0100: Oliver’s Tale

0100: Oliver’s Tale

I am a bad person.  Seriously, that’s like the most anticlimactic milestone in comic history.

Still, I hope you guys enjoyed it.  I’ve had this strip in mind for ages, and about two weeks ago I realized that it would probably end up being strip #100.  I thought about switching things up so I could have a cool, epic, monumental comic for the 100th page, but I decided that forcing that sort of thing would be cheesy.  I think this works.  For comic #50 we had a big plot moving forward heroic team shot page.  This works as a nice counter balance to that: a quiet, silly slice of life sort of comic.

Guest art!

My archnemesis Rose Loughran sent in this amazing picture of Thorton.

Seriously, look at that thing.  That is insane.  And awesome. Her own comic doesn’t even look that good, and her comic looks great!  Now I have to spend that much more effort making my comic look awesome just so she doesn’t put me to shame on my own series.  Stupid archnemesis, knocking me out of my complacency!  Jerkface.

I’m still waiting on the final piece of guest art *cough, cough*, so expect me to post it here once it’s finally finished. *ahem*

On a related front, expect a bit of art experimentation on my end in the next few weeks.  I really liked the way Eva’s Tale looked, and I’m toying around with ways to make the comic look even better.  Already today, the line art is a bit sketchier and the colors are a bit more textured.  I’m sure I’ll settle on a process I like soon enough, but in the meantime I’ll be playing around a bit.

See you on Tuesday, when we check in on one of our myriad villains.  In the meantime, please remember to vote!

└ Tags: ,

Discussion (38)¬

  1. Hohoho, my evil plan finally comes to fruition! Yeah, take that. That’ll learn you.

  2. Amy says:

    Ha! I wasn’t far off in the “That’s censored!” guess. But this fits him much better! (And it makes us want to know now even more…)

  3. stormwell says:

    :D

    Thats sooo Oliver, love it!

    • Shawn says:

      Oh hey, Congrats stormwell for comment # 2,500! *confetti bursts out*

      Also, I forgot to mention up above, but yay Anniversary Week. Still have a party/art show tomorrow afternoon, and I still would love to finish the Clockworks Quick Start today, but all in all I think this week has rocked. Woot.

  4. Ali says:

    Congrats on #100! I’ve been a fan for a long time, just never comment. Here’s to many more :)

  5. stormwell says:

    Comment #2,500? Really?

    Do I gets anything special? :)

  6. Ken O says:

    This is my favorite comic of the entire run!

  7. ladyatarah says:

    LOL
    That was great.
    And Oliver has changed how he wears his bit o’ color, there, hasn’t he?
    Happy Webcomic Anniversary! XD

  8. J. Beatnik says:

    HAHAHAHAHHA! OLLIE IS PIMPTASTIC!

  9. didub says:

    Woo000ooohhh 100!!! This was awesome :)

  10. Larry says:

    There’s always one who doesn’t bring something to share with the class.

  11. rosseloh says:

    Ha, the moment I saw the first panel, and him facing the other direction, I knew this was going to happen.

    Congrats on a year, here’s to many more! I wish I could make the party, but that’s a good 10-12 hour drive for me and my car has trouble getting from one end of town to the other. Not to mention I don’t know anything about St. Louis.

  12. galenloke says:

    You sir are evil, I was all excited to get on and finally learn something about Oliver today. Shoulda seen this coming. Congrats on 100 comics/1 year/2500 comments!

  13. Nicole says:

    A very merry Anniversary to you! :) Thanks for the fun week! Gave you a shout out on the visitnowhere site. :) What a great comic. :)

  14. Nicole says:

    Forgot to mention…love the change in Eva’s expressions in panels 3-5. :)

  15. Stubby says:

    Oooh, I love this one. I started giggling at the first pic with Oliver trying to sneak off unobtrusively, and burst out laughing at the end. Brilliant stuff :D

    Really enjoying the guest artwork too.

  16. Jericho says:

    Love it. Not what I expected, but what I should have expected. Xo doh!
    +10 to awesome for comic #100. I think my big “you are awesome” comment was sufficienct on the blog post yesterday. But again, you are awesome. =)

  17. Shawn says:

    Thanks guys! Glad you all enjoyed it. :D

  18. Stig Hemmer says:

    He is just in it for the exp.

  19. Ranger says:

    Your secrets won’t be safe for long, Oliver. The truth (or most of it) will be revealed one day! Muahahahaha…ha.

  20. Sitting Duck says:

    Does Oliver really have some dark, sordid past he’s reluctant to let others know, or is his player just too damn lazy to come up with a character backstory? :P

  21. Flo says:

    I love Oliver. end of story. Eva looks a little thin though.

  22. jumpingmouse says:

    Darn – caught up to today already….

  23. Capshot says:

    I love a good anticlimax, it gets your hopes up and then throws those hopes out the window.

  24. Hunter Burgess says:

    Oliver’s player is never too lazy for backstory >:(

Comment¬