If this comic looks a little off ...there's a reason for that (more later).
Seems Tasli has taken Mubba to the entrance of a spooky storm drain. Let's see what happens...
TASLI: "They say it leads to another world. Either way, no one I knew who's ever gone in there has come out!"
MUBBA (skeptical): "I don't believe you, Tasli! You've tricked me too many times!"
[Mubba begins to craw into the drain]
TASLI (suppressing concern): "Uh, I didn't dare you, Mubba. You don't have to go in"
MUBBA (calmly): I know---But I'm not afraid. I can see in the dark, and it's just a drain"
[Tasli watches Mubba vanish into the tunnel]
TASLI (calling): Mubba!? What's it like!?"
MUBBA (from the tunnel): "Well, I was almost out the other end, but there's a web in the way, and the water's getting deeper---I don't want to get my shorts wet!"
TASLI (annoyed): "A web? So what!? You're about to conquer the Tunnel of Death for cryin' out loud! And who cares about your stupid shorts!?"
MUBBA: "I do, Tasli. I'm coming out!"
TASLI (apologetic; to reader): "Well, he almost did something cool!"
MUBBA (perked; from the tunnel): "Wait... There's something here!"
TASLI (unsure): "There is? Really? I mean, I told you! ...What is it? ...Mubba?"
MUBBA (from tunnel): Hold up---this is a delicate operation!"
[minutes later... Mubba emerges from the tunnel, accompanied by a yellow vixen]
MUBBA (to Tasli): "Sorry I took so long---had to rescue the princess from the ogre! ...Heh! Who'd've thought ogres are afraid of spiders!?"
TASLI (dumbfounded; to reader): The legends were true!"
Oh my! D:
Ok, so what's wrong with the comic (aside from the fact that 'I' drw it)?
Well, you know how sometimes you feel obliged to draw a story, but you have no ideas whatsoever? That happened here. I was listening to random nonsense on YT, frustrated that I was in a rare drawing mood, but hadn't any stories in mind to draw. So... I 'just drew'.
I drew the first panel with no idea as to how to proceed. I just sort of made the art and dialogue up completely as I went. I draw faster than I think, and my thoughts aren't always coherent, but I (oddly) didn't hate the drawing.
Now the upload we're looking at does NOT honestly reflect the original line art. The second panel was originally under the first, with just a blank space next to the first panel. I proceeded to draw panels 3-5, then panel 7 (skipping '6', ie 'delicate operation). After re-reading the story, I figured there needed to be something between (then) panels 5 and 6. So, in the blank space next to the first panel, I hastily scribbled (what is now) panel 6. I used an app to rearrange the panels ...which is why the second panel is smaller than the others, proportionally (I had to reduce its width---I didn't want to change the first panel).
Basically, the red marks circle the panel and tell me where to move it. Sure, I could have redrawn the whole thing (I've been known to redraw some comics several times), but I don't like the story THAT much (and no one watching me expects quality).
Pencil...
The featured pencil is a bonded lead specimen from Linton Pencil Co. It's old, plain, boring, and has effectively no collector value. ^^
Featuring bland pencils such is this one is (usually) done as a passive-aggressive act against the art.
I think this is a great little cartoon and really delves into your world nicely. I hope "The Storm Drain" becomes a reoccurring character like the Tilapia-Hunting butterfly but that's just me. Also some of the best stories ever written have come from humble pencils like that so I'm sure it's glad to be showcased here! :D
Forgot to mention I these this has some of the best expressions of any you've drawn of your characters. :D
I think this is a great little cartoon and really delves into your world nicely. I hope "The Storm D
This will be a tough one for Tasli, as Mubba technically didn't go all the way through, yet he managed to defeat the ogre and rescue a princess. Tasli isn't known to be particularly fair, but he has to admit Mubba did well here even if Mubba didn't make it to the other side (which was what Tasli had in mind).
I'd say, speaking for Tasli, Mubba broke even here. ^^
This will be a tough one for Tasli, as Mubba technically didn't go all the way through, yet he manag
Really cute. Who wasn't an adventurist when they were young? While I didn't take that step and went into a drainpipe, I did a lot of other things that I sometimes wonder what I was thinking back then. Like, one time, sword fighting with long curtain rods and ended up passing out when I got struck in the wrist.
I don't know why, but this reminds me of a movie that I heard of a long time ago and don't remember the name of... it has to do with a device that strapped in the two main characters and they were at the top of this portal thingy. They were dropped through the portal and came out the other side and while the people who watched them go through only witnessed them gone for a few seconds, the two main characters were transported to another land and spent ~50 years there.
Looks like Mubba has a girlfriend! A princess no less... so lucky!
Really cute. Who wasn't an adventurist when they were young? While I didn't take that step and went
There was a short storm tunnel near a house I lived in back in the 90s. I went through it, but (again) it was short and it was high enough for a kid to walk through (so not as risky a venture as Mubba's).
Sounds like an old sci-fi.
<3
There was a short storm tunnel near a house I lived in back in the 90s. I went through it, but (aga
I also forgot to mention that when I was young, there was a small forest near a playground I would frequent. One day I decided to venture in and just see what was inside. I swear at the time I walked in and ventured in a straight line and ended up coming out the same place as I went in.
It amazed me and to this day, I joke about it and state that I must've went through a portal into a different alternate dimension as that's the only thing I could come up with venturing in a straight line and ending up coming out where I came in. Of course, it was probably me not realizing I was turning when traversing around trees.
It's fun to adventure and imagine... so long as you come back in one piece by the end. :3
I also forgot to mention that when I was young, there was a small forest near a playground I would f
Cute comic! :-) Where I live aren't any stormdrains large enough to crawl into, and I don't think I'd have entered one if I could. There's a dirt road not far from here with some well that used to be uncovered, I don't want to think about how it would have ended for anyone ending up in it. When they are relatively dry and free of weeds a drainage ditch of which there plenty in the rural areas make for a nice place to play. :-)
Cute comic! :-) Where I live aren't any stormdrains large enough to crawl into, and I don't think I'
