I like that I finally kinda contextualized Turpentine (& Arsenic)’s place in this one — it’s been my intention all along that it’s this odd basement apartment underneath a house, but there hadn’t yet been a page that really showed that.
Other business for today:
Jeanne Thornton, one of my favorite friends in the universe, just started up a new comics project called Bad Mother! It’s about a little girl named Betty Spector who’s being raised according to QUESTIONABLE PRINCIPLES by her mother, Mona. I’ve seen a bunch of the upcoming ones, and they are delightful.
And, on a related note, happy Mother’s Day to my mom — a very good mother who actually does read my comix, and loves me just the way I am. Aww.
This one took FOREVER for some reason! Time for a celebratory Time To Call That Page Finished glass of wine.
Bonus today: I made wallpaper! My favorite kind, too — a repeating pattern like wall-wallpaper, instead of a single large image.
“Full” color 1920×1080 | 1280×1024 | 1024×768 | tile for tiling
All blue 1920×1080 | 1280×1024 | 1024×768 | tile for tiling
All pink 1920×1080 | 1280×1024 | 1024×768 | tile for tiling
Turpentine then immediately added “keytar” to the list of instruments forbidden from her band.
Sorry that this is so late! I swear, the last five percent of every comic takes up about half of the total production time — I always find about a hundred little details to correct.
In this world where just about everyone has a campy stage name, I think Mascara Masque is my favorite one I’ve come up with. And just for the hell of it, here she is not angled into the perspective of the wall.
