bit more risque than Spoofy Randomness).

Have fun!

~Stretch Longfellow~

Ref: TWO YEARS, BABY! | Gosh, hasn’t my art gotten better? | Deadly Invention

First of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPOOFY RANDOMNESS! Two years ago, the first comic aired! What started off as mostly a joke and a personal challenge to myself to draw better (I haven’t taken art since elementary school), I doubted if it would last even two months. And here we are, two years later! With regular updates…yeah…

Okay, so the past four weeks… I had to send my computer back to Circuit City, then got internet from Windstream while I was using my school computer. Windstream really torked me off with poor service, then they cut off my internet after 5 days and refused to tell me why after multiple phone calls, so I promptly cut off any business with them. It took me three weeks to finally get internet installed in my apartment (went through Time Warner, if anyone cares), then my mouse died. SO… Over a month later, HERE WE ARE. Due to time constraints, I have changed the update schedule to Wednesdays only.

Now, this comic. I tried a new way of editing that basically combines the steps of inking and editing together…and took twice as long. I’m going to try it for a little longer to see if I can get used to it, but it may be out before long. However, look back to two years ago and compare my artwork from now and then. WOW. I was very happy with this strip when I drew it.

Have fun!

~Stretch Longfellow~

May I just take this moment to stand on my little soapbox (is there even such a thing anymore?) and say that I was REALLY pleased with the artwork of this comic. It’s no Clan of the Cats, but by my standards it looks pretty darn good. Take a look back at this strip. I’ve come a long way, especially when you consider that I have not taken any art class since elementary school.

Anyway, about the comic. I felt that Nikki as an elf was appropriate, given her literary background and the fact that a good chunk of said background would be fantasy novels (she’s dating a guy who wanted to be Santa; there’s gotta be imagination there!). I like the design for her (even if I had to steal some of Dan Shive’s hair fairies).

Have fun!

~Stretch Longfellow~