In an interview with Bored Panda, the artist shared whether there were any changes since the beginning of this year. Jenkins wrote: “Since my last article, the content of the comic has pretty much stayed the same. There isn't any special news. There’s a good deal of new comics to enjoy, though!”
The artist also shared a bit about his typical day when working on a new comic.
“I’m not a full-time artist, so school and work come first. I make comics when I have time and feel motivated to.
When I come up with an idea, I jot down the dialogue and sketch out how it will fit into a panel structure. Then, I step away from it for at least a few hours, if not a full day. Drawing out the comic is pretty straightforward since usually the content is simple enough. I usually work on ideating in the afternoon and drawing in the evening. A comic usually gets drawn all in one day, often in one sitting. Then I wait an extra day to get a fresh look at it before posting.
The lifecycle of a comic from inception to posting can last for months. Last month, I published a strip about the Olympics that was probably 80% finished in March. And in 2022, I published a comic about Rubik’s cubes that had been fully completed 2 years earlier. I don’t have any full comics sitting around right now,” wrote Jenkins.
We were wondering if the artist ever had to scrape a comic idea after starting it and what made him decide to abandon it.
Jenkins shared: “I scrap more comic leads than I publish. Just from the past two months, there are maybe 10 ideas I spent several hours each on that I ultimately didn’t feel were good enough. There are some attempts to do a flip on that old “Thanks, I need this yob” Yale/jail joke, which probably isn’t popular enough to lampoon. There’s one about a man who gets a party invite from “Electricity Bill”, which turns out to be his electricity bill. I wasn’t sure how to end it. One was a list of “Common Google Interview Mistakes” where #1 is “Asking Jeeves”, but I wasn’t sure what else would be on the list. I also spent over 30 iterations on the phrase “roll over” as a potential sequel to an earlier comic about dogs in the workplace. That didn’t lead anywhere. Then another set of toying with the phrase “Who let bro cook”, which I feel my audience would probably not like. And something about a mom keeping her kid on a leash in an art museum because “He tries to jump into the landscapes.” The main reasons I abandon a lead are because A) it’s not that funny, B) it’s confusing or obscure, or C) it deserves to be done well and I don’t know how to execute it.”
If the artist could bring one of his comics to life as a short animated film, we were wondering which one would Jenkins choose and why. The artist wrote: “If I could bring one of my comics to life as a short video, it would be one that is greatly elevated by adding a funny voice. So, my pick would probably be the one where Yoda is asked if he’s “working hard” or “hardly working”.”
Lastly, Jenkins added: “Thanks for reading the comic!”
