2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206613#Comment_206613 2009-12-02T11:45:36-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2

You all know R Stevens. The webcomic DIESEL SWEETIES, and fun clothes like the HAPPY()SAD T-shirt. I've invited him in for a week to post some of his favourite stuff, talk about his process in ...

DIESEL SWEETIES, and fun clothes like the HAPPY()SAD T-shirt.

I've invited him in for a week to post some of his favourite stuff, talk about his process in things like building the comic and designing his merchandise. Ask him anything. In quiet times, I imagine he'll start talking about Art Bell and the Greys.

-- W]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206630#Comment_206630 2009-12-02T12:59:32-08:00 2009-12-02T13:00:18-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Greys? Nah! Art's into electomagnetic pulse weapons these days. We're one attack from living in the Stone Age and losing 90% of our population! *** I'm gonna go invite my Twitter chums to come ...

***

I'm gonna go invite my Twitter chums to come in here while composing a little starter post. Feel free to ask questions]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206647#Comment_206647 2009-12-02T13:45:30-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 steevo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2415

Hi R, Do you mind if I call you R? Is that the name you go by in real life, or is it just a signature thing? Anyway... I love Diesel Sweeties. How is being your own boss? Do you find ...

Do you mind if I call you R? Is that the name you go by in real life, or is it just a signature thing? Anyway...

I love Diesel Sweeties. How is being your own boss? Do you find you're harder on yourself than old bosses were? Do you ever day-dream of firing yourself just to make an example out of you?

Sorry, for the rapid-fire, weirdo questions, but my brain is half fried today and these were the first things to spring to mind...you're used to weirdos by now...right? There's at least one real, serious query in there, I leave it to you to decide which one it is.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206648#Comment_206648 2009-12-02T13:48:21-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 moali http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1430

greetings, can't think of any questions right now though...maybe later..

can't think of any questions right now though...maybe later..]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206657#Comment_206657 2009-12-02T14:21:26-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 jhjester http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2013

Why did you start your webcomic and how did the style come about? Do you drink as much coffee as your twitter feed suggests you do, and what is your favorite coffee?

Do you drink as much coffee as your twitter feed suggests you do, and what is your favorite coffee?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206658#Comment_206658 2009-12-02T14:22:12-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Big Rob http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=5341

I don't have any good questions at the moment, but I wanted to thank you both for getting this going. I'll be interested to see what comes up in this thread in the near future.

I'll be interested to see what comes up in this thread in the near future.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206661#Comment_206661 2009-12-02T14:25:17-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Old Moon Face http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=31

Mr Stevens! Hello! Will we Britfolk be seeing you at The Thing again in 2010, or was your appearance this year a sort of one off? You've occasionally loosened Diesel Sweeties from its usual 2 ...

Will we Britfolk be seeing you at The Thing again in 2010, or was your appearance this year a sort of one off?

You've occasionally loosened Diesel Sweeties from its usual 2 dimensions - for example, the first two panels of this strip, this delightful snow scene and Uncle Grandpa's Big Wheel. Do you hold back on this sort of thing until you've got a really great idea or joke that has to be realised this way, or is it simply incredibly time consuming for you as a daily publisher?

I had another question, but I forgot it. I might remember tomorrow.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206668#Comment_206668 2009-12-02T14:38:16-08:00 2009-12-02T14:51:23-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

steevo says: Do you mind if I call you R? Is that the name you go by in real life, or is it just a signature thing? Anyway… "R" is actually a holdover from my first email, a ...

steevo says:
Do you mind if I call you R? Is that the name you go by in real life, or is it just a signature thing? Anyway…


"R" is actually a holdover from my first email, a university VAX system that gave you first-initial-lastname usernames by default. I thought it would be ha-ha-larious back IN THE YEAR 2000 if I were to use an initial to keep my gender ambiguous. Girls on the pre-bloggonet were rare and I like to be creeped out.

In real life I am generally "Rich" or "Richard". You will never hear me say my name or very many other first names aloud. It makes me superstitiously uncomfortable to use real names. I'm a big nickname user.

