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.
That…looks like a jacuzzi…I foresee accidents.
HOT accidents.
Accidents possibly involving Wayne.
Accidents? That implies a lack of intent. Not sure that would apply when these two are involved.
Fair point.
Vincent: http://i.imgur.com/XjPEA.gif
My dear author, the Twogag Facebook page will always keep your hands warm because all the marvelous typing and clicking will keep them warm!
I guess it’s better than a hot tub time machine…oh wait…NO IT ISN’T!
Wait, Frank’s perfected nuclear [i]fusion[/i], and he uses it for getting rid of garbage?
Hmm… it seems that tags don’t work for this, please read fusion as italicized.
It does work for HTML tags. The <I> tag…
I suddenly have a new respect for this Gravatar commenting code. It’s been for entirely too long that people have come to expect those damnable square brackets!
I’m not insane. SHADDUP!
It’s rare for Frank showing Guy and not Wayne his little experiments…
But then again…
He’s not trying to test it on her. Wayne would have probably be in there while Frank tells him what it is…
Well, Wayne was…
“could incinerate a human body in seconds”
Wayne was the test dummy again.
“…could incinerate a fully grown human in a millisecond”
Improper quotations rub me the wrong way.
So that’s how Frank deals with failed Wayne clones…
Wayne already used it.
There’s a reason he didn’t show up in this strip.
I really like that Frank’s first instinct, when asked to describe the power of a machine built to eliminate “undesired waste,” is to describe how quickly it can incinerate a human body.
I love Guy’s expression in the first panel. LOL
Well, it would solve the problem of annoying neighbors who sneak into your hot tub while you are away.
I guess Frank uses that to get rid of failed Wayne clones.
Ah, some one said it already.
Yeah, like Frank would add a warning label. :P
Sure he would. “Warning! Use caution!” I am not so sure he would include any hint of what the possible hazards would be. He’d figure it would be obvious to anyone with half a brain. And probably wouldn’t care about anyone who couldn’t figure it out.
Most people know to use caution around any of Frank’s inventions (the smarter ones know the meaning of such phrases as “blast radius” and “biological hazard” as well). The stupid ones… well, that’s what Frank has the “hot tub” for.
My neighbors could use this.
Talk about a hot tub.
Guy has a point. Maybe it should be bigger, deeper and with a diving board on the side.
The warning label will be
the label that stands on anything:
Enter at your own risk
Since when is Guy worried about other people’s well being?
You are assuming that she was going to recommend the warning label. She may have only been going to suggest a color scheme.
Sometimes I wish this comic’s throwaway gags were in fact entire storylines. This is one of those times.
* face palm* dammit Frank even when it could be used for good your showing it to someone evil