July 2006

July 28, 2006

I can now officially say with conviction… STOP SENDING ME EMAILS TELLING ME TO BRING MARYWEATHER BACK!!!!

She’s back! Okay… happy!? Yeesh. Okay, all goofing aside, I was driving myself nuts trying to figure out an angle for just how to bring Maryweather back. I knew I wanted it to come out of left field without any of the foreshadowing I’m used to setting up, and this seemed like the perfect time to drop the hammer, metaphorically speaking. For Dandy, this is like adding insult to injury, which is karmically blissful.

And, of course, while drawing these strips this week, it dawned on me that Dandy’s lost his hair plenty of times only to have that ever-magic cartoon recovery by the next day. But this time I’ll drag out his pain a little. :)

July 30, 2006

This was drawn a couple of months ago while I was still prepping the new strips, which is why Maryweather here is sporting her more “Classic” hairdo. I hadn’t yet DRAWN the new strips she’s been appearing in.

July 31, 2006

This strip is just a showcase of new haircuts, isn’t it? Personally, I’ve NEVER been happy with Maryweather’s hair since the beginning. I’m enjoying drawing this newer style, and both her AND Audrey have much longer hair now, so it’s offering up more dynamics in the art. We’ll see. Maybe I need to do a Hairstyle fashon show or something. Have the artistic of you all out there submit YOUR ideas for new haircuts for Aude and Maryweather. What’cha think?