[Read Jay Cardinal Page 06: Envelope Insurance]
Wow, got it up three hours early. That's a new damn record. This will be the last comic with the old site. The changes I was talking about on Friday aren't quite finished but they will be soon. I start my job on Tuesday! A constant source of income means big things for the future of SUTBComics. See you tomorrow. Or I guess Tuesday.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Jay Cardinal Page 5
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 05: School Isn't Out]
Well this one is up earlier than yesterday's so that's good. I almost decided to call it quits since I have a job interview tomorrow and being up this late is not smart by a long shot. Well week one is in the books. I'm happy. Oh, there will be some minor changes to the site next week. The big thing will be free movement between Jay Cardinal and Super Drama and making the front page not useless again. But yeah see you Monday!
Well this one is up earlier than yesterday's so that's good. I almost decided to call it quits since I have a job interview tomorrow and being up this late is not smart by a long shot. Well week one is in the books. I'm happy. Oh, there will be some minor changes to the site next week. The big thing will be free movement between Jay Cardinal and Super Drama and making the front page not useless again. But yeah see you Monday!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Jay Cardinal Page 4
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 04: Grumble Grumble]
Uhm wow. I have no idea how or why this page took as long as it did. I blame my lack of mojo. I tried starting this page at 5, 9 and 12 o'clock and didn't get really rolling still almost oneish. Shameful. Jay what's that in your locker?
Uhm wow. I have no idea how or why this page took as long as it did. I blame my lack of mojo. I tried starting this page at 5, 9 and 12 o'clock and didn't get really rolling still almost oneish. Shameful. Jay what's that in your locker?
Monday, May 24, 2010
Jay Cardinal Page 3
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 03: He's Not Entirely Wrong]
My favorite part of drawing comics is definitely doing sound effects. Something about it just makes a comic more...comicky. I timed how long it took me to do this comic and clocked in at six hours. But I stopped to play videogames and cook and drink soda so I'm going to say this page actually only took maybe four hours. Eh short post today. Enjoy the page and I'll see you Thursday.
My favorite part of drawing comics is definitely doing sound effects. Something about it just makes a comic more...comicky. I timed how long it took me to do this comic and clocked in at six hours. But I stopped to play videogames and cook and drink soda so I'm going to say this page actually only took maybe four hours. Eh short post today. Enjoy the page and I'll see you Thursday.
Super Drama #1-Let's Get It Out Of The Way Now
[Read The Comic]
Still People Here
May 24, 2010
You have no idea how good it feels to be posting Super Drama episodes again. The old pages need to be reformatted a little bit so instead of posting the entire old series at once I'll post them alongside Jay Cardinal. That way you can experience Super Drama from the very beginning! It'll also give me time to write some scripts since New Super Drama is only going post when a full chapter is finished. I've tried running two comics with updates schedules before. It doesn't work. Also you can see the original post from when the comic first went up and my current posts will probably comment on my thoughts on that post. Yeah it's a little quantum or meta or something...At any rate Super Drama. Welcome back!
Post from Original Update: July 6, 2009
The first comic. This effectively prevents anyone from ever complaining about the content of the comic being too this or that. Ya got that? NO WHINING!
Still People Here
May 24, 2010
You have no idea how good it feels to be posting Super Drama episodes again. The old pages need to be reformatted a little bit so instead of posting the entire old series at once I'll post them alongside Jay Cardinal. That way you can experience Super Drama from the very beginning! It'll also give me time to write some scripts since New Super Drama is only going post when a full chapter is finished. I've tried running two comics with updates schedules before. It doesn't work. Also you can see the original post from when the comic first went up and my current posts will probably comment on my thoughts on that post. Yeah it's a little quantum or meta or something...At any rate Super Drama. Welcome back!
Post from Original Update: July 6, 2009
The first comic. This effectively prevents anyone from ever complaining about the content of the comic being too this or that. Ya got that? NO WHINING!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Jay Cardinal Pages 1 and 2
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 01: Chapter One Cover]
If you see the post time is exactly midnight that means I actually managed to get the comic up a little early. Well, welcome to Jay Cardinal. This before you is what you call a cover page. It separates chapters from one another. Go ahead and click next. The actual first page of the chapter is up as well.
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 02: The Answer Key Only Works On Evens]
Okay his first and last names are both kinds of birds. We get it Eric. It's a pun name. But I guess I don't have an excuse for letting his hair be shaped like that. 'S not even a shape of a Jay OR Cardinal. Well I take my character design lessons from Phoenix Wright (fracking birds) and if there's one thing I've learned from PW is that you can never take a pun far enough. (Looking at you Olga Orly.)
If you see the post time is exactly midnight that means I actually managed to get the comic up a little early. Well, welcome to Jay Cardinal. This before you is what you call a cover page. It separates chapters from one another. Go ahead and click next. The actual first page of the chapter is up as well.