For example, if I ever met Ariana I would probably cough from all the smoke and shout out, "YO! MICROCHIP!" or "Heyo, A.0.!"

I love Diesel Sweeties. How is being your own boss? Do you find you're harder on yourself than old bosses were? Do you ever day-dream of firing yourself just to make an example out of you?


Thanks!

My dad has been self employed my whole life. I worked for myself as a kid doing paper routes and the like, then compared that to working for the man. Didn't really enjoy doing work for other bosses.

I definitely work 5X as hard for myself and very rarely get mad about it. It's my time and money, so I can be as efficient or as generous or as slow or as stingy as I want. You have to watch yourself for overindulgence but it is very satisfying to be in charge of yourself. (as much as you can in the modern world)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206673#Comment_206673 2009-12-02T14:50:31-08:00 2009-12-02T14:52:30-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

jhjester embloggens: Why did you start your webcomic and how did the style come about? I'm trained as a graphic designer. One of the first things we learned was to start with concept and ...

jhjester embloggens:
Why did you start your webcomic and how did the style come about?


I'm trained as a graphic designer. One of the first things we learned was to start with concept and content, then factor in your limitations, then try to find the most natural and effective way to approach your project.

When I started DS, I was a year or so out of college and had stopped doing freelance work in order to take a stable gig to ride out the dot com crash. (I worked for the local phone company building tech support sites, actually) One ride home from work, I realized I finally had the means to work on a comic for myself: time after work and enough cash that I could use this time after work drawing.

I puttered and looked for an idea for a month or so and stuck with the "girl dates robot" concept. I realized that my inked line art wasn't particularly memorable and experimented with styles. Mod vector stuff, hand scratchings, pencil, marker, fake woodcut … and finally blown-up pixel art.

The pixel art felt like it matched the cute/mechanical concept and compressed amazingly well, so I went with it and never looked back. It's easy to forget that back then a lot more people used dial-up. I firmly believe that 20-30k comic strips made a big difference in picking up my early audience.

Of course, people are running faster machines and connections than ever and I still make a game of generating the tiniest files I can. My PNGs average 5-6k thanks to how horizontal strips of flat color compress in bitmap.


Do you drink as much coffee as your twitter feed suggests you do, and what is your favorite coffee?


If I blogged every cup of coffee I drink, I'd never get any jokes in!

I usually brew 2-3 small 4-cup pots a day plus some iced tea or a Red Bull. My personal favorite is the French roast from a local place called Haymarket Café in Northampton, MA. (not the Alan Moore one) I usually make it about twice as thick as you can buy it. (yes, stronger than espresso)

Believe it or not, Starbucks VIA instant is pretty good. That's my emergency backup coffee.

I don't drink nearly as much coffee as Frank Zappa did. Booze makes me sick and sugar is not kind to my concentration. Coffee and tea are my only friends.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206679#Comment_206679 2009-12-02T15:00:25-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Old Moon Face threatens: Will we Britfolk be seeing you at The Thing again in 2010, or was your appearance this year a sort of one off? No plans to do the Thing in 2010. I'm actually trying to ...

Old Moon Face threatens:

Will we Britfolk be seeing you at The Thing again in 2010, or was your appearance this year a sort of one off?

No plans to do the Thing in 2010. I'm actually trying to scale back on shows next year and focus on getting a lot of business crap and Projects I Keep Putting Off done. Odds are very low that I'll be at San Diego either.

Shows I will almost definitely be at: MOCCA, TCAF & New England Webcomics Weekend.

London was a lot less gross than From Hell led me to expect. We had the most amazing racist cab driver.


You've occasionally loosened Diesel Sweeties from its usual 2 dimensions - for example, the first two panels of this strip, this delightful snow scene and Uncle Grandpa's Big Wheel. Do you hold back on this sort of thing until you've got a really great idea or joke that has to be realised this way, or is it simply incredibly time consuming for you as a daily publisher?

I think you've got a handle on this one already. It really is all about the daily grind.

I do comics very close to "live". Sometimes I get on a visuals jag or feel the urge to animate or simply want to write bad puns and focus on facial expressions. I'd rather spend a proper amount of time editing down a simple word gag than do inappropriate or half-assed huge visuals if they're not needed.

