Wednesday, November 2, 2011

PIPE DOPE #143


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Laser eyes? Check. Stretchy arm? Check. Sword? Check. Now run.

Monday, October 31, 2011

PIPE DOPE #141


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Happy Halloween, friends! When I was first planning Pipe Dope, I was hoping to consistently tie the images to the date they were posted, which I'm sure would have made today's a picture of my dad taking me trick-or-treating. As the story evolved, though, I realized there were only three dates I had to specifically hit, and beyond that, the stories shown might fall roughly according to season--although even that hasn't been a hard-and-fast rule. One of the specific dates came way back during Pipe Dope's first week of going online. The last two have yet to arrive...

Friday, October 28, 2011

PIPE DOPE #140


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I realized today that there are only 65 more installments of Pipe Dope remaining. Suddenly, it feels like the end is approaching...

This week marked the first time I approached the thumbnails one day at a time, roughing out the idea in the minutes before I set to work on the actual panel (which would then go online the next morning). This method cuts things a bit closer than I'm usually comfortable with, but hey, it's Pipe Dope, and experiments are always welcome. Here's a look at those thumbnails:


I hope you come back on Monday for #141. Have a swell weekend in the meantime!