Hello, I am the author of a webcomic called “Suburban Anxiety.”
I am honestly surprised this thread isn't much larger...
I thought it was about time I put my name out there and start trying to see if I could get others other than friends interested in my webcomic. Without being an plug/ad whore on this board.
I started the comic back in 2003 but its been on hiatus after not going very far twice due to some major crapola happening in my personal life. But recently I got back on the horse and we are updating regularly.
The comic, originally intended to be a movie, is kind of a giant homage to the film industry. Ya know how Jephs characters geek out and talk about indie music? You can expect many conversations between the leads about who's acting job was better in what movie or which directors interpretation of Batman has been the best in this comic. All while a major developing story unfolds itself. The comic was originally written in screenplay format at about ninety some pages. I eventually took each page and have broke it down to ninety some comics.
A note on the artwork: I am aware that the artwork on the first few strips is pretty terrible. I make no excuses for it. It was pretty much a combo of not having the proper technology available I needed to do a web comic correctly and I just couldn't draw as well back then.
At the moment, I don't even draw the comic anymore, a cast member who is also an artist has taken that over. My artwork has improved a bit since, but I honestly, between work and my social life don't have the time to write each comic, draw each comic and then do the photoshop and site maintenance all myself. I like Alex's artwork just fine for now and it makes my life a helluva lot eaiser not doing all the work myself.
The way we do the artwork is it's drawn by hand, inked and then scanned into the computer settup I have at home. From there I color it and touch it up in photoshop as best I can. Alex and I both agree we like drawing on paper better than a wacom tablet (though I am sure we had a wacom tablet at the moment it would make doing backgrounds 10000x easier) because we just think the drawings look more pure. And it saves us from going stir crazy sitting in front of computers all day.
The story is just starting. I really think we have a good story to tell you folks and anyone who would become a loyal reader and learn about us and our characters and our sick sick world we call home is very much appreciated.
Sorry if I pander to much.
Anywho, I hope you all start reading. We currently update Monday and Friday only but we are soon looking to update in the middle of the week as well.
So, I present to you, the web comic readers at the QC forums...
http://www.suburbananxiety.comEnjoy!