Comics from Garrett’s Sketchbook

A shout-out to the temp workers of the world.

I like to go on long walks and listen to various comic-related podcasts.

In the latest Art and Story podcast, they mentioned how long certain crazes last… like M.C. Hammer. This doodle suddenly happened.
About Art & Story: Two comic book creators talk shop, often having really good tips for us cartoonists. Although, the tips are few and far between. I think it could be compacted quite a bit. The meat of the discussion is often 30 minutes into the podcast. I recommend it only to serious cartoonists, a bit more to traditional media artists. Good while inking or going for a walk.

My absolute favorite podcast, and most recommended for webcomic artists/writers, is Webcomics Weekly. Tips are PACKED into each podcast, and these guys are hilarious. I always have to give full attention to this one, and only play it during walks because I couldn’t possibly ink with this artist party going on. I also listened to this podcast on my walk.

After this 3 hour long walk(mostly lounging in the nice weather), I developed a sunburn on my face. Surprising, considering I stayed in the shade. It was worth it.

I’m excited to report that the home page is ORGANIZED now. It took upgrading from an out-of-date theme to the new ComicPress 2.5 theme, lots of tweaking, and complete reorganization of categories/tags to work properly with the new theme. There’s still work to be done(still no proper logo?), but it’s very important to me that the comics always be at the top, no matter how much I post in other categories.

Hmm… this site looks a little narrow. And the comics got pushed off of the main page! (You can see my comics here)
Therefore, I’m working on a redesign to organize my sections more effectively, and to give my comics more space & visibility. I’ll be basing it on a much more up-to-date template, ComicPress 2.5, so I can take advantage of the latest advancements in Wordpress, like tags and avatars. My current template doesn’t even support all of the plugins I’ve tried.
So far, the redesign is looking spiffy. You might see a few new things show up in the sidebar before the redesign since my theme-testing plugin doesn’t keep widget changes hidden.

I just wanted to let you all know before I get any complaints about the current disorganization. I’ve definitely outgrown the old template and have great plans for the future of this site.