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.
So that’s why Wayne was cloned… How mean…
Wow, it took me to long to get this one. Now I feel bad.
Don’t feel too bad. I had to read the comments to get it.
+1
I swear I had to re-read it like 5 times before it clicked.
I am proud to say that this one only took me a few seconds, but there was one I while back that I had to read the comments to get, and it still didn’t quite make sense. I swear, this comic has the subtlest punchlines on the Internet, and they’re only getting subtler.
Good, but I think its slightly lost on the last frame with his expression, you might want to shorten his mouth line just a little to convey that shocked or confused look
Sorry for being too dumb for this sometimes… could somebody explain this one to me please?
I THINK that Frank suggests here that Wayne has been created by Frank in his lab to do his dishes. This may be a call-back to the strip in which Wayne is revealed to be constantly replaced by Frank with clones, but then again, that would suggest that 2gag has a continuity.
Although the use of “Automaton” suggests this Wayne might be a robot or android.
At this point Waynes are pretty much mass produced.
http://www.twogag.com/archives/47
It’s weird looking at the older strips and then comparing them to the newer ones. They seem so alien now.
Yeah, I never noticed an art shift as I read the comics in order, but jumping back to that strip from today, the characters look almost right, but not quite. It’s like an Uncanny Valley effect.
I find it especially noticeable how Frank has barely changed, while Guy and Wayne look so alien (quite literally with those big pupils).
their eyes were so different then^
Yeah Wayne, get to them >:/
I think that’s the “Troll Wayne Clone”. The other clone is still in the pod.
Not only do I get the joke, I can see the comic! (Unlike the previous one.)
Guy looks even more stick-thin than usual. Where does she keep her organs?
Don’t worry. Frank has that covered.
Remember this?
http://www.twogag.com/archives/2498
I had to re-read it twice till it finally hit me… Good Lord Frank…
I wonder why Frank didn’t program his automaton so that it would want to do the dishes? And any other chore that would need doing. Maybe doing the dishes is a low priority function, and having the human mentality of the original was considered more important for the sake of experiments?
Because that would be CREEPY.
Hum, a self-conscious automaton… Is this a bug or feature?
Yes, it is.
Wayne should be happy. He now knows that there is a purpose to his life.
There are comments?
There are!? Where?
I wish I knew, I have some brilliant, witty comments to make,somewhere.
If you ever figure it out, do let me know.