Super Special Thanks for help with this comic: Patrick W. Welch – A mentor of mine who pushed me to go into comics in addition to animation. Kirsten – Who gave me the initial push I needed to pursue my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for scum-craply
I got this issue covered!
This issue is OFFICIALLY DONE (officially!)… However I am going to take a week to try to figure out why stuff on my website isn’t working. I want my RSS readers to be able to look at my comic easily[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Pig’s Peculiar Package is most Perplexing to a Procyon
ISSUE 3! I tried fixing my site up, but I’m going to have to wait until a web-designer friend can help out. So BEAR WITH ME until then. I appreciate any non-spambot comments. Even if you hate my comic! As[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Racquinquiries
So, in December I’ll be doing a freelance illustration gig, two holidays, a wedding, working on Dungeon Panic (give if you can! I’ll do some work on the game no matter what, but I’d really like to be paid to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry for almost being rude, you stupid jerks
My goal of doing 220 pages of comics in 2013 starts off where I want it, by doing any of it. I’m planning on updating tomorrow as well, as I’m not totally sure about how I should set up my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Introducing…
It might seem like a silly name to you, but this came to me in the middle of the night, startled me awake, whereupon I searched for pen and paper to write it down. “THIS NAME IS PURE GOLD,” I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My Plan is Whatever I Guess
Scum and the Big Cat Spat!
What’s At Steak
What’s wrong Scum? It’s almost like you don’t WANT to pick through garbage. This comic, for the foreseeable future (hopefully through all of 2013!) will be updating 5 days a week! I am attempting to make 220 pages of comics[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rogue? I don’t even know what that MEANS.
The Gentle Nagging of Friendship.
Out of curiosity, you guys aren’t that interested in Cheap Louis Vuitton wallets, purses or handbags, right? I’ve been deleting comments about them but if you guys really want them, I have some good leads.
Really Sound Advice!
It’s weird, because I used to be the most cynical person I knew, but writing and then handlettering out Chris the Elephant’s dialog was really emotionally draining and made me uncomfortable. He’s mostly in this comic as a reference to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No Cutting Corners!
Scum Craply and the Cave of the Hallowed Bones
Trying to think of puns for the next issue and it’s not going as well as I had hoped. Issue/chapter 4 begins on the 21st. I’m taking a week off to do some heavy-duty writing on my next two of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Graceful as a Pig
COMIC TRIVIA (warning: very, very trivial): My fiancee and I once had a serious discussion about whether Spry should have plantigrade legs or not. Plantigrade legs, in case you weren’t aware, are the kind of legs we have, where you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mayor of Simpleton
“WE” DID IT! We got through chapter three! On Wednesday and Thursday there will be two bonus pages and on Friday the cover will be posted. Regular updates resume on the 18th of February. The end is in sight! Of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 3
I probably should post these FIRST, huh? Usually I do them last so that they look the nicest. For those curious about my process, this is a piece of the line art from the cover shrunk down by half. If[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Re: Introduction
Computer Alliterates
I rewrite my comic up until I publish it and this is a page that had changes made to it as recently as two hours before posting it.
Skate or Diet
Apparently ruffage can be spelled both “ruffage” and “roughage” That reminds me, I’m supposed to be advertising “Rough Age” the sequel to “Dragon Age.” It’s medieval fantasy, only you’re just a serf who toils forever until you die at age[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Slop Look and Listen
The Truth About Scum Craply
I’ve been so hungry I was willing to hijack a flying machine too! I don’t usually do this, but Monday’s page is so complicated (for me) that I had to post the roughs because they’ve been driving me batty.
Rained In
I know people who can write while listening to music or watching television. They can’t stand silence or not to have some outside influence also acting upon them. I am most certainly not that way. When I write I need[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Perplexing Plank Plummage
Sprylhouette
ABSOLUTE BABIES
It pays to know when your friends are going to chicken out on you. Generally throwing yourself off a roof in a thunderstorm is one of those times.
