Mr. Ted

So this is the first issue where I'm having to totally generate new material for the "Mr. Ted" comic. Up to now I've at least had the story roughed out if not previously drawn. "Mr. Ted" changed direction in the writing of it a while ago, and was going much more epic, but when it came time to start doing it alpha llama llama, I felt like I wanted to go back to the original direction, and just make it a fun, crazy comic. So right now I'm not really sure what long-term plans there are for it, just the next major story beat, which is where we're up to now.


So I knew I wanted to keep the story moving, but having also suffered a death in the family, not want to just pass over the grief or have a character act unrealistically. So I was trying to find a balance in showing that kind of inertia where nothing really seems to matter in comparison, but also keep the story of Ted trying to escape moving, and I think I found something which is close, though if I was really trying to be accurate, it would be a few issues still of sitting around grieving.
Anyway, I roughed out some stuff in my notebook till I came up with a story, aiming for about 5 pages, though it may need to expand.


I took those rough ideas and started trying to transfer them over to my other notebook which i use to rough out the pages in A5 size, just trying to get an idea of how they'll look in the Zine.


One of the problems I've noticed so far is that my framing isn't leaving enough room for word balloons. I think that's because I actually haven't written a script yet, just got the plot or story beats worked out roughly. I think my next step is going to have to be finalising a script.



And that's where I'm up to so far, just did these over the last couple of days.