People Problems

Approximately a year ago, I started making a series of comic books that revolved around two regular people-Billy and Joe-who acquire superpowers from toxic waste (how else?). Now, before I describe these characters, I must draw (no pun intended) attention to the fact that I cannot draw people. Their heads are always completely disproportionate to their bodies, and somewhat potato-shaped. Unless I’m actually trying to draw the head correctly, in which case the chin is mostly triangular and accounts for 1/3 of the person’s head. When I began these comics, which as an aside you will probably never see come to market, I decided that drawing people is too much work for literally less than nothing.

Billy and Joe were stickmen.

I was 11 when I started this comic, and I had it all planned out-Billy and Joe lived in Stickiverse, where everyone is a stick figure (I did plan to have an episode-‘Poorly drawn aliens from Uranus’). I would never have to draw anything difficult in it, right?

Wrong.

        It started when I drew a jail cell and you could see the inmates’ torsos through the bars. It continued with lawnmowers, rolls of wire (literally just concentric circles), and ended with a plane so horribly drawn it was like a hot dog with ovals on the sides.

        The bottom line is that for a decent comic (at least art-wise) you basically have to be Rembrant. That is why I am designating the idea of Stickiverse for anyone brave (or stupid) enough to take it on.

        Good luck.