Damn, I hate being away from the comic. Been a while and for that I’m sorry. But now back to our show.
New format today. I’ve come a long way from January of 2009 when I did a similar format. For the time being (probably until the end of the year) I’ll be doing only one update like this a week. If I get the time and can crank one or two smaller strips out, I most certainly will.
Starting in January I’ll be doing two a week anyway as I’ll be doing the “On Tour” story for the comic book that will be release in March, in time for C2E2 comic convention in Chicago. Of course the comic will be available here on the site as well. If it goes well, I’ll do two or three exclusive comics like that a year. I’d rather put them out for the iPad or other e-readers, but seems the world ain’t totally ready for that big move yet. Come on, this old fart hates printing book. Save a tree, buy an iPad.
A little Judas Priest today. Their album in 1977 was produced by Deep Purple bassist Roger Glover. Trivia! Loved Roger’s on-stage look of the cowboy hate and bullets up his guitar strap. And, the residents of the Zoo where Jeff works are in for a surprise as our man takes control.
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giraffes , Dragons ,FAWOOMS !!! You can’y go wrong there lol. Great stuff man. I’m still liking the podcast too.(Oh and the full page format is great in my opinion.)
Thanks! We’re having a ton of fun on the Podcast and I’m digging the new format too. It just flows for me now. We’ll see how it works out.
Thanks for reading!
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Now that’s one way to get their attention and demand some respect. Only problem is he’s gonna have to make sure Poco doesn’t become the lead man on the totem pole, after all it is his actions that have Jeff in this new position of respect. Animals stick together.
Yeah, but Jeff *feeds* Poco and that makes Jeff #1.
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I didn’t realize giraffe hooves had stick ’em on them.
It’s the leather on those old 70s wallets. 🙂
Variable panel sizes, insets… a much more complex and sophisticated structure. I like it.
I’ll miss the more frequent updates, but when it comes down to quantity or quality, I lean towards quality. If today’s strip is any indication, this is a good trade-off. A great comic just got even better.
Thanks man!
I am fairly sure as I get the hang of this new format I’ll be able to do more than one a week. The old newspaper format had run it’s course with me and was really holding me up. This one would have been at least 2, maybe 3, of the old style strips. You’d wait a week to see it all anyway, now you just get in one lump and it looks better in my opinion.
Quality is number one in my book too.
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So what day will you be updating?
Mondays will be the official update day. Gives me a week, plus the weekend to crank out a full page comic. But, I’m fairly confident I will be able to do at least one smaller strip, if not a complete page format comic as well in a week. Once I get use to this format, I think I should be able to do it in one day. But I’ll start your week off with a fresh batch of 1977.
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PRIEST-STYLE HEAVY-MET-ALLLLLLL!!!!
Thanks, Byron. One of my all-time favorites.
And I love the new format. 🙂
SKOL!
Love the full-colour FAWOOM! And Jeff’s shit-eating grin. And…well…all of it, really. Great start to the new format!
Yes the frame of Jeff holding Poco is a favorite of mine too. I love how mellow Poco is (I mean, he lives with a stoner) and seeing Jeff interact with him is a lot of fun to draw.
Yes, if I hit the mark like this here on out, I’d be extremely happy!
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I’m sure you will indeed hit the mark most/all of the time ~wink wink~
Um, Byron…where’s the 1977 blog gone?!
Go to the HOME PAGE and scroll down. The blog is not an integral part of the home page. Seems this is more standard for webcomics and I’m giving it a whirl to see if my readership likes it there or not.
I liked it on it’s own page, but I’ll try anything once… yes, anything. 🙂
Gotcha. FWIW I have the blogpage bookmarked separately anyway…
Doesn’t seem like the new boss is the same as the ol’ boss. I am curious to see how he reclaims stash from a baboon. I’d think it’s already up in smoke and Jeff might have to make the monkey work it off.
Uh, say, is that a flaming lizard in your pocket? or are you just mad to see me ..?
Hey! Glad to see you made it back! New format looks great. If you’re ever feeling like once a week isn’t enough, don’t feel obligated to put a whole new finished strip up. Some of us would be quite happy with a raw concept sketch or other misc. mental debris.
Thanks Byron, as always, for sharing this great strip with us! 🙂
Wot the Expat said. Raw sketches FTW!
I know FTW is “for the win” but it will always be “fuck the world” in my head. Not sure why…
And what happen to OUR abbreviations like BFD? Man…
LOL! FWIW ~grins~ I have problems with certain internet-updated acronyms, most notably ATM (which means ‘at the moment’, but I see it as the abbreviation for hole-in-the-wall money dispensers aka cashpoints) and ETA (which will ALWAYS be ‘estimated time of arrival’ for me, but these days is apparently ‘edited to add’). AFAIK though BFD is still around 😀
I ran across one person a few years ago who finished off all her emails and blog comments with ‘SOL’ – which means ‘shit outta luck’. Eventually I asked her why she did this, and she was mortified because she thought SOL meant ‘smiles out loud’…
Brave man you are, moving forward and challenging yourself as an artist/storyteller! I think this format and schedule should serve 1977 just fine.
I’m pretty happy with it at the moment. I’m not good at gag-a-day jokes, I’m just not that witty. But, I tell funny stories and therein was my challenge.
I’m also moving to e-readers as well. And those work with the comic book page format so much easier than newspaper style strips. I’m looking forward to releasing 1977’s iPad/iPhone app in March. It’s going to have some cool features including a Classic Rock Playlist. So, stay tooned for that stuff too!
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the song at the player isn’t judas priest. something from india
Sounds like Priest to me? You in the USA? Maybe Grooveshark delivers different content for overseas visitors.
Anyway, thanks for the heads up… but it seems okay…
dutch, but now it works, first i heard a different song.
judas priest rules!!! graspop 2011 judas priest. heard after this tour they will quit