Average Joe

Yikes Joe, the one time you decide to be assertive and look what happens…

So, G’day everyone! Guess who’s back from their fieldwork away from home (at least for a few weeks)?! Hurray! It’s going to be really nice to get back into the swing of the regular update schedule again, I tell you what! The slowing down to one update a week has kinda drawn out what I wanted to do with this arc, so I thank you all for your patience over this time! Thankfully, the few weeks continued work means I remain able to pay my power bill and can create and post Average Joe with impunity

Today’s strip was a bit of a challenge for me, I have to admit – I had recently said online that one of the things I have learned doing this is to never compromise the setting of a scene/joke just to make it easier to draw; the notion being that by taking the easy route too many times you restrict yourself and your storytelling, and don’t leave room to grow as an artist/writer. Of course, the very next strip I do, I then realise that I have to have both Joe (in a dog suit) and Fatale running after the truck – and shown from the rear.

So I guess the lesson there is: be prepared to follow your own advice

Speaking of following – now I am back in Geelong, we can have a Wednesday update this week! So I guess I’ll see you all then, Averaganines!

Terence MacManus