There is a problem with mass market appeal that goes beyond the simple avenue of comics. To grab the lowest common denominator (read: the majority) among us, anything reaching national or global levels, typically, needs to be so watered down that it nearly fails to say anything at all. Comics in American newspapers are a great example. Maybe I’m in some minority, but I don’t know a single person that really likes newspaper comics anymore. There are a couple that are alright, but most are so dull that you’d have to remove one of the central figures, create an entirely new experience, and make a habit of doing so for it to be funny in a strange, sad sort of way. Or maybe you could take a that same character and turn him into something a little…different. It got me thinking, who could possibly be in charge of picking up these comics and what sort of delicate sensibilities must they have?
For my part, I’ll take vulgar webcomics with something to say over a cat who hates mondays any day. But hey, that’s me.
Also: owls are back! Hoo!
This comic was actually born out of a very stupid drawing I did on the small pad of paper we keep on our kitchen table. William and I got to talking (as we often do) and then drawing, and thus the owltons were born.
Maybe we need a full happle tea strip to explore the limitless possibilities provided by these incredible characters…
In other news, I recorded my work on the strip, edited it down, and set some music to it that you may or may not enjoy. Feel free to mute it. I’m not sure how much educational value there is in it, as it is sped up about 10 times faster (it took an hour and a half to do, reduced to 9.5 minutes) but it certainly looks cool!
Oh and there’s 5 seconds of black at the start of that video. It’s not broken, I just suck at editing. Oh and there’s some weird artifacting that goes on when I zoom in and out randomly. Not sure what that’s about, but just giving you a heads up.
God-Jesus! I love the owltons.
Owltons life is average. There is a website for that.
The video is fascinating.
DO I DETECT A SPIN-OFF COMIC!?
I was interesting to see how you work in that video
Ha! Sassy said his first line! “…” I always took that as a “Hmm” or some vocal ‘meh” sound. Woo for me imagining him sounding a bit high pitched!
Ted R. Newspaper hm? I wonder if that’s a family name. “Now, son, you have to keep up the family buisness. You’re a Newspaper for heaven’s sake!” I kind of feel good that the newspapers are dying, he deserves it for being such a douche!
What the heck is that woman in the Garfield strip doing at their window?
I think the best part about the Owltons is that they came about in themselves… and then we turned them into a parody. Ha ha.
Awesome! I’ve been following your comic for a little bit, and I love your style and colors. Thanks for posting that video
after i saw the video i realized lots of stuffs about those comics.
thank you for doing those comics, K and Ashwara. realy thank you.
cant wait for the books
Just watched the video, my mind was blown. The songs were amazing too.
I smell magic.
Back when I was in Taiwan, the newspaper for kids had a whole page of comic. The top segment are various 4-panel comics. The bottom half of the page was a selected artist/author who would be drawing an actual story for at least a good year or two, and every day I came back home, that’s the FIRST thing I would be looking forward to. Like, “OMG! The princess has been traded off to the Ching Emperor to ensure the safety of her people! Can she ever meet her lover again? I must know the plot today, curse you cliffhangers!” <-This has been by far my favorite. It was based off of a real princess, who is rumored to give off natural fragrance.
I agree the only time I find strips funny is either when they play on words or they reference something else entirely outside of the comic. For example one panel the character says, “The cat is laying on the rug again” Next panel you see the cat in a robe saying, “The Dude abides” funny for reference but not funny in the context of the comic.