Be warned, an EXCITING TALE OF COMIC PRODUCTION! follows, for some definitions of excitement:
The production of this comic hit a serious snag in the last block of time I’d be able to work on it. I called up The Count to see if he could fix things from his end.
“Count!” I said, “we have a serious problem with panel six.”
“What? Panel six?” responded The Count. “Posted. Everything.”
It was at this point I realized that His Lordship had been sleeping. My schedule is a bit on the nocturnal side, but I figured I was safe calling him at 11:30pm.
“I just woke you up, didn’t I?” So now I was feeling bad. Because contrary to how I’m typing The Count’s words, he sounded rather like the late Sir Mumblemutton.
“Yeah. A little bit.” Was the slurred response.
“Go back to sleep,” I said, “I see a way to fix this.” Because, indeed a quick, dirty fix had sprung to mind.
“Ooookay.”
I went ahead and fixed the problem. If you take a closer look, you can probably guess how. After I got the comic finished, I sent an e-mail to the Count to apologize for waking him up.
Before reading my e-mail, The Count figured he just dreamed up the phone call.
–Geoff