[Read Jay Cardinal Page 02: The Answer Key Only Works On Evens]
Okay his first and last names are both kinds of birds. We get it Eric. It's a pun name. But I guess I don't have an excuse for letting his hair be shaped like that. 'S not even a shape of a Jay OR Cardinal. Well I take my character design lessons from Phoenix Wright (fracking birds) and if there's one thing I've learned from PW is that you can never take a pun far enough. (Looking at you Olga Orly.)
And We Begin
"I need a smoothie... "
-Miriam Pataki, Hey Arnold!
You watch Hey Arnold! as a kid and never realize how fucked up the Pataki household is until you're twenty. Anyone over the age of say...sixteen or so, rewatch Hey Arnold! episodes. One because it's a good show and two watch episodes that are really Helga heavy, Helga On The Couch being a good one and just check out that family dynamic. It's intense.
So today's Monday May 24th! And just as promised SUTBComics has some comics for you today! So quick primer. Two pages of Jay Cardinal and one page of Super Drama. Badabing. SD is going to be running the first 47 episodes from the 2009 run while I get material ready for the new run. Right now SD updates alongside Jay Cardinal Mo/Tu/Th/Fr. When those first 47 run out SD will only update every time a chapter is finished and the chapter will upload all at once. I'm going to try to keep Super Drama chapters short (11-16pages) so I get 'em to you faster. Jay Cardinal has most of chapter one written and all of chapter two done (I know that's weird don't worry about it) At any rate enjoy today's pages. I need to get started on Tuesday. Merritt OUT.
-Miriam Pataki, Hey Arnold!
You watch Hey Arnold! as a kid and never realize how fucked up the Pataki household is until you're twenty. Anyone over the age of say...sixteen or so, rewatch Hey Arnold! episodes. One because it's a good show and two watch episodes that are really Helga heavy, Helga On The Couch being a good one and just check out that family dynamic. It's intense.
So today's Monday May 24th! And just as promised SUTBComics has some comics for you today! So quick primer. Two pages of Jay Cardinal and one page of Super Drama. Badabing. SD is going to be running the first 47 episodes from the 2009 run while I get material ready for the new run. Right now SD updates alongside Jay Cardinal Mo/Tu/Th/Fr. When those first 47 run out SD will only update every time a chapter is finished and the chapter will upload all at once. I'm going to try to keep Super Drama chapters short (11-16pages) so I get 'em to you faster. Jay Cardinal has most of chapter one written and all of chapter two done (I know that's weird don't worry about it) At any rate enjoy today's pages. I need to get started on Tuesday. Merritt OUT.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
The Hardest Thing
"A Runabout! I'll steal it! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW "
-Dan Backslide, The Dover Boys
Dan Backslide. My favorite one time cartoon villian? Yes. Yes he is.
So outside of a hiccup with storyboarding essentially forcing me to move back to full scripts after this episode, I wonder if I'm giving too much information at the onset. My creative bible is Futurama and in the first episode the main characters are introduced and the foundation for the characters are set. My first episode doesn't do that and in fact the bulk of the main characters aren't introduced until a little bit later. While that works fine for a cartoon series where you only have to wait a week for another episode, a webcomic even updating four times a week this means waiting weeks or months.
Essentially the conflict boils down to this: Should I guarantee that the story has a solid foundation before getting into the meat and potatoes or should I jump into the meat and potatoes and build a foundation as time goes on. Right now I'm doing the former because even though it means that while the action will start a little slower, once it picks up it can stay up. ...Yes I know that's what she said. STAY FOCUSED.
Don't misunderstand this. Episode One is just as actiony and important as say Episode Four. It's just a little bit of exposition. Laying the groundwork, so you know the characters and understand them and why they do what they do. The only episode in question is One. Everything after one is part of the original Jay Cardinal story and is exactly what it was supposed to be. So yeah. At any rate. JC starts Monday, May 24th. I'm drawing the pages for next week as I type this post so get ready. Merritt out.
-Dan Backslide, The Dover Boys
Dan Backslide. My favorite one time cartoon villian? Yes. Yes he is.
So outside of a hiccup with storyboarding essentially forcing me to move back to full scripts after this episode, I wonder if I'm giving too much information at the onset. My creative bible is Futurama and in the first episode the main characters are introduced and the foundation for the characters are set. My first episode doesn't do that and in fact the bulk of the main characters aren't introduced until a little bit later. While that works fine for a cartoon series where you only have to wait a week for another episode, a webcomic even updating four times a week this means waiting weeks or months.
Essentially the conflict boils down to this: Should I guarantee that the story has a solid foundation before getting into the meat and potatoes or should I jump into the meat and potatoes and build a foundation as time goes on. Right now I'm doing the former because even though it means that while the action will start a little slower, once it picks up it can stay up. ...Yes I know that's what she said. STAY FOCUSED.
