I’ve attempted to write a FAQ a few times but they’ve always ended up not helpful or helpful but depressing. But due to a recent spike in questions I’ve decided to just go for it.
Besides this post, the FAQ also got it’s own permanent page.
Is Guy and Wayne a couple?
- No they’re just friends, if that’s a word you can use to describe their relationship. Frenemies?
Do Frank, Guy and Wayne live together, like are they roommates?
- This is unclear even to me, If a joke requires them to be roommates, then that’s what they are.
What’s Guy’s real name?
- I’m not sure, I haven’t asked.
Hello, I’m a writer and I need someone to draw a comic, I can’t pay right now, (maybe later if the comic sells) but It’ll be good practice and great exposure for you! are you interested?
- No, I got my own stories I would like to tell if I ever got the time. Also those reasons aren’t real.
Do you have any tips on how to start a webcomic?
- Just start it.
No, Really.
I don’t know how to make a website for my comic, can you help?
- Neither did I but then I Googled “comicpress” you should too.
How do you become a professional artist?
- By having people pay you to do art. You can be a professional artist at any skill level, as long as you make a living out of your craft, you’re by definition a “professional artist”.
Of course, the more skilled you are, the bigger the chance of someone paying you. but you need to market yourself, very few artist just gets “found”.
How long have you been drawing?
- I started for real around 2003, then around 2006 I decided it’s what I’d like to do with my life.
Do you exhibit at any conventions?
- I’d like to, I attended San Diego Comic Con in 2011, but I’ve yet to exhibit at any convention. Living in Sweden makes the logistics and expenses very overwhelming.
Some day!
How did you come up with Twogag?
- It kinda just evolved from a vacuum. I only knew what I didn’t want in the comic. I didn’t want Twogag to rely on pop culture references, I didn’t want any self insertion characters and I didn’t want it to be about videogames.
How do I become an artist?
- Draw.
How do I become a writer?
- Write.
I’d like to become better at drawing, got any tips?
- Everybody says this, but it’s the only way, man. Just draw, draw, draw, draw. Sacrifice your gaming, friend and movie time and draw some more.
But something every aspiring artist should ask themselves is; “do I actually like to draw, or do I just like the idea of drawing?”
I want to become a professional webcartoonist, got any tips?
- Love drawing, hate money.
If you meet the above criteria and do create a webcomic, market it. Don’t just post your pages or strips and expect readers to find it.
Do you write your comics beforehand or just free-ball it?
- I generally start out with a vague idea or concept and develop it either in my head or as I write it.
It’s a good idea to remove yourself from distractions such as the internet while doing this. I used to browse sites a lot with the excuse “I’m looking for inspiration.” but that has yet to work.
What software do you use?
- Adobe Photoshop.
What version of Photoshop do you use?
- It doesn’t matter.
What’s the best question you’ve been asked?
- This one.
Will you ever make a FAQ?
- I have a feeling the frequency of this question will subside, but yes.
well according to “Timeless”, Frank is quite possibly an alien. So why wouldn’t an alien probe other aliens? I mean, humans aren’t the only ones around who can be probed.
Why do humans probe other humans? :P
Health reasons! :D
Actually, Timeless is when Frank arranged for himself to be abducted, only he didn’t realise that the aliens travelled through time as well as space. He had to make a series of small to moderate jumps to find his original departure time.
Coincidentally, that spaceship actually belongs to the aliens from this comic.
In other news: Everyone knows it counts as science if the probes don’t touch.
Awesome. I love this comic as a whole, but sometimes you really just effing nail it, like with this one.
I’m surprised Frank actually ‘admits’ they’re his friends. I get the feeling it’s more a case of ‘only I’m allowed to probe my ‘friends”.
I love you.
In the sense of your sense of humour.
Am I freaking you out yet? Because that’s basically what this is aimed to do, besides informing you that you comic has a stalker.
:)
AGHHH! WE HAVE THE SAME AVATAR!! GET BACK IN FRANK’S CLONING CHAMBER!!
Oh My God! Back to the chamber indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing sauce xD
Thats the main reason aliens probe us I bet.
XD so frank admits there his friends. Stilli feel bad for wayne and Guy.
Actually, it raises the question as to why the aliens retaliate through Frank’s “friends” and not get back at him directly. If you ask me, this strip just tells us another reason why we should be more afraid of Frank than aliens.
Cheap shot aliens! Just because you have no chance to get back on Frank you try to trick the system eh? XD