LOST ON EARTH 002

The hardest part about starting anything new, is that you have to figure out the routine before you can really get into the 'meat and potatoes' of whatever it is you are doing. Take running, for example. You can't just go out and run for a solid hour, at a 10-minute mile pace. You have to build up to it. And sometimes that build is tedious...sometimes boring...and often times aggravating. Same thing goes for LOST ON EARTH.

I don't want to make it sound as if I'm bored or aggravated with the new comic strip already, because I'm not. But I'm already looking at that "10-minute mile pace", and realizing that I better get through the warm up first. So, the strip is moving somewhat slow, and the punchlines aren't as 'slap-happy', but there's got to be an understanding that you're moving the settings, characters, stories in a forward direction. That's how I lost interest in my I DIG DUG comic. While I enjoyed the "Simpsonesque" feel of the characters stuck in their senior year of college, the stories themselves got stale and stagnant. Already LOST ON EARTH feels like there's a direction pulling the characters towards some as of now unknown finality.

This strip, "002", helps the reader(s) grab the specific traits of these two characters. Dr. Skwidd is our 'thinker', the guy who has a plan and another plan just in case the first plan goes astray. Allen is our comic relief. A fairly level-headed guy, but a few fries short of a happy meal (I use that expression way too much, I know...). There are other characters that are coming, and are going to be vital to the story, but for now these are the 'warm up' characters. We're not quite ready for that '10-minute mile' just yet.

-dug!