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2008-04-04: Mausoleum (slides)
Time saving
I thought it would be really EASY to do this comic this way, with a fancy overlays and layers system. It took FOREVER. And I should have just drawn it all by hand.
This comic is in the storyline:
- Variations
A long-running series, maybe the crux of the site. Reader submits a suggestion, and I draw three comics based on that suggestion. Originally all three had to start the same, but it evolved.
This comic includes the contribution:
- zusty suggested: Noel gets really into mausoleums.
Text transcript
Noel: Oh, this one is neat -- it's for some family or something. Look at the detail in the stonework! Rabid: ZZZ Noel: Here are a few closeups. You can tell they change their mind about what sort of chisel to use. Noel: See, the names are carved into the walls as well as the sarcophagi. Rabid: ZZZ Noel: Here's one of the corpses. I thought it would be funny to dress it like a baby. Noel: Look how its guts are all liquefied! Noel: So that's the first carousel. I have a few dozen... more... where'd you all go?