Welcome! For you new members and maybe a few of you that have been around a little longer, here's kind of how this place works, reprinted from an earlier post:
First and foremost, I wear two hats. I have two "day jobs"- a machinist and small-time manufacturer by day, and cartoonist by night. (I have the cape and everything!) So traffic her...
2022-06-20 18:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post
From Wednesday's filler comic. As I said, I'd been meaning to clean this up into a good pin-up for... well, a very long time.
I needed a break from a wild week- several weeks, really- in the shop, and we haven't had any really good cheesecake in a while, so here y'go! Hope you like it, I thought it came out well.
Doc.
2022-06-18 07:51:31 +0000 UTC View Post
At least, I'd like to think so. :)
Lemme know what you think. There's a couple of not-all-that-hidden Easter eggs in there for ya, too.
Foc.
2022-06-06 04:16:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Made a few changes, and will probably make a few more, but already quite a bit better than the first "Roger in Drag" attempt. :)
Doc.
2022-05-18 08:50:40 +0000 UTC View Post
To continue to tweak Mrs. Roger's character design.:)
I tried a more human/shapely shape like Sandy and Pirta, but it didn't look right with what was basically Roger's head. Change the head to better fit the shapely body, and she no longer looks like the same kind of raccoon as Roger.
But give 'er the same body style and... well, she...
2022-05-17 08:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
By request, the third panel of Wednesday's strip, in higher resolution and without dialogue. (And a few other minor changes.)
Still not happy with Swamps' torso, but I'm workin' on it. :)
Doc.
2022-05-05 08:29:51 +0000 UTC View Post
So far we've had two glitches this week- Monday's was my fault by mistyping a file name, and Tuesday's was some unknown. Just in case there's another for Wednesday (and because I'm pretty happy with how the third panel came out :) here's that next strip.
Expect a lot more experimenting in the next couple of weeks, trying to draw the guys. ...
2022-05-04 07:35:38 +0000 UTC View Post
The second-to-last, and the longest yet! :)
Doc.
2022-04-25 19:34:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Including an illustration showing why I'd plugged those holes I just drilled, in Part Three. :D
Doc.
2022-04-17 18:34:35 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you hoping for more artwork rather than shop videos, stand by- we got a whole pool party coming up!
Doc.
2022-04-11 08:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Let me know what'cha think!
Doc.
2022-04-08 21:31:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally managed to put a video together that might actually worth half a squat.
Let me know what'cha think!
Doc.
2022-04-02 23:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostSorry, ladies and gents, and anything in between, but it's looking like this may stretch out into a filler week.
I'd hoped for just Monday, possibly Tuesday, but I kind of dug myself a hole in the shop (metaphorically, not literally :) and if I can keep this momentum up for a couple more days- depending on ...
2022-03-23 02:35:50 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who are into both the shop stuff and paintball, here's a video from this weekend, of a little project that's been taking up some of my time. :D
And for those of you that aren't paintballers... that thing's only supposed to have one barrel. :)
And, I'd like to ask a favor of you ladies and ge...
2022-03-08 19:25:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I hope you all are enjoying this week's stunning and colorful art in the comics! I spent a lot of time and sweat on them, I hope it shows! :D
While we're waiting for the lights to come back on, I thought we'd try another AMA- or rather Ask The TWB Cast Vir...
2022-02-03 03:32:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Had a hot day in the shop, got a fun project done for a client, but got back in from the shop late and I'm pretty fried. Basically totally blanked on a proper comic, figured I could use Radar for a quick filler.
Aaaand... the first idea I had for a caption wasn't much better than "gosh, I'm lost!" And it took way too long to wake up ...
2022-01-20 09:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a stash of sketches from the last two book runs- that is, photos of the sketches I drew in the books- and I've been meaning to at the very least clean up and color a few of them. I've been needing to take a bit of an 'art break' the past couple of days, so I dusted the first of them off and here we are.
More on the way. :D
Doc...
2022-01-18 09:37:25 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to yet another ferocious windstorm last night, I have a dead tree hanging across my powerline at the moment.
Power's still on, and it's a dry tree, so it hasn't shorted yet, but it's still a little on the windy side so anything can happen. At the very least I expect if/when the crews come ...
2022-01-02 21:14:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This was my Christmas Card artwork for this year. Figured you might like it. :)
Doc.
2021-12-25 03:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostFor a scene in this coming week's storyline, I may want to use Roger's full name.
I have never really thought about it, and it's never really been necessary, but just for part of a gag, it'd be fun. Especially if it's faintly ridiculous, like his middle name's Aloysius, or something. (Though I'd want something a little less likely to be mi...
2021-12-20 00:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs of the last two orders going out today or tomorrow, I am, only for the moment, officially out of books!
Not completely, but there's some pretty big holes in the collection. :) I'll have to spend some time, although not 'til probably well after the first of the year, building the ol' inventory back up, and...
2021-12-13 23:04:46 +0000 UTC View Post
I'd like to officially welcome all our new members, who were apparently entirely too eager to see Roger killed- though I now wonder how violently they wanted him killed. :D
And I'd like to officially thank all of you- new, old, lapsed or otherwise, for your interest and enthusiasm in the comic, and for your genero...
2021-12-01 06:49:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Yep! Totally nekkid! Would I kid you? :)
Doc.
2021-11-20 10:25:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yeah, I know most of you would like to see another drawing video- and I am working on those. :) But I'm still primarily a machinist, and I know a few of you like the mechanical stuff too.
In this case, I had some pieces of heavy-wall pipe to bore out for a local client yesterday, and since I already had the camera...
2021-11-17 23:50:17 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been promising you ladies and gents some 'behind the scenes' videos on the making of TWB, for... well, several years now. :) I had the tripod arrangement and camera out for a shop video earlier this week, so I set it up and recorded sketching a customer "Fanboy" book.
The pose is one of my favorites for this run, and several of you go...
2021-11-05 03:54:13 +0000 UTC View Post
A quick bonus comic for ya! The best kind; old jokes and recycled art! Nothing but the best for you lot! :)
Speaking of books, every order received as of about 2PM ADST on Tuesday, has been shipped! The Priority stuff seems to be running on time, and I can only hope the overseas First Class is either also on time or at least not delayed to...
2021-11-03 04:34:14 +0000 UTC View PostStop, stop! I give up! :)
I figured there'd be some interest in some of the characters who haven't gotten much screen time. I'll certainly see what I can do. :) I will say that, for the moment I'd rather not start up anything that might turn into another long storyline. On the plus side, if I do a series of short sketches, we'll see more c...
2021-11-01 09:03:56 +0000 UTC View PostWho would you like to see in the next storyline? (That is, starting Monday, so don't dawdle on your answers. :) )
We just saw Sandy and Swampy, a little of Doc and Cara, and of course Jinx and Kasi.
Who haven't we seen in a while? Who'd you like to see have a turn in the spotlight? :)
Doc.
2021-10-31 23:22:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the latest two new TWB books are here! And you ladies and gents get an early chance at them, before the rest of the unwashed mass... er, that is, the regular readers. :)
The downside is that, as you might expect, the cost of, well, pretty much everything has gone up. Paper, binding materials, especially toner, and of course shippi...
2021-10-31 06:53:32 +0000 UTC View Post