:: 13 Comments... ::

1. Tom Galambos
   June 29th, 2009 at 4:37 am

   Chris,
   Good strip today. I like the pasted background in each panel. I imagine that saved a bit of time? Did you get in under 2.5 hours?

2. Nate Fakes
   June 29th, 2009 at 7:30 am

   Japanese isnt’ something I think I could pick up on easily at all! I can’t even understand the menu at the local sushi place.

3. Chris
   June 29th, 2009 at 7:54 am

   Thanks, Tom! Glad you dig the backgrounds, too. They’re not pasted, per se, but hand-drawn in brown. So it didn’t really save any time I cannot break that 2.5 hr wall (last night’s took the same amount of time). I think I’m realizing that if I want to break that ceiling, it may require less precise linework.

   Nate, I empathize. In truth, imho, spoken Japanese isn’t that hard–the grammar is consistent and clear, as is pronunciation–but the written language is a bear

4. Eva
   June 29th, 2009 at 8:26 am

   Hahahahahahahaha.

5. Bearman
   June 29th, 2009 at 8:31 am

   I just tend to do toons with as little backgrounds as possible. Love seeing those who do them well.

6. George
   June 29th, 2009 at 9:37 am

   I totally love your punchlines!

   That’s probably the only way I could learn Japanese either. And I would most likely be a grandfather before I got a hang of the language.

7. Chris
   June 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm

   Thanks, guys!
   Hey, Bearman, zero scenery worked for Shakespeare, right?

8. John K
   June 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

   I have to say, your backgrounds are freakin amazing… (I think I said it before) and I am WAY glad you do them!

9. Chris
   June 29th, 2009 at 8:15 pm

   That’s awfully nice, John.
   I’ve found a lot of inspiration in the way Scott Kurtz has developed his backgrounds over the past couple years. Someday I’d like to get into more painterly-type cartooning, like what Mike Krahulik’s been doing lately with his children’s book inspired artwork. Another recent fave of mine: Dead Winter.

10. speearr
    July 3rd, 2009 at 4:32 am

    Hehehe should have seen that punchline coming…

11. adriana
    November 17th, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    Ha!! I love this one!!

12. Chris
    November 18th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Thanks. It’s one of my favorites, too.

13. alecho
    September 22nd, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    I’m sure it is Love Japanese is really not too bad. I’ve mastered it after playing hours of video games…

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