It does make for some stretched of comics that aren't visually amazing, but I never skimp on the jokes or "acting." And damn does it make it satisfying to do the wilder strips when the joke allows.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206681#Comment_206681 2009-12-02T15:11:45-08:00 2009-12-02T15:14:07-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

SO WHERE DOES I WORK? I work in a really cool building called Eastworks. No, there is not a sign on my office because I like to hide. There are loads of cool photos on Flickr. This place was a ...

SO WHERE DOES I WORK?

I work in a really cool building called Eastworks. No, there is not a sign on my office because I like to hide. There are loads of cool photos on Flickr.

This place was a cloth covered button factory in the late 1800s when cloth covered buttons were all the rage. It later became a U.S. Department of Defense facility and a vacuum cleaner factory before the current owner Will (not Wheaton) bought it and converted it into offices and apartments.

Back up for a second-

The place where I sit and write fart jokes and mail out bacon t-shirts from used to exist for the sole purpose of manufacturing bombs to blow the shit out of Hitler.

How cool is that?

There's still faint "buy war bonds" stencils on some of the stonework. If you look closely, there's even evidence of where they bomb-proofed the building during the war. The woman in charge of maintenance and construction around here is a huge comics fan and sometimes lets me follow her into the old sub-basements and unbelievably steampunk guts of the building. (Hi Jen)

We still have elevators which are NON-DIGITAL. As in, there is a big analog electronic brain of physical switches CLACK CLACK SNAP CLICKing up on the roof in a closet. It's gorgeously nightmarish. A logic machine built out of sparking wires and relays as thick as my fingers.

You know that feeling of being all alone in a giant school at night after class? That awesome free feeling of "I can wander around this huge space and so what if there's a vampire because I'm gonna CUT HIM"? That's every day for me.

I really fetishize ugly, ultra-functional industrial things. Blocky, dangerous, helpful objects and places. It's kind of heaven to be able to live among such stuff while not working in an assembly line.

more to come...]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206689#Comment_206689 2009-12-02T15:20:05-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Oddcult http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=214

So you're actually a chick? Damn...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206691#Comment_206691 2009-12-02T15:22:42-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Ethan Ede http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7656

Do you listen to music while you work, i bet you do. If so what were you listening to when you first began DS, and what are you rocking now?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206693#Comment_206693 2009-12-02T15:26:36-08:00 2009-12-02T15:27:32-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

I've uploaded a few views of this post-industrial playland to Flickr. It could seriously be the cover to a Cherie Priest novel in the hands of a better photographer.

Flickr.

It could seriously be the cover to a Cherie Priest novel in the hands of a better photographer.

]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206695#Comment_206695 2009-12-02T15:42:44-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 DrNinjaPhD http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7782

Mr. Stevens (Hi Rich) forgot to mention the HUGE battleship sized boilers that used to run for both heat and production lines when the building was owned by Stanley Home Products. He has seen ...

p.s. I have a zombie contingency plan in the event this town is ever over run...and I am working on the vampire contingency plan. That one is a bit more complicated as they are somewhat smarter than zombies.

p.s.s. I often run into Rich in the halls in the middle of the night. I have eyes everywhere :)]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206722#Comment_206722 2009-12-02T17:42:51-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 CaitlinK http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=3675

Hi Mr. Stevens, When can we expect narwhal socks?

When can we expect narwhal socks?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206729#Comment_206729 2009-12-02T18:17:43-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 AlephNought http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=448

Hello Mr. R Stevens sir! Anything new and interesting on the nootropic front? I've just made the switch from choline bitartrate to Alpha-GPC; still testing, but I'll post in the noo-thread in a ...

Anything new and interesting on the nootropic front? I've just made the switch from choline bitartrate to Alpha-GPC; still testing, but I'll post in the noo-thread in a week or so.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206731#Comment_206731 2009-12-02T18:23:56-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

I had a terrible brain fart tonight resulting in no ideas until I ate a ton of crap and took a drive. BRB, gotta try to make a "mondays" joke work within a scientific framework. Then, more!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206733#Comment_206733 2009-12-02T18:31:00-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

For those interested in process, tonight's soundtrack is Feeling Without Touching on repeat. Glass Candy drives me bonkers. Someone from their record label hit on me last Comicon and I'm proud to say ...

