Far Out There

Another late page, another story to tell. THIS time, I actually thought I was a bit ahead of schedule on this page, and it seemed to be coming together surprisingly fast… but something just seemed “off” about it. See, the original draft of the page was just the kids reacting to their weird food, and it eventually dawned on me that there needed to be some kind of establishing shot to show that some time had passed and we were in a different room now… And, unfortunately, I didn’t realize this until AFTER I was well into editing the first take of the page. Thankfully, I didn’t need to re-draw anything, but I DID have to throw out all the post-scanning stuff I’d done, and draw a whole new, detail-heavy panel before starting over again. I’ve noticed things like this a lot, and normally I just include a “this should have been different, but I didn’t have time to change it” note down here to explain what the page is lacking, but you know what? This comic has been on time, like, five times over the past year. I no longer get to use being on time as an excuse to to fix what needs fixing.

And you know what else? Once again, the last minute addition ends up being the best part of the page. I LOVE how those vending machines. “Necronomicorn” is one of my favorite things I’ve written for Far Out There in a WHILE, and I would ABSOLUTELY eat at an establishment named Cult of the Eternal Taco.

And speaking of silly, indulgent things: there’s a new Character Soundtrack on Patreon, which makes THREE WHOLE WEEKS of consecutive Patreon updates! What is anything anymore! And speaking of actual consistently updating things, a new TWC Voting Incentive has been up pretty much all day, just waiting for me to finally mention its existence.

(Historical Notes: Oh yeah, I ABSOLUTELY used a few of these new food machine designs as new ad flyers for Far Out There.  There’s a lot of people who went to conventions in the American Southeast who went home wondering what the crap “Pizzacalypse” is.  I keep meaning to make versions to post on Comicad, but that’s on a looooong To-Do List.  Also, the Alt Text really isn’t a joke, I literally had my phone out while I was grocery shopping, randomly jotting down word association from whatever I saw as I was wandering down the isles.  I’m not sure what I was looking at to make “Vampire Pretzels” spring to mind.)