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.
Wayne, no. Bad. Don’t take advice from Guy.
Oh there Guy goes again, picking on the heterosexuals… :P
I have no idea why im so angry right now… but on the bright side thats normal.
He’s been cloned over and over. I guess he’s raceless now right? IT’S ALL ABOUT SKIN COLOR ISN’T IT? Well Wayne you go get a tan like Guy right now!
How does repeated cloning make raceless?
Wayne being offended offends me. But then I’m a white heterosexual male, so I guess that makes me hateful… or something.
Its funny that your picture is of Guy.
It would’ve been funnier if I said female too. The picture was automatically assigned to me, but I’d say I’m a mix of Wayne and Frank in real life. Mostly Wayne.
Guy is pushing Wayne towards the Dark Side.
Um, don’t you mean the darker side?
Good point.
Love how she puts quotations around the word “heterosexual.”
Ditto, it’s the quotes that really sold this comic for me.
She is changing him! Secretly training him to be more like her!! She is pushing him to be more like acceptable by her standards. I think I have started to figure out what is really going on..
But then combine that with … That must mean that the clones are Frank’s way of distracting Guy from greater mayhem, at least until she realizes that the training progress isn’t just slow but being reset occasionally.
Yes, Manliness explained:
1) Person declares something to be a trait of manliness.
2) Men quickly adapt trait into their lives.
I absolutely love the “heterosexual” part hahaha! Poor Wayne
Wayne is really a ‘nolosexual’… ‘sinesexual’… wait I’ve got it! He’s a ‘manusexual’!
Hmm… a number of the comments seem to have concluded that Guy means for Wayne to be hateful instead of offended, thereby giving bad advice, turning Wayne into a bad person, etc.
My understanding of the comic was that white, heterosexual males “aren’t allowed” to be offended. People of other race can be discriminated against, women and gays, too. But people like Wayne can’t be offended that his traits are being attacked… because apparently it’s not possible, or nobody cares, or something like that.
White Hetrosexual Males. Only holding most of the power since about the 1970′s.
I think Wayne has a good point in the first panel & I think the rest of the comic is just for laughs. But I don’t know for sure of course.
First
More like 19th.
I am in the clear on this too being a bisexual white male. If that’s the stereotype for those who like the opposite sex I am offended ;)
I gotta say, no matter how much of a horrible person Guy is… I respect her
I act like an ass to my best friends and everyone else, she takes it to the next level on that matter.
besides, who doesn’t love a redhead with green eyes?
Say, is that a real commercial he’s talking about? If so, which one is it? o.o
All of them, I think.
Dat arse.
Love that last panel. He’s on the right track again being “hateful” with the black news anchor on tv. KKK it up, Wayne… it’s the way other races view white heterosexual males, anyway.