It’s been a long-time coming, but, as I promised in a blog post all the way back in July, I have finally gotten off my lazy ass and redesigned They Are Coming For Us! into a robot-themed web comic. Woot woot! Big props to the people at ComicPress for providing such a brilliant and customizable Wordpress theme for me to work with.
A few points right off the bat: Because I’m not good at drawing, I’m using the same layout every time. In the comics biz, using the same layout is called having a “constrained webcomic.” You can find a similar set-up at Dinosaur Comics (though I have a long way to go before I can catch up to their level of hilarity). Also, instead of drawing my characters myself, I’m just using some public domain clip art I found. If you think that’s cheating, then I don’t know what to say except “Meh.”
I should also note that if you’re still looking for the latest news on the coming robot uprising, I will still be updating the blog portion of the site semi-regularly. As it stands, I’d like to write one or two new blog posts and two new comics each week. Hopefully, if I get into a good rhythm, I can increase to a more frequent schedule. We’ll see…
In the meantime, I openly invite any and all criticism on the new look of the site. For that matter, I invite all criticism of anything on the site. If you think my comic isn’t funny, let me know. If you think it is funny, let me know that too. If you want to share your criticisms in real time, follow me on Twitter.
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