Beholden to no one
Drawing the last couple of comics, I have begun to feel the creative exhaustion lifting and a bit of focus coming back. Light duties are a great tonic, much better than a dead stop for me. Unfortunately, today (April 13th, long in your personal past) I also began manifesting our old friend “the Covid” so we will see if this rally continues or if I have to be boiled down for glue. You’ll be able to see based on activity in the “Upcoming Comics” list whether it was glue for me.
Get well soon, John!
Or at least, we hope you got well 6 weeks ago! 🙂
Yikes! Nothing scheduled after June 10! Maybe the sun extinguished and we just don’t know yet!
Turn your eyes to badmachinery.com RJ, sunlit uplands ahead
I think I speak for us all when I say, “Hooray!”
Oh yeah, forgot that part. One of my 4 open JA tabs at the moment.
The concept of a precognitive webcomic RSS feed is really tickling me. Real Mirai Nikki vibes.
Billie will never take a “No” as an answer! She’s so determinate that she’s almost scaring!!!
Aw, that sucks. Get better soon. 🙁
Don’t worry Brian, I have already recovered. Then I went to Barcelona Comic con and caught actual FLU! I have now recovered from that too.
My son brought the flu home from daycare last month, and it was terrible. Sorry you had two rounds of illness! 🙁
Flu! Spanish flu! What are the chances of that, now?
Actually, resent research has shown that descendent strains of the 1918 “Spanish” flu are still around, but that they’ve evolved to be no more dangerous that other “average” flu strains.
Covid 19 will likely have done the same in a century or two: about a quarter of the “common colds” that people now catch are caused by four different corona viruses that have been around for one to several centuries. It may be that when they first jumped to our species they were as bad as C19, but at the time the pandemics they caused were lost in the noise of all the other repiratory illnesses that were common.
Glad to hear it. (The recovery part, that is, not the “getting the flu” part.)
No more Ms. Nice Priestess!
I love that the further the comic goes, the further Billie becomes determined to impose her will on others. For now because she’s sure that it’s for their good. But I wonder if a day this could degenerate into true wickedness. Probably not, but still…
When Billie’s not happy, nobody’s happy.
We’re not happy until you’re not happy.
Does Amstrad make anything for the Covid?
Billie, it’s not “Do what I will.”
That’s the whole of her law
Wishing John a speedy recovery!
Billie could force Brian’s innards into shape by just staring at them.
Maybe some of his outards too…
I may be overthinking this, but have to ask. Is there some kind of “endlessly rising canon” of Billie clothing matching her eye colour? As things get more intense for her there is more of that shade apparent (even Maggie’s headband). Even if not foreboding it is a masterful use of the palette to draw focus. In comicspace there’s no clear option for a character’s musical theme, but it seems it may still be possible to do this artistically.
I don’t know if you’ve commented on this before, or asked for feedback, but anyway. I don’t like the new lettering. There, I said it.
I won’t lose any sleep over it, don’t worry.
It’s the font I use on comics I draw “for a laugh” but now I will laugh no more, my day in ashes :C
NOW LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE, MADS G!
My little brother used to cry every time my mum came home with new glasses or a new haircut. I think this is the same thing.
Nah, it’s not just “new is bad”. The narrower font is not as easy to read as the usual, though it does allow packing more dialogue into the smaller strips.
(Personally, I prefer the Bad Machinery-era mixed case.)
The Mixed Case of the Compact Yet Legible Type
A proper case, indeed.
Thank you John C. And sorry again, John A.
I can’t explain it but the softer all caps in BM looks fine (I had to go back and check if it was even caps) while this one looks like HELLO I AM SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET
Well, if Billie is going to try to force Brian to give up his horribly unhealthy breakfasts (as well as other vices), that will probably mark the end of his being nice to her as well.
Seems like Billie’s beginning to have the mindset of her previous creed bleed over into her current one. Mordawwa may have to look out for her position!
Has anyone commented on the sky textures yet? I like them. I’m not sure I’d have noticed if it weren’t for the way they emphasize that last speech bubble.
I’m concerned with Billie’s abandonment of the Satanic “do as thou wilt” creed wrt Brian, no matter it’s out of concern for him. Especially as the Law of Unintended Consequences seems to delight in messing with her.
Clear evidence Billie is a good fit for Team Evil. And the most likely moral Brian will take from this is “never help anyone.”
I hope they’re able to patch things up after this blow up.