I liked this Sunday Mutts a lot, and it was a nice surprise to see it show up here at CIDU, since I have removed Mutts from my daily reading list for the duration of McDonnell’s six-month sabattical. Still, I would have enjoyed the strip even more if the tilt were not so extreme. As pictured, we can see a little less than 50% of the total area the six panels would have had horizontally. A little experimenting shows that it would have been possible to increase the fraction to nearly two-thirds (still leaving the final panel completely hidden), but that would have required composing artwork ideas for five panels, instead of just three.
Perhaps reducing the area was part of the sabattical concept. Here is an equally creative “Calvin & Hobbes” Sunday strip; Watterson once wrote that Calvin’s final retort was his own reply to the syndicate (on the subject of licensing), and added “…best of all, I only needed to color one panel.“
Kilby (5): Well, 3½ panels. And the first time around, I didn’t even notice the flying dog in the bottom-left panel.
I’ve seen a lot of comics where they break through one of the walls, but I don’t recall ever seeing the whole comic lose its bearing. If it were in Alaska, it would probably have its bearing straight.
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Slip Slidin’ Away https://youtu.be/iUODdPpnxcA?si=ho22SUeRR2hdkfR_
Slip Slidin’ Away https://youtu.be/iUODdPpnxcA?si=ho22SUeRR2hdkfR_
What a good old song!
I liked this Sunday Mutts a lot, and it was a nice surprise to see it show up here at CIDU, since I have removed Mutts from my daily reading list for the duration of McDonnell’s six-month sabattical. Still, I would have enjoyed the strip even more if the tilt were not so extreme. As pictured, we can see a little less than 50% of the total area the six panels would have had horizontally. A little experimenting shows that it would have been possible to increase the fraction to nearly two-thirds (still leaving the final panel completely hidden), but that would have required composing artwork ideas for five panels, instead of just three.
Perhaps reducing the area was part of the sabattical concept. Here is an equally creative “Calvin & Hobbes” Sunday strip; Watterson once wrote that Calvin’s final retort was his own reply to the syndicate (on the subject of licensing), and added “…best of all, I only needed to color one panel.“
Kilby (5): Well, 3½ panels. And the first time around, I didn’t even notice the flying dog in the bottom-left panel.
I’ve seen a lot of comics where they break through one of the walls, but I don’t recall ever seeing the whole comic lose its bearing. If it were in Alaska, it would probably have its bearing straight.
Boise Ed - :-)