One Man Street Team
Chewing the Fat
I’m working a little bit ahead on my comic, and today I finished drawing this book! It’s actually not that far out from being all posted, really. I’m really only a month ahead of schedule, but that gives me plenty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scum: A Name You Can Trust
The Cougar’s Powerful Roar
Negotiation Breakdown
Up until this page Scum does not know a single person at the zoo’s actual name. When he introduced himself to Spry, Flip and Lori he did not bother letting them introduce themselves. This is wholly unintentional but feels like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Important News that Raccoons Can Use!
APRIL FOOLS here’s a new comic. APRIL FOOLS I hope you like it. I actually had my comic planned out a different way to go with April Fools, but it would have made readers VERY SERIOUSLY ANGRY so I didn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obligations
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! SOON the climactic finale of Spry Adventure Comics book 1 begins! CATCH THE FEVER!!!
Kingdom Scum Cover
My fiancee did this issue’s cover! She loves me enough to draw a cover for me, but not enough to draw my entire comic for me while I sit on the couch playing wrestling video games. Her blog is here![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 5 begins!
I am excited about sharing THE THRILLING CLIMAX of Spry Adventure Comics with you over the next 4 weeks!
Up on the Roof
This full color stuff ended up not being quite as time intensive as I thought, but I still personally prefer comics that use less.
I Imagine I Can Fly
I’m working on THE NEXT COMIC that’s going to be published after this book, and it’s so, so weird. The comic itself kind of, not working on SPRY ADVENTURE COMICS mostly. I guess it’s worth thinking about that my next[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Time Slows Down
It’s just jumping off of a roof! Tons of people do it by accident every year. Statistically speaking, not many of them end up flying afterwards.
The Pig Takes Flight!
The sun is setting in this comic, as it is on another week of updates! I hope you enjoyed this full colored week of updates (It was full color because the sun was still up)
Sorry
Mostly OK
This chapter’s title is Pig Icarus and I thought that it could have been a spoiler, so I the tag for this is chapter 5. I guess it’s also me finally settling on whether they’re “Chapters” or “issues” ALSO the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Panic Continues
I Want a Better Lecture When I’m Dying
Professional Popper, Amateur Locker
Once Spry Adventure Comics is done, I will be going back to either 3 or 4 updates a week. When I’m really far ahead like I am now, 5 updates a week is no problem, but when I’m doing a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not quite a boy, not yet a doctor
Slowly shaping the next comic for you! I hope to be able to keep a schedule, but if I have to take off a week you’ll forgive me, right?! OH GOD PLEASE FORGIVE ME
Good Excuses
Why Is Everyone Yelling at Me?
I’ve been yelled at after getting hurt by my own hand by people. So I guess this comes from a true place.
Back to the Drawing Board
Stationary that doesn’t remain stationary
Winter in Pilotside
THE EPILOGUE (kind of). GUYS, this is the LAST WEEK for new pages for Spry Adventure Comics for a while! I have a few bits and baubles planned for May before I show you the next comic! I am bewildered[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Droppin’ In
Originally there was a lot of snow coming out when Flip opened the door, but I actually had no idea how to draw it, and since the rain at the end of last chapter came out kind of bad, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Follow Your Dreams (or rip off someone else’s)
Pile Driver
Today I finished the cover for this issue, and I think it’s REALLY COOL, but you’re welcome to disagree! (on Monday when I post it.)
The End is a Beginning
And then they all sat down and read. Thank you so much for reading my first graphic novel! I really mean that. It seriously means the world to me. I have a lot more comics coming up soon, including a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The very end!
Should have posted this last Monday, but I had a bunch of freelance that I should have done a while ago, and I figured it was the perfect time to take a break! We’re going down to four updates a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
OK, pardon some possible growing pains as my comic is getting a format change. Besides being in ~*color*~ this new chapter is also in a different format. Hopefully the images won’t be too stretched or garbled and you will be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t be too excited about what he’s going to admit. You already know what happened. If not this comic is about to become INCREDIBLY confusing.
