milk and cookies (haiku)
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007Hey everyone,
I hope you enjoy today’s comic. I got a little more experimental with the art since i had a dreamscape to work with. Poor GingerDead has lactophobic issues. 
On Monday, I’m going to post some bonus art related to this same subject, so please check back. Also, on Monday I should be linking over to a guest artist gig I’m doing over at Debt-On who is featuring an entire month of guests in January.
News:
GingerDead and Friends received it’s first official review. You can read it here at Sapo Entertainment’s blog. I was absolutely thrilled at how well Sketch captured GingerDead’s essence. It’s a really well written piece and made me feel rather warm and fuzzy inside.
This week the nominations start for The Cartoonist’s Choice Awards and it looks like GingerDead is getting a few nominations for best newcomer! We’ll see if we get enough nominations to end up in the running, but even a few nominations is something to be proud of, so yay! This is an award from peers. Only other comickers can nominate, so this makes it rather special.
In other comic news, FLEEN has a great interview with Ben Stirling of PatrickGreyOnline that you should check out. I’m doing a guest strip for him in the near future as he is celebrating one year of strips with a week’s worth of guests. It’s a great comic and I am eager to see where it goes in year two. Congrats Ben!
Finally, you may have noticed some ads on the site. I am keeping them as unobtrusive as necessary. These fine people are buying adspace which i use the proceeds from to buy ads on other comic sites. It’s all about spreading the word and supporting other comics through a new advertising method called Project Wonderful. If you’re looking for new comics to read, give these advertisers a shot. They might just rock. I can’t promise they are work safe, so be warned.
That’s all for now. See you on Monday with bonusy goodness.
-calan
January 10th, 2007 at 1:03 am
juice of the bovine
a poisonous evil brew
goddess save us all
January 10th, 2007 at 1:07 am
Poor Gingerdead.
January 10th, 2007 at 1:12 am
Aww poor GD is having a nightmare.
I like the painterly style you have here. I would be cool to see a physical painting someday with GD in this style.
January 10th, 2007 at 2:13 am
gabe,
does a body good
unless you’re made of batter
the end of the road
chris: thanks for commenting on the style. this started out as something entirely different and much like painting, i kept covering areas and building until i liked it. i would like to do some paintings in the future for sure.
January 10th, 2007 at 6:18 am
Milk does a body good
Unless it can kill you dead
Then it’s not so good
January 10th, 2007 at 9:09 am
I love the juxaposition of characters usually associated with blackness or darkness having nightmares about drowning in a sea of white (milk). Also, great detail with GD biting the covers as he dreams.
As always, great work!
January 10th, 2007 at 1:33 pm
Looking at Gingerdead chewing the cover reminds me of how I grind my own teeth in my sleep… Poor fellow needs less stress in his life. :-/ I should have mentioned the use of haiku in the review; I haven’t seen anyone else do it quite so reliably (or well) as you do.
January 10th, 2007 at 2:16 pm
Scott: Thanks for your comment. That’s a keen observation I’m not even sure I was fully conscious of.
CottonFluff: I grind too! I wake up some days with my jaw aching because I was grinding so bad in my sleep.
The review was awesome, seriously. Thanks again for that. As for the haiku’s, you can count on them being quite frequent. I really enjoy doing them. 
Everyone:
Haiku comments rock
Syllables five, seven, five
Hungry for your words
January 10th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I love the haiku strips! I want some to frame on my wall.
GD biting the blanket is cool.
January 12th, 2007 at 7:40 am
I love how you drawn the sheet between her teeth..
January 12th, 2007 at 8:31 am
omg dont start me on another gender bending story arc. He’s a booooooooy!
but thanks
January 12th, 2007 at 2:51 pm
the corperation
a film that alwayse makes me
want to not drink milk
January 13th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
what were they thinking?
celebrity milk mustache
does not make one thirst.
January 14th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Yes, our ads do look mildly erotic on one another’s site! I enjoy your bally hoo quite a bit…
Congrats on the review, first step to the big time, a place I doubt I’ll see!
Keep up the good work!
January 14th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
thanks R.T. ! i’ll keep sexing up your site as long as i can afford to. hooo!
January 14th, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Advertising is delectably expensive: I’m at about 60 bucks a week for ol’ Project Wonderful. At this rate I won’t be able to afford to eat… but why do it you may ask? Because the advertising that’s on my website actually makes me want to click on it.
Wouldn’t-a-known about you without it.
January 15th, 2007 at 12:43 am
same here. i’ve discovered quite a few new comics through this thing. i don’t have much to put in to advertising, but at least when i do it’s nice to be able to support other comickers. i also like controlling who is advertising here. spammy pyramid people tried to bid and i booted their asses.