LOST ON EARTH 005

The most enjoyable thing (for me) when creating LOST ON EARTH comics is molding and shaping this new 'universe' for these characters. I DIG DUG became very 'stale' because the characters were stuck. The boundaries of their settings and relationships were very limited, and thus the comic became flat. As I expand I DIG DUG into graphic novel form, the space becomes larger, because the characters are finally graduating, and moving beyond the boundaries of college life (after TEN years!!!). With LOST ON EARTH...there are no boundaries. I can take my characters to anywhere in the universe that I want to take them. But of course...it wouldn't be LOST ON EARTH if they were on Saturn, right???

I will have to admit that the "Glaxapedia.Dot" starter panels are getting more challenging to write for as I progress. I find that I'm trying to force some funny little tidbit of information into a strip that may not necessarily need it. This may be a feature that becomes less and less visible after comic 010. I still REALLY like the feature...and think it's quite humorous, but at the same time once you start 'forcing' content, you lose the ebb and flow of the story. We'll just have to see how it goes.

Well...we have another SNOW DAY here in Ohio today, so today might be a great day to work out those color schemes for the characters and get the first five comics digitally enhanced in Photoshop!!! So...next week (I'm going to hold myself to it) we'll start back with 001 in color and slowly work our way thru the first five comics in color...or hypercolor...of spectracolor...or some other type of color that I'll invent just for the sake of inventing something!

Enjoy the snow!!!
-dug!