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Whenever I look at the first panel I hear this music.

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Posted on August 3, 2008 at 12:00 am in comics as part of Weekends With Carl « volume and tagged with , , , , . Follow responses to this post with the comments feed. You can leave a comment or trackback from your own site.

11 Responses

  1. Rembrand says:

    Oh man, helpdesk sounds like my idea of hell. A buddy of mine works at one, for IBM. It might explain the drinking…

  2. Jeni says:

    Ryan, I really love this comic, and I read it every week. But I have to tell you… the story moves along so slowly in comic-time that any sort of plot advancement usually takes a month in real-time! It sometimes makes it hard to stay invested in the story. What are your thoughts?

  3. I like the hospital panel. It turned out nice.

  4. Jon Sloan says:

    Uh oh, I’m not liking the way that last panel is looking….some segue into another tricky situation. Lessee…..job ok, Carl and others doing ok for the time being….I’m wondering what dark cloud looms on the horizon.

  5. Ryan Dow says:

    To Rembrand – I’ve actually known some people who LIKE working phone support. I agree with you though. It’s not my cup of tea.

    To Dan – Yeah, I took a reference photo of a hospital near where I live.

    To Jon – Yes, conflict will be rearing its ugly head.

    To Jeni – I’ve given you’re comments some serious thought. I’ve also been frustrated with the slow pace of this comic, and I think the problem has been the weekly schedule. So for the next two weeks, I’ve decided to release two “Weekends With Carl” pages per week. If things go well, I’ll release two pages per week from then on indefinitely.

    So stop by here next Wednesday for the next page of “Weekends With Carl”.

  6. Loops says:

    such a tease!

  7. Bud Burgy says:

    R-
    I agree with Jeni in theory, but the truth of the matter is that if you up the ante on your page count, it becomes MORE WORK, and you might get sloppy. Its as important for you to be excited and enthused about your work as well as the reader. If you create more work for yourself, you might push it away. The simplicity of your comic iits greatest asset. Thats why I check in once a week.I love your stuff Ryan. I can’t wait for some closure, hoping a hardcopy will soon follow….

  8. Ryan Dow says:

    To Loops – Hee hee!

    To Bud – I understand the concerns, and I’m planning to more back to one page per week if I start burning out. But the pages haven’t been taking me as long to finish lately, and I’ve finally built up enough of a buffer where I would feel comfortable releasing two pages per week.

    Also, part of the reason I’ve been wanting to speed things up is that I’m impatient to get to the interesting parts of the story. So in a way I’m doing this because I’m excited about the work.

  9. Anna Tramell says:

    Funny… I would have gone for a Legend of Zelda soundtrack bit XDDD

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cTwVrRRa-A&feature=channel_page

  10. Ryan Dow says:

    That works too.

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