Reflections Contest #1: Writing Entry!

Oh man. I had such big plans for this contest! I like to write, and I like to create art, so I knew from the very first announcement for this competition that I would very definitely be entering in some format! I had stories thought up, I had illustrations planned out.

But... the usual things happened. I got busy. I procrastinated. The stories just wouldn't work out. Christmas. I was running out of time!

So I thought: ok, I need something that's written, and fast. Also, I need something that's art, and fast.

Then I thought: why not something that's both?

So probably I'm disqualified but that's neither here nor there. I'm gonna enter this thing whether I'm disqualified or not!

I settled on doing a short comic strip! It's writing, it's art, it's funny (I hope, please laugh out of pity if you must), and its finally finished. You can read about how I created the art side of it here.

The first step in making a comic is creating a script. Comics are a visual storytelling medium, like a movie or play, so since part of the story is told by words and the rest by the appearance of the characters within the art, a script is a better way to start!

I put this through the fiction workshop at The Writer's Block for a few quick opinions. It's something of an eleventh-hour entry so there just wasn't time to get a lot of critiques. But the feedback I received helped for sure, and I also ended up paring it down to 4 panels for the final version instead of 5.

I finalized my script and got to work on the art, and so, without further adieu, here is my comic!

(Caution: Rated PG-13)

Escalactation

Did you laugh? I hope you laughed.
Thanks for reading!