We Need to Begin Somewhere
A live webcomic from Sam Brown of Explodingdog
Today we have the first panel of a webcomic-in-progress from Sam Brown of Explodingdog. Each week, one of your phrases in the comments below will become the title of next week’s installment. And now, a brief Q&A with Sam.
How did you pick the caption to kick us off?
Knowing that it might lay the foundation for the next eight drawings, picking the first title was harder than for a single drawing. Knowing that over the next two months we were going to try to make somewhat of a cohesive story, some choices were easy. I didn’t want to do a story about Crazy Monster or Zombies, so those titles were out. I also didn’t want anything too specific, so Matt’s jar of pickles was out.
I liked many of the titles, but I decided to begin the story with a title that mentioned “beginning.”
Where does the image begin forming—with the words? An image you already had in your head?
Reading over the titles, I began to have ideas for drawings. For a few of the titles that I didn’t pick I could visualize a full drawing in my head. For the title I did pick I had the idea of two characters in a boat, so I drew that first. As I drew I could figure out the rest.
Have a title for next week’s panel? Drop it here.
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12 comments
Yay! This is explodingdog the way I love it, with no unnecessary monsters or jars of pickles. Actual stories, my favorite.
it is all beautiful. you are a fav in Turkey as well buddy! Good luck!
Red birds in a red sky are sneaky.
"Not everything was beautiful, and most things hurt - but for a moment like this... "
The second step is always easier than the first
"No one moves. No one gets hurt."
I want to start from before the beginning, loot wine "be mine and let's stay out for the night".
I like this, it's kind of apocalyptic. Makes one dream of a new world and soothes the pain of living in this one.
if it's a dance you need, just wait.
I am working on the second drawing of the series, but I need your help. What happens next? Where are they, and how did they get there? What are we going to do?
"Let's follow this duck, how bad could that be?"
"has this juice box been here the whole time?"