I started posting Madstop on Drunkduck for a couple reasons. The first was to get over my fear of others seeing my work. The second was to get better at cartooning. Having to take time off for the ISO audit allowed me to step back from Madstop and look at it with fresh eyes. What I realized was that it's missing something. I am happy with how my artistic style is comming. I am also pretty happy with my joke writing. What really jumped out at me was that there was no reason for anyone to invest themselves into my characters.... they have no character. They are throw away personalities.So I have decided to step back completely. I have about 20 or 30 more strips I could continue to post and buy a little time, but I would not be happy wih any of them. I need to rethink everything. SO here are the three options I see happening in the future.
1. I rework the characters in Madstop and come back in full force.
2. I create a brand new strip with excellent charcters and an exciting new premise.
3. I disappear from the comic strip arena.
God willing it will be one of the first two options.
Thanks for all the great feedback, Jabali. As of now, I plan on expanding the individual characters to make them a little more distinct, and adding a third. Things are still real busy, but i believe I will be posting new strips shortly.
I really hope for the first 2 options. Character developing it's hard and even when we think we got it all worked out we have to go back to the drawing board.
Madstop it's a good strip, it may not be perfect but it has a lot potential to grow. Now the important thing is to have fun when you're working with the strip that's the same principle I use for my stuff. Good luck with all you got in mind and hope for a happier conclusion of Madstop.
