Writing: One Comic At A Time
Behind the first storyline
Note: You may have already seen the first of these strips in the intro posted here, but the discussion below is all new. There are also new strips at the bottom.
My first sketches were of a wise man on the mountain. It’s a standard comic trope for a reason and it’s especially apt for a strip focused on self-improvement. But the idea of the same ‘ol mountain, even with a woman atop, still felt tired. Competitively peddling the wares of wisdom directly on the street felt more like today’s modern marketplace of gurus.
Despite the 1:1 guerilla marketing, I didn’t want a jaded huckster. There’s plenty of that outside of these frames. I wanted Stellar to actually employ some of the key concepts of happier living. One of the biggest of those concepts is connection. It’s the thing most of us are most in need of. So I’m letting her trade in the currencies of community and experience
