Robyn has a wild side you know… and for $100, who wouldn’t get naked? Took less than that for me…
https://youtu.be/L1t6fNnLOfo
1977 the Comic
A Rock and Roll Comic
Robyn has a wild side you know… and for $100, who wouldn’t get naked? Took less than that for me…
https://youtu.be/L1t6fNnLOfo
Instead of regressing to B&W instead of color just do what ever other web cartoonist does.
Put it up for vote, vote being “pay my salary per year and I’ll gladly do the comic 5 times per week (if not 7) in color and such”
Then see what your readers do. If you don’t have the following np, if you want to keep your job np, if you don’t want to turn your hobby into a job np, if you wife would say ‘oh HELL no’ np again.
But. (there’s always a but)
People with talent, a good story and a good laugh can easily turn this into a well paying career (check out schlock, Ctrl-Alt-Del, etc etc) their all kicking ass.
Put it out to your readers, see what happens.
Good luck.
– A loyal reader.
I can see the appeal of going B&W to get up to 5 a week. More practice on the lines is the most important thing. I’m already planning to start that way with my next webcomic. Whether I continue with it that way depends on how things go at the time. There’s a lot of magic that can happen when a B&W strip goes color, but as for the opposite, I don’t know.
It is a little cruel to start it out on a fanservice day, though. 🙂 B&W T&A doesn’t pack quite the same punch as the color variety, but of course that could mean that it could become more prevalent and, um, extensive.
I’m down with whatever you wish to do, Byron. If I could afford to hire you, I’d have already done it. As it stands, I happen to love B&W stuff, so I say go nuts with it.
Thing is, you can explore this a lot while getting more storyline out; you’ve really improved your style & ability over the past year. It might be a great move right now to stick with B&W and push those limits for a while. Look at, for example, what Brooke McEldowney does with 9 Chickweed and Pibgorn. His shading and B&W technique is virtually unrivaled, and you can see how he applies it to his color efforts.
You took the thoughts out of my head as I was reading: when you do have time for color, it will have greater impact and be much more appreciated. Reserve it for strips where it will really make a difference.
I’m not going anywhere guy. Pace yourself to what you can do & want to do. I’m a huge fan of black & white & sketchwork, so I’ll appreciate whatever you offer up.
My only complaint, today, is that Robyn is holding an unfairly large $100 bill. If only …. well, if only …. 😉
(P.S. – plz check your comments held for moderation bin .. I put one up for Speak Like a Pirate Day & it got flagged for some reason; great Johnny Depp effort, BTW! What sorta Halloween crossover effort you got planned for the cast?)
My only wish is for 1977 to keep going for long enough that it gets syndicated – then you *will* have the option to do it in colour (or hire a colourist, heh).
And seconded re Expat’s Talk Like a Pirate Day comment – plz to retrieve it!
I’ll take b/w five days a week over color for three.
hopefully well get 8 comics, 8 days a week!
Go B&W, play with the classic shading as such.
Now and then you will color one because it feel right.
I am keeping up with about 40 web comics. Color is not one of my criteria. Boobs, yes, but not color.
Maybe when you do one of your “one offs” non story related comics, you can throw some color your readers way.
Coloring and shading is a long process, longer than actually drawing, inking and texting the damn thing! Can’t say I balme you for looking at time saving measures!
What? Printing color costs more. Screw it…I am going back to B/W. Just kidding. But I know what you mean by it adding so much more time to the process. I’ll be here for the ride.
I’m a huge fan of color (as you probably can already tell from my psychedelic pallette, but I understand where you’re coming from. I feel like I could make twice as many comics if I didn’t have to color them, plus I agree that it would be cheaper to print books in b&w.
All I can say is do what makes it easier for you. I’ll take it in black and white just so I can get it and it will make the colored versions even more special. We just want you around, Byron. Give us what you got. 😀
Hey Byron, You need to do what you feel is best. Personally, I like it both ways. I suck at drawing, so I am happy just to see you not drop off the web like so many have when they have to decide.
Also you might offer a coloring contest sometime if you want. Wouldn’t even need prizes, just bragging rights.
No worries here, man — the look may change, but the song remains the same… 🙂
Nothin wrong with B&W.. if it makes things easier on you, I say go for it
-Gonz