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Let’s see how many ways I can beat up Zorphie! It’s therapeutic. Fred’s had his fair share of bonks on the head anyway.
NEWS:
My Webcomic Alliance pals and I kick it off in Chicago THIS WEEKEND, for C2E2 Comic Con! We’ll be in the Webcomic Pavilion (yes, we get our OWN “pavilion”!)…. to sell books, talk shop with other cartoonists, do commissions, and if you listen to our podcast, probably bash each other left and right. It’s what we do best, really. So if you are in the area, make sure to stop by and behold geekery at its finest!
Also, I have been selected by Rich Johnston to present an award at the C2E2 hosted Bleeding Cool Awards Ceremony! Specifically, I’ll be presenting the “Film Of The Year Made Because Someone Just Used The Phrase Graphic Novel In The Pitch” award. The awards are Saturday evening from 5:30pm-6:30pm in Room 475B, so be there! Watch me blubber like an idiot on stage! (I’m deathly afraid of public speaking)
At least it wasn’t like Charlie Brown in the Peanuts comic strip where every time he pitches the baseball and the baseball player hits it the ball comes back towards Charlie Brown and makes C.B.’s clothes come off.
The overall strip today is absolutely hilarious, but I want to dissect some of the individual items I find absolutely great and hysterical.
1. Where Fred is sitting in proportion to how Weird Kid is batting. If the kid swings as he’s holding the bat Fred is going to be on the outside.
2. The swing pattern in which the weird kid is going to have based off his stance. With his foot placement if he didn’t lose the bat he’d have sent Fred flying back somewhere thanking his lucky stars for wearing that catchers mask.
3. The catchers mask smushed up against Fred’s face. This is brilliant if you ask me.
4. (This my favorite one) The expression on Zorphbert’s face in the Middle Panel.
wow, a detailed breakdown! Todd, you are phenomenal… a reader every cartoonists WISHES they had!
Y’know.. I discovered I drew the Weird Kid’s stance the wrong way half-way through, and I almost changed it. But I realized it was funnier this way! Of course the Weird Kid is gonna get that backwards. I’m glad you picked that up.
I always enjoy the bug-eyed “uh oh” expression. That and the thoroughly-annoyed expression are my favs to draw.
WATCH OUT!!!! The weird kids’ got a bat!!!!!!!!
Funny stuff Dawn. Zorphberts expression really does make the strip for me.
You’re right about that, Dawn. I think I’ve been injured more by loose bats than returned pitches. 😀