Saturday, March 22, 2014

TV NIGHT! LAW & ORDER:"BE PREPARED" PART 3



A few thoughts as we conclude our episode:
  1. I think my Lenny and Jack were both pretty good, but I just couldn't get Mike Logan's hair right. Next time.
  2. One of the perils of straight-to-paper cartooning is the inability to edit. I referred to the victim alternately as "Arthur" and "Alvin".  If I could fix it, I'd stay with Arthur, it's more Law and Order-like. Likewise, "Ben Garrison" quickly became "Stephen".
  3. Also, never name two of your protagonists similarly (Grumman and Garrison). You're just begging to mix them up. 
  4. When I started this comic, my original plan was to create a one or two page quick parody (similar to my WEST WING cartoon). Hence, I didn't give much thought to the murder weapon, so I tossed in the Cub Scout knife just to be goofy. Then I started thinking how fun it would be to draw an entire episode of LAW & ORDER straight (it was), but I was stuck with my goofy murder weapon. Hopefully I was able to pull a half-decent L&O-like plot out of my haste.
  5. I don't think the real show used "dunk dunk" half as many times as I did. Often the characters will just say where they're going, and the scene will cut dunk-less. But lord, I do love me the "dunk-dunks".
  6. I may do this again someday. It was a lot of fun!





Monday, March 3, 2014

TV NIGHT! "LAW AND ORDER: BE PREPARED" PART 2

In which the plot thickens, and Jack and Claire find themselves up against the very wolves of Wall Street! Will justice prevail? (You have seen the show, right?)



And if you're joining us late, you can start at the beginning and play along as Lenny, Mike, Jack and Claire strive to bring a murder case to a close!

Saturday, March 1, 2014