02Jul02 (Monthenor): Boy, it seems like just yesterday that I was posting a comment to this -- hey, it was yesterday! I'm spoiling you guys. We'll see how long I can keep up the two-comic-a-week pace.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to draw buildings? All those straight lines, done painstakingly with my Chuck E Cheese 6" ruler? The lengths I go to for you people...I keep pushing the limits of my artistic abilities. I'm really proud of my little animation trick at the bottom, with two animated frames working together for the effect.
I kinda hope this comic doesn't have to be "figured out", but there's a tidbit that probably doesn't come across very well. I intend the design of the gerbils' buildings to echo the "box and translucent tube" HabiTrail design of current-day gerbil cages. So instead of the squarish skywalks used in our urban areas, the gerbils have adapted the rounded plastic tubes to that purpose.
Also new this week: the naming scheme for the comics. In lieu of a nice organized posting system, I decided to at least number the M&M comics separately. By the time this rant goes public, the new system will be in place. I hope it didn't break anything anywhere...y'know, cause we don't have a posting system to handle this.
The gaming world is abuzz with Neverwinter Nights and Warcraft III right now. Frankly, I don't see what all the fuss is about...we have plenty of excellent games out already, why would we possibly need more?
07.02.02 (Morgion):
I'm not even sure why Monthenor enters a date for me... I always change the format anyway. ;-)
Well, I'm in a mad dash to crank out some graphics... which means that I've taken some time to update this post.
Why must my taxi always blow up? I mean, yes, I've been spoiled by how well the Banshee handles, but it's just a taxi... it used to be my maneuverability favorite. I can still whip them around in one second flat.
Maybe it's my tendency to wiggle the analog stick. I just want to nudge it to swerve through lanes, but I push it too far, and I smack into a pedestrian, or crunch the backend of a Pony, or flip it over a ledge and down a hill and roll a few times... and then my fare gets all hot and bothered and has the nerve to get out of my car and run away in fear, just because the taxi's upside down and on fire. Ingrates.
It serves them right that I chase them down into the bushes and beat them into a bloody smear with my bat. They didn't even have the decency to drop any money when they're gushing vital life juices.
Then I get annoyed with the whole taxi mission thing and start mowing people down. There's the Magic Alley at the docks where you can just mow back and forth... it's the most fun in the ambulance... and jump out from time to time to pick up the cash.
Unfortunately, you need to get back to the hideout for any of your mowing money to make a difference... and that's so hard when you've got three or four badges on your trail and they keep ramming into you. Ingrates.