Don't misunderstand this. Episode One is just as actiony and important as say Episode Four. It's just a little bit of exposition. Laying the groundwork, so you know the characters and understand them and why they do what they do. The only episode in question is One. Everything after one is part of the original Jay Cardinal story and is exactly what it was supposed to be. So yeah. At any rate. JC starts Monday, May 24th. I'm drawing the pages for next week as I type this post so get ready. Merritt out.
Monday, May 17, 2010
ANOTHER site redesign?
"I love my daughters! They are so pretty!"
-Hakan, Street Fighter IV
I keep saying that this will be the last site update, no wait this will be the last site update and they keep not being the last site update. So this time I'm not going to say anything. So yeah, about my recent absence. College exams kicking my ass. 'Nuff said. But now summer is here and I can work on my comics in peace...at least until I get a job. Seriously I put in 20 applications (this is not an exaggerated number) and I can't describe how pissed I'll be if I don't get a job. I'm trying to work so I can pay for college mostly on my own (tuition and books). That's the idea anyway. The way the numbers work I can definitely swing it...but I need to get hired somewhere first!
Okay webcomic news. Jay Cardinal will be back on schedule starting on Monday May 24th. Fact. If it doesn't post, I'm probably not alive anymore or my computer has been hit by rocket launcher fire. That's how certain I am of it posting. The main goal is to get a week drawn and looking good. My new mantra for JC is "Every page is someone's first" so...I'm gonna try to make each page good enough to make someone want to come back for more. What? Too cheesy? Buh whatever.
Two, I am posting a second series, A Sketchy Situation, which probably won't be acronymed for obvious reasons (probably will just call it Sketchy) which will act as a bit of a biographical comic. I dunno about a consistent update schedule but it'll go up every now and again. I think I'll start that series on the 24th too. Y'know so I can build a buffer and whatever.
My older series will be posted online for your viewing pleasure (or annoyance depending on how you view it) and uhm...that's the bulk of the info for this news post. There may or may not be a news post everytime there is a comic. Just check on update days or follow me one Twitter (Eric is a link whore).
Oh yeah. There's Knight of the Living Game (Game Knight on the sidebar). Uhm, it'll be sort of a video game review slash video game challenge thing. I can't really explain it because well I don't really get it yet either. Well those are the main things anyway! See you guys later this week with an update. (Not Jay Cardinal but y'know something)
-Hakan, Street Fighter IV
I keep saying that this will be the last site update, no wait this will be the last site update and they keep not being the last site update. So this time I'm not going to say anything. So yeah, about my recent absence. College exams kicking my ass. 'Nuff said. But now summer is here and I can work on my comics in peace...at least until I get a job. Seriously I put in 20 applications (this is not an exaggerated number) and I can't describe how pissed I'll be if I don't get a job. I'm trying to work so I can pay for college mostly on my own (tuition and books). That's the idea anyway. The way the numbers work I can definitely swing it...but I need to get hired somewhere first!
Okay webcomic news. Jay Cardinal will be back on schedule starting on Monday May 24th. Fact. If it doesn't post, I'm probably not alive anymore or my computer has been hit by rocket launcher fire. That's how certain I am of it posting. The main goal is to get a week drawn and looking good. My new mantra for JC is "Every page is someone's first" so...I'm gonna try to make each page good enough to make someone want to come back for more. What? Too cheesy? Buh whatever.
Two, I am posting a second series, A Sketchy Situation, which probably won't be acronymed for obvious reasons (probably will just call it Sketchy) which will act as a bit of a biographical comic. I dunno about a consistent update schedule but it'll go up every now and again. I think I'll start that series on the 24th too. Y'know so I can build a buffer and whatever.
My older series will be posted online for your viewing pleasure (or annoyance depending on how you view it) and uhm...that's the bulk of the info for this news post. There may or may not be a news post everytime there is a comic. Just check on update days or follow me one Twitter (Eric is a link whore).
Oh yeah. There's Knight of the Living Game (Game Knight on the sidebar). Uhm, it'll be sort of a video game review slash video game challenge thing. I can't really explain it because well I don't really get it yet either. Well those are the main things anyway! See you guys later this week with an update. (Not Jay Cardinal but y'know something)
Monday, May 3, 2010
Jay Cardinal Debuts
Read the new Jay Cardinal page!
Launch day is finally upon us! There isn't too much to say other than to reiterate
the update schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow's comic will post later in the day but Thursday and Friday will update on time. Here we go!
Launch day is finally upon us! There isn't too much to say other than to reiterate
the update schedule is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Tomorrow's comic will post later in the day but Thursday and Friday will update on time. Here we go!
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