Just the other week, one of my favorite perps I went to library school with, BossTweed, asked me how I make PNW’ed.
“A request: one day can you regale your loyal readership with a tale about how PNW’ed is produced? Quickly or slowly? With the aid of Ripple wine or Twinkies? On paper and then scanned or is it bR0N DiGita1? Inquiring minds want to know.”
Your wish is granted! BOOONGG!
Back in the early days, before PNW’ed (TM) was a multi-million dollar empire, I drew every comic by hand. Ha ha! How inefficient! Today, PNW’ed is produced my award-winning studio, comprised of the finest artists that I don’t have to pay. We’re like a family!
But don’t worry, Wallingford’s Favorite Comic Strip (assuming that there are no other comic artists living in Wallingford) is still given the loving attention it has always had.
You’re in luck, because today is the day that our staff artists do the actual drawings! Normally today is lettering day, but our letterer is out with the rickets.
Let’s take a peek into the production studio!
Figure 1: Our head staff artist attempts to finish today’s quota before the rats make off with her bread and water.
Figure 2: For some reason, the staff seems to get weepy when they are made to draw until their fingers bleed.
Figure 3: Enjoy that bread and water, because breaktime is almost over, you.
Figure 4: When morale gets low, I like to bring out the PNW’ed Studios mascot, Broomy.
Figure 5: When the workday ends, the diligent workers are forced back into their closet. See you tomorrow, ladies!
Now you’ve had an exclusive peek into the production studios of PNW’ed. Thanks for visiting!
In Other News
Every week, Franny watches me draw PNW’ed and asks me a million questions. So when I told her I wanted to take pictures pretending that she was drawing it, she was very enthusiastic. In fact, when I stopped taking her picture, she continued to draw.
1. “This is a unicorn. This little sword’s right in her neck. This person fighted with the unicorn. And she was saying, ‘Oh, no, I wonder if I’m getting fighted!'”
2.She’s hopping and this person’s going to be naked and just get out of his bed and he grabbed his sword and he’s really mean. He almost is getting the bunny. The bunny’s carrying a saw. The bunny was his pet.”
3. The tiger wanted some food and he was like ‘Hey I see a bunny here. I wonder if I could catch him.’ And he catched him and the bunny’s inside his body now.”
4. “This cat is going to say, ‘I just burped.” And he’s going to have a soda can and he accidentally knocked it over.”
5. “‘My can exploded! I wonder if I shaked it too hard! AHHHH!’ And then his wife came home and she opened a can too, and she was all sticky.”
6. “This guy’s gonna be in Australia. He’s like a baby zebra cub. See his spots? The zebra cub is calling for his mama, but she’s far away. She’s gonna be dead like the unicorn. Isn’t that funny?”
Fantastic! Thank you for sharing, SJ, as I have long wondered about your creative process. Who knew? Disney has nothing on you in the creative team department. Please pass my comments on to Mme. Franny, as I like how the tiger got the bunny inside his body.
I love the creativity! Thanks for sharing that. Beautiful!
I like Strudel’s furrowed brow.
That’s the cutest child labor I ever did see!
Oh man your kids are so cute and CREATIVE! Watch out Pixar.
Broomy. Very nice. I’ll have to try it with *my* art department.
Yes, Frannie, that IS funny.
You guys are the 81628 best, thanks so much for the help.
I found you via google, and I seen this entry.. I must say the pictures & captions made me giggle so hard I almost peed my pants. Good stuff.
If only your kids were on Disney’s staff then they wouldn’t have these revenue problems:
“Disney’s film revenues fall in quarter”
CEO Iger says Blu-ray studio unlikely to release in HD DVD
By Jennifer Netherby 5/8/2007
http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6440373.html