I was so excited. I fixed our big screen TV. Yes, I used the internet to find the solution, but I thought I’d get some credit. My wife and 10 year old daughter seemed impressed. However, my 7 year old thought it was not a big deal. We had struggled for weeks with the TV radomly just turning itself off, it was very annoying. Since I did teh fix, it has not turned itslef off once. Sometimes a Dad can’t win. The worst bit, she is only 7. What happens when she is a teenager?

Coffee with Scott:   So did I mention I had coffee with Scott Kurtz today? It came about because he responded to an email about my copy of “How to Make Webcomics”, which I ordered nearly 2 months ago. Instead of being defensive or making excuses, he flat out apologized! Since his office is in the same town I live in, he offered to meet me somewhere and he’d give me my book.

   So we met and again he acknowledged the breakdown in his system. He was very cool and listened to me ramble a bit about my view on webcomics and other assorted nonsense. He made some great observations on his book and what they were trying to do. I even bought him a coffee and his helper a cup of coffee. He actually offered to buy me a coffee and had to be convinced to let me treat. I’m a bit of a shy person so I find meeting people a challenge. Meeting someone with a bit of fame does not make much of a difference but there was that too. Scott was very cool and genuine and I appreciate the time he took for a fan. I had said in emails to him that I would not buy direct from him again, but I just might now. Especially if he gets his order delivery process fixed. The nice thing was I thought I faked not be in awe well. Not a big fan of fan-boys any time, but being one of them is less appealing.

    Now for the book that started this all:I have not gotten deep in to , mostly because I keep flipping back to the inside cover where there is a great sketch of Brent. I can say as I was flipping through it I realize how much ‘actual’ useful information it contains. I have already seen things to improve and understand what I’m trying to do. If you are interested at all in making webcomics I think this may be the first ‘must-read’ book. Then again being a newbie in this I may just be full of crap as usual. I know I’m having a blast at this and if I never sell a single ad or make a single dollar, this is just fun.

   Normally I would attempt a toon to go with this blog, but that would be way too intimidating. I do have an idea for toon I thought of today that I’ll do in a separate post later today.  

     Thanks Scott for everything!

Which ’style do you like best? The B&W or the color? I’m experimenting. The cartoon will be published for tomorrow and I still have not decided which I like best.

   I have been “playing” at this whole toon thing for just a short time. I am no where near in the league as some of the webcomics out there. In fact since I do mostly one panel toons right now, some purists will say what I do is not webcomics. I will do more traditional webcomics coming up though. So since I have no real delusions as to making a living doing this I really can not justify spending any real money towards it. So, I have been trying a few opensource drawing programs and there are some nice ones. Almost all of my toons have been done with MS paint, which really keeps me in a geek state of mind. However Paint is severely limited. So lately I have been trying Paint.net , I really like it. I am struggling a bit to fully understand and use layers. Still wrapping my brain around it, but i will get there. If anyone has any suggestions on any opensource programs please let me know.

  Anyways, I’m still having fun with all of this. I’d like to thank all 3 or 4 people who have visited so far. I appreciate any positive feedback. Negative feedback will just make me sad, so please don’t do it.

I have decided to move my cartooning from my old blog churchIThelp.com

I have been doing “IT Rules” for a while. Once I get my old toons moved I’ll start doing some new themed toons. I have several ideas to do, but it’ll be a work in process for a while. Still trying to work out some custome parts of the page. Plus I have only moved 2 cartoons so far. Looking for an easier way than doing a post per toon.

UPDATE: I have moved all of the cartoon archive over now. I have even added a couple of new ones.