The webcomic about small-town life, love, and not letting the world screw you over.

Sunday 6 May 2012

Bottom Begins

FINAL COMIC NEXT COMIC


FINAL COMIC NEXT COMIC

Since I brought this little circus to a close, I've had quite a bit of feedback and unexpected love. Thus, the site has been 'rebooted' in a fashion (hence the title. But you got that, right?), and will stay live. Tell your friends, a'ight?

Looking back at the earlier strips is, for me, incredibly cringe-inducing. Time and ability constraints took an obvious toll on the quality. Despite this, I've decided to grit the ol' gnashers, go against my natural tinker-propensity and leave the whole thing the hell alone. In this way it will stand as an interesting record of one artist/writer's development over the course of a year.

That's the theory. Still irks the crap outta me, like.

I just wanted to get some of my dialogue out there (here, wherever), even if doing that meant learning the arcane art of graphics-tabbery, and the voodoo that is the necessary software, as I went along. So, what started as little more than an experiment to see if I could keep a level of focus and motivation on a project for a long period of time, seems to have generated characters and situations that people genuinely care about; something I didn't anticipate - something which staggers me.

Still, it's with very little regret that I leave TBR behind. The time and labour-intensive process it takes to produce such a tiny slice of what I really want to present has nearly got the better of me on a number of occasions. I aimed to complete a year's worth of episodes. That's in the bag. Time to move on.

Thanks to all who have read the comic and supported this little project. Every view, every comment, every brief word of feedback has literally sustained me, every step of the way.

Andy - The Bottom Rung

@BottomRungAndy