Way Good Whey Protein

I've started hitting the gym more frequently as of late. And by "more frequently" I mean more than once a week! It seems like I end up lumping all my workout sessions into the weekend though. I should really spread it more evenly over the week. Anyways, I've also been using protein powder as part of my regiment. I've always hesitated in the past, because I wanted to make sure there weren't 't some unsavory ingredients in the mix! Anyways, that's a long-winded way of talking about the inspiration for this week's strip. Hopefully, my creativity and my muscles will continue to grow as one! haha! As always, enjoy!!

-Kevin
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sunday comic

picked up a great book this week, Calvin and Hobbes Sunday Pages 1985-1995: An Exhibition Catalogue by Bill Watterson. unlike most calvin and hobbes collections I’ve seen, this one has the original artwork by bill Watterson on the left page, and the finished, colored published piece on the right page. so, it allows you direct comparison between his black and white, with white out errors, to what he envisioned it to be, colored. it also has his inside comments on every strip!

undoubtedly, it inspired me for this week’s strip, to make it a full sunday strip. mine is inspired by july 5, 1987, a sunday strip depicting calvin as spaceman spiff. little tidbits of info I found interesting, the first row are meant to be throwaways by newspaper publishers. i guess some newspapers reserve the right to throw out that first row of panels and thus, your strip has to work even without that first couple panels. and it used to be (still is?) that there were some panel placements that were required by the publisher. that way they could break up the strip to make it fit the newspaper’s format. bill watterson eventually was able to break this requirement, and hence, we’re lucky enough to have some great storytelling and artwork!

hope you enjoy, Johnny
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How was the Date?

Hey guys. I'm little bit late again on the post this week. Sorry. :( Anyways, I'm continuing a bit a of my Olympic storyline. I promise to be back on track next week! As always, enjoy!

-Kevin

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guy talk

so, what do guys talk about when they're just hanging out? besides comic books, battlestar galactica, superhero movies and other manly things, we also talk about our relationships. it's prob one of the first things we ask, "so, how are things going with your girl?" "she hasn't left you yet?" "you know she's too good for you, right?"

i'm liking the perspective changes and this week's strip was condusive to playing around with the angles. hope you like it.

- johnny
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Fired Up

So, I've been watching a lot of the Olympics over the last 2 weeks. Sadly, it's coming to an end this weekend. But what an awesome display it's been! I've never really been much into swimming, but it's been one of the best part of the Beijing Olympics. If you've been watching it, you understand what I mean. Anyways, I was inspired to write this week's strip (late as it is). Enjoy!

-Kevin
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going to the movies

i absolutely enjoy going to the movies. and usually after the movie, there's the let's-stand-around-and-talk-about-it thing. and that's where you learn how your opinion compares to those of your friends. you find those who are easily pleased and basically like every movie, those who just can't be satisfied, and those who critically analyze them. whichever one you are, hey, i'm just glad you went to the movies!

this week's strip has some new things, such as the overhead perspective and the first panel with kinda no borders.

- johnny
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The Heat is On

This week continues the airplane saga of our hero Riley. Cutbacks at the airline are forcing him to suffer through a hot flight. What awaits him? Read on fans!

This is certainly one of the more enjoyable story arcs I've done. I've a lot of fun with the humor in the last few strips. I hope enjoy it as much as I do!

-Kevin
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tabu

like the great weezy says, the best humor is drawn from real life experiences. and undoubtedly, playing board games always leads to some sort of funny comment or situation!

i had a particularly tough time writing the dialogue for this week's strip. the joke works best with a bit more adult theme but i really want to keep this strip and it's content PG rated. hopefully i didn't cross any lines with this week's strip!

- johnny
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Boarding

I heard recently that an airline (or airlines, I don't remember which ones) was considering removing the in-flight television/movie equipment to reduce weight. Another consequence of rising fuel prices, of course. So, I thought, what else could they cut back on. That led to last week's strip were we discover that Riley's flight will have no air condition! It's all fiction...at least we hope so.

As for art techniques, I've been playing around with adding more background detail. It'll take some more work for me to get it to where I'm satisfied with it. In the mean time, enjoy!

-Kevin

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frustrating day

everybody has frustrating days, when nothing seems to go right. and how do you get over it? well, hopefully there's someone you can turn to to make it just a bit brighter.

couldn't help myself with another agent finn story/artwork. even tried to toss in some black and white effects. enjoy!

-johnny
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