Have I entered into a phase where only visual gags will serve as the punchline? Perhaps after coming off such a long storyline, I've lost interest in having my characters actually speak for a while.
Even though today's comic is a continuation of Monday's comic, I really have nothing more to say about Watchmen.
The response to my review generated a lot of feedback in the comments area. People left some very interesting opinions. Some of you agreed with me, some of you didn't. Some of you even exposed me to some new ideas and pointed out the hypocrisy of a few of my statements.
All things said, it was exactly the kind of debate I wanted to have about the movie and everyone was well behaved. So, thank you.
But, yeah. I'm all Watchmen'd out. We expressed our exhaustion a little bit during The Triple Feature on Monday.
After answering a reader question, I don't think any of us were all that excited to start talking about the movie because we had spent the better part of the day hovering around the internet, explaining and defending our positions. It didn't even help that we were largely aligned in our impressions of the film. I think we all felt beat about the head from it.
Still, I think we produced a very good show from our conversation. You should download it and give it a listen if you have time.
Something else you might be interested in... I've started to use Ustream to capture the comic-making process and recorded a session last night. You can download it here.
The set up is simple enough. My webcam captures the work I do on screen while a little picture-in-picture at the bottom right hand corner shows my ugly mug while I do my best to narrate what I'm doing.
The interface includes a chat field so people watching in real time can leave comments. I respond to some of what they're saying there as well.
You can watch me work on the comic live every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evening. I don't really have a set schedule for when I sit down and start working, but it's typically after 10:00 PM CST. If you follow me on Twitter, you'll likely see a notice to let you know when I'm broadcasting. Otherwise, if you miss it, you can watch the recording later from my Ustream account page, where everything will be archived.
If you've ever been interested to learn how I put the comic together, these recordings might provide you with some insight. And if you want to ask me questions about my process as I'm producing the comic, you now have that opportunity as well!
Just thought you might like to know.
No other news today so I'll leave you with that. The weekend is almost here! Hang in there and I'll talk to you soon!