REMINDER: Despite what Scum told him to calm him down, Spry did almost die jumping off of that roof.
OK, I have had like six people need what happened in the graphic novel explained to them, and I realize it’s because I didn’t frame the scene of Scum dropping the hammer in an intellegent way. Luckily I have a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Technical babble: Every time I write a draft I change stuff. I do several drafts, usually three in just the writing stage, and then I letter my comic with the script. While I’m drawing and coloring my comic, if I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you ever get hired for a freelance art gig, if it is a long running operation and you show the bare minimum of professional courtesy your client will usually be really impressed.
I changed up how I’m drawing the comic on this page but hopefully it’s entirely imperceptible to you, the reader?
I’ve never seen that kind of meat in real life, but Higgins from Adventure Island eats it off the ground so it MUST be good.
Uhhhhhhh
Don’t ask anyone out this way. I explain it a little more in the next page, but I think I should just reiterate now, in case you were planning on using my comics for romantic advice.
This is advice that seems obvious to most people, but I really wish someone would have told it to me when I was 13. Getting up the nerve to ask someone out is difficult but if you don’t want to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s really easy to have a comedy story where someone breaks into a place without making a joke about the first Mission Impossible movie, but you’d never know that from watching cartoons. I mean, it’s been over a decade, it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Of course Scum is really good at breaking into the Pilotside Municipal Trust: It has the cleanest bathrooms in town.
This comic has been a real bear to complete, which I was not expecting. Either/or I hope you are enjoying it. Not every comic is going to have the protagonist being beaten or mutilated. I do think the next two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I accidentally forgot to post a page last week, but I’m going to post the extra page next week because I think it will work better that way. You’ll see why, don’t worry.
I am SO bad at updating on Fridays that let’s just all agree that I should start updating on Thursdays instead.
My Yiynova MSP19 crapped out on me after it had been struggling to turn on for about two months. They’re repairing it free of charge even though the warranty ran out a couple weeks ago, so that’s nice. I’m just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Scum Chills Out
All Vets Off!
Seat front, front seat
I was going to post these pages last week but did you know it was Christmas time? I’ll be updating 4 times next week to pay off forgetting to post once a couple weeks ago. My New Year’s Resolution for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Walk… OF SHAME
My politically charged rant about radiator heat.
And that’s another comic! I really hope you enjoyed it. I’ll be back the 20th to start COSMIC FRACAS, the first story that doesn’t take place in Pilotside proper. It’s a sci fi serial, and I’m going to guess that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sorry about the hiatus – I was moving and settling in. I’m now in southern United States, a place I never, ever thought I’d live.
I’m moving into a two update a week schedule (the T-days) until I have a much larger buffer than I have now (currently 0 pages)
So, I’m gonna try transferring this blog over to a new hosting service, so if the entire site goes down next week and I have to re-upload every single thing, that’s why. I’ll be back with Cosmic Fracas in a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This chapter was originally supposed to be less than 30 pages long, but I think you’ll be surprised to find out how long it wound up being. I’m about 20 pages deep into the book and the full thing will[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can buy a copy if you want, or you can wait a few weeks to grab issue 3. Live your life how you want.
Doing two pages this week and then two pages next week to finish this issue off, because they work better as a pair, instead of you having to wait until next Wednesday for the last page.
I don’t have many pages done but I should be able to keep up! Sorry for any future delays if they happen.
Side-Character Adventure Comics
Glowing Hearts, and every comic on this site, is a spin-off of a comic I’m never going to show you that I did almost a decade ago. The story itself wound up being too close to several other watershed comic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I might be jumping the gun just a touch on this, as I have a LOT of work to do on the comic still, but I believe I should be able to start posting this… NOW! Please note: I have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…