After seeing a post on the Halfpixel forums by a fellow webcomic artist requesting a guest comic, I lept at the chance. 12 hours later the comic is now zipping its way around the Internet and will hopefully be used. Even if it isn’t, it’s still been a lot of fun making it.

Volunteering for this kind of thing is a great idea for an artist. Sure, there’s the immediately apparent lure of getting your name out there (and plugging your comic in the process), but it’s a good way to learn new skills. I had to learn how to draw the main characters, what the ‘hooks’ of the strip are, and how the humour works – and then somehow emulate it all to make a strip that wouldn’t look too out of place on their site.

If the guy doesn’t like it, at least I’ll have some new strip to run on Funny Web Comic later on

I gotta say though – I got a real kick out of playing in someone else’s sandpit (at least for a little while), and really want to do it again! So if you do a webcomic and you want some guest strips – drop me a line! You’ll be doing me a favour much more than I’d be helping you, that’s for sure.

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