In my mind, I think of The Artiste Manquee as being divided into two "eras", the first consisting of strips 1-50 (i.e. batches 1 and 2) and the second, strips 51-92 (batches 3 and 4). This is because a whole lot changed when I decided to start on the third batch of strips. For one thing, I started drawing on larger paper, which allowed for more detail and better drawings in general. The biggest change of all was that at this point I decided to commit to putting out two strips per week instead of one, an experiment which was successful for about 2½ months before blowing up and causing the longest hiatus of the comic's run.

Also, yes, that is Simon the chipmunk. You can think of it as an author cameo.

"Overdue Vacation", published 5 May 2009 - Post a comment!
   

Linden, 5 May 2009 11:33 PM [reply]

She has a Simon doll. ^_^