ShortMinds Webcomic

So, it has been a while

Been busy, I know, I know, same damn excuse, but my freelance work has been keeping me busy and a personal project that made me very excited. But, those are all done and its either go back to playing WOW or go back to drawing comics. Honestly, I haven’t decided, so stay tuned.

Until then, if you have a Twitter account and like movies, check out TalkieTweets (That personal side project I was talking about)

It is utterly amazing to see that this site still gets tons of hits even after six months of no activity by me. A lot has happened, plenty of highs and lows, and quite honestly A LOT of lost time. I wont call anyone out, but you know who you are. I’ve been working on some side projects for friends and family and a few of my own; including my own portfolio. And I still have two more that I plan to work on.

But, I do have some news for ShortMinds. I’m coming back to pump out new comics, new posts and hopefully spread some laughs and maybe laugh a bit myself. I’m not sure when I will get new comics out or how often. I imagine it will be sporadic for a bit as I get back into it and work on these other projects on the side.

This site needs some love. I look at it and want to vomit. I have no idea what I was thinking. Building the One Three taught me just how freakin easy a custom Wordepress theme is. So, I’ll be revamping this comic press theme to build out something I can be proud of and slapping on a new skin.

Now, do I still remember how to draw?

After a very interesting week, this made me smile:

Penguin In Flight

Due to some things going on atm I have come to the realization that I need to be prepared in case something were to happen. Purposely being vague. I’m getting my ducks in a row and plan to have new comics up soon. I just need a couple weeks to get everything to where I think it needs to be in other areas. Still vague.

Cheers to all and goodnight.

Pretty cool… if this is real that is.

If you count all the comics in the origins and all the comics in the archive then today’s comic marks the 101st shortminds comic. But, if you just count the comics since I reformatted, then its just the 36th comic and there is really nothing to see here.

Why celebrate 101? Well, because I forgot Monday was the 100th comic and 101 is a palindrome and palindromes are always worth celebrating.

On a side note. A while back I said I would post some numbers on the reddit/stumble/digg affects and I think that the numbers have finally quieted down enough to be able to make some educated guesses at retention rates. I haven’t gone over all the numbers yet so expect those results in the near future. I haven’t done a “Starting A Webcomic” post in a while so maybe I will just roll those numbers into that post.

Lastly I have decided that my art work needs some more work once again and this time I’m going to share with the readers as I go about trying to draw more better. Probably going to be something along the lines of a case by case study. Such as drawing proper proportions, drawing better hands, inking with more detail, etc. So maybe something to look forward to, if you are into that sort of thing. And maybe, just maybe my comics will look a lot better when I’m done.

Cheers!

Did you see the exclusive trailer for The Day The Earth Stood Still last night during The Fringe? Yeah, me neither, go Cowboys, but you can watch it in its seven minutes of glory here.

I must say, even with Mr. Kung Fu, it looks pretty good. I never saw the original or read the book that I’m sure this stems from, but the ending had better not suck like The War Of The Worlds.

Huh, turns out the princess isn’t a whore.

That’s right. The Large Hadron Collider gets flipped on tomorrow. Incase you don’t know, the LHC will create subatomic black holes that will last a tiny fraction of a second before collapsing. Thus helping scientists understand how the universe began and what it is made up of. Just click the link and watch the video of a Ted talk at the top.

Some folks think that this machine has the potential to create a black hole that doesn’t collapse, but may persist and destroy the world. It has been shown to be all but impossible. This is just the initial firing up of this colossal machine, they are not scheduled to start smashing protons until October or November. All I’m saying is they better not ruin Christmas, I will be pissed!

Alright, I know I haven’t posted a new comic since last Wednesday, but a new one will be coming tonight as soon as I get home. I swear. I already have it planned out just need to sketch/ink/color.