Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Alright, new pens, new font, and some frame 3 and 4 messin' around with using an ink brush instead of a pen (I like the way the necks/shirts look, the rest ain't so good, and my consistancy is pretty awful). See what you think.

P.S. Again, just click on ye ol' comic to fill your screen with the funny.

Monday, November 27, 2006


Okay, I'm a big fat liar. I'll keep posting while I'm working on the ink. It's more fun to ink new comics than old ones anyway, so I might as well post them. And posting is fun.

NOTE FOR PEOPLE LIKE TARA -- CLICKITY CLICK CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ENLARGE, SORRY ABOUT THE EXTRA STEP, BUT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SPLIT THE NEW COMICS IN 2.

Saturday, November 25, 2006

Where's the comic?

So, I finished writing the 60 comics, which was my goal, and I'm going to take a break from posting while I try and learn how to draw. I went out and bought a drawing book and some inking stuff (page one is above). I've really enjoyed posting the comic, and I'm really thankful to everyone who has taken the time to read them. If you really dug the comic, I have to pick 30 of the 60 I've written to ink up properly and maybe sent off into the cold cruel world, so if you want to help, drop me an Email and I'll shoot you the 60 text ideas and you can pick your favourites.

Friday, November 24, 2006

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Monday, November 20, 2006

Where's the music?

So I thought maybe I should take a second to explain what's going on around here in Barn Flyz land. There is still music being made. I spent most of yesterday morning in my studio working on a remake of an old song called "Millionare" from A Few More Songs from the Erin Farm.

As for the comics, they've been a really great creative outlet while studio time is hard to find. I can write them while hangin' out with Peja, which is really the best of both worlds. I'm trying to write 60 or so, and then go back and properly draw and ink them and then sent them out into the world to compete in the 50 metre dash. I love comics, I think they're just the coolest medium that allows so much compression of thought.

So, if it's cool with you all, I'm going to keep posting my comic here. I need a name for it, so if anyone has an idea, please feel free to add it to the comment section of this or any post.

My inlaws are moving to town, which should hopefully free up a whole bunch of studio time in the new year. Fear not. The Flyz will Fly again.

Cool School

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Saturday, November 18, 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Monday, November 13, 2006

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Friday, November 10, 2006

Obviously


Tara and Denton, sorry kids, the backgrounds are out. They take a really long time to do (believe it or not), and they're a little sketchy as far as copyright goes. Maybe someday I'll get inspired and draw some real backgrounds. But, to make up for it, here's the 2nd in 2 days. And just for those who care, the comic takes place in the future. . . You can do some math with this one and figure out how far. . . I mean, if it wasn't fiction. Which it is. Obviously.

Thursday, November 09, 2006

The future ain't what it used to be. . .


Do they need backgrounds? I don't know. Any thoughts?

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

A timely commentary. . .


I've been working on a comic strip for a few months, on and off (mostly off), and I finally took a bit of time and inked together some horrible drawings (the pencil is not my friend). There's a lot about it that I want to change -- the backgrounds will probably end up hand-drawn, and the same with the text, but I wanted to print some to have a look. The comics are a work of fiction, and any relation to actual persons, alive, dead, or married to me, are strictly coincidental. . .

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Wilco and other commercial failures. . .



So I was hanging out with Peja the other night, cooking dinner, or doing the dishes (or, more likely, checking my Email), and I had tunes on the radio, and this lyric, that I always liked, just struck me right between the ol' eyes and maybe it was the 3 tablespoons of raw sugar I had just eaten, but I thought, "man, that's a great fucking lyric". It's from a Wilco record, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and the lyric is --

All my lies are always wishes
I know I would die if I could come back new


The record is featured in a documentary called I am trying to break your heart, and it shows the band recording an amazing record, and then getting kicked off their record label for it.

What is it about records that get people kicked off labels? Sloan's Twice Removed, Thrush Hermit's Sweet Homewrecker (the band's gone, but check out Joel Plaskett), and that Wilco record. 3 of my favorite records, all got people out of record contracts.

Just goes to show.

Huh?

Saturday, November 04, 2006

Pianoforte!


There's a 100 year old piano sitting in my dining room. It's missing some hammers. It's beautiful. I've been searching classified ads for years looking for a good deal on a suffering piano, and just when I stopped looking, one was offered to me. Thanks to the Rice family (John, Janie, Milan, Mason) for trusting us to give it a good home -- and for delivering it! I'm 7 keys above middle c in tuning it -- poor Peja has been very tolerant of the same bad notes over and over and over.