Feeling Without Touching on repeat. Glass Candy drives me bonkers. Someone from their record label hit on me last Comicon and I'm proud to say I was already a fan of the band!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206757#Comment_206757 2009-12-02T20:48:21-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Ethan Ede inquired: Do you listen to music while you work, i bet you do. If so what were you listening to when you first began DS, and what are you rocking now? I don't listen to nearly as much ...

Ethan Ede inquired:
Do you listen to music while you work, i bet you do. If so what were you listening to when you first began DS, and what are you rocking now?


I don't listen to nearly as much music as I used to. I've become kind of a talk radio nut. Lots of Coast to Coast and NPR for "news" and News. Musically, I stick to weird stuff that is as much stimulant as anything. Glass Candy, Ssion & Fiery Furnaces a lot of the time. Hell of a lot of mashups like girl Talk because the twists on familiarity wake me up. Getting back into the severely underrated Lovage and Handsome Boy Modeling School this week.

The biggest change from when I started this comic in twenty ought zero is I have almost ought zero patience for guitar-based music now. It's got to have a real gimmick/trick/virtuosity for me to pay attention. I've gotten weirder. Three songs at once is my personal happy place now.

CaitlinK demanded:
When can we expect narwhal socks?

Oh sweet mother of Steve, another animal design to add to the list of animal designs I don't have enough cash to produce in the thousands necessary!


AlephNought probed:
Anything new and interesting on the nootropic front?


I haven't changed my routine too much lately. Still daily Choline/Inositol with a small Piracetam dose. Added some 5-HTP because supposedly it is good for mellowing downer moods. Have not begged for death lately, so it either works or the placebo effect does! How's Alpha-GPC?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206761#Comment_206761 2009-12-02T21:06:36-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 combatcow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2531

Rich, You mentioned you will be at webcomics weekend in the upcoming year, is there any news on that? I live in CT and missed last years but would love to get up there this year for ...

You mentioned you will be at webcomics weekend in the upcoming year, is there any news on that? I live in CT and missed last years but would love to get up there this year for it.
Thanks,
cow]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206765#Comment_206765 2009-12-02T21:24:35-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

We're looking at next November for Webcomics Weekend. You haven't missed any news!

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206768#Comment_206768 2009-12-02T21:39:17-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 combatcow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2531

What happened to march like last year? Ah well, I won't make it to comic con this year either, but it was nice to see you last year. Maybe I will just run into you in NH while I satisfy my bueno ...

Ah well, I won't make it to comic con this year either, but it was nice to see you last year. Maybe I will just run into you in NH while I satisfy my bueno craving]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206769#Comment_206769 2009-12-02T21:42:26-08:00 2009-12-02T21:46:28-08:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

I get distracted very easily these days, as I have become very old. (33 next month. Practically dust.) When I was pumping out 12 comics a week for syndication & my website at the same time, I ...

Here's the rough sketch to a popular strip I did a couple months back about how small we are relative to the universe. Don't try to read it, it's just an example of a rough. I used to think roughs and warm-ups were a waste of time, but they're pretty useful for making sure everything you sit down to do has a POINT as opposed to just being pretty. Also they're an excuse to buy pens.

(Why legal pads? The office supply world is biased against lefties.)

I used to do all my strip writing on my phone in the form of emails home while walking. Before that i used to think them up commuting to work and memorize them until I got home. Nowadays, I let my mind wander while working in the office and run over to a pad and draw a grid and stick figures the moment something clicks. I'm sure I'll move onto something else eventually.

Does anyone study meditation? I wonder sometimes if that's what comic strip writing is all about. Absorb what you can during your day and find a way to let your mind wander so your subconscious can do all the work. Struggling is for the editing process.

I'm treating myself to a fresh pad and some Kirby tonight:



I hope to either invent a Flux Capacitor or own a hot dog cart when comics are through with me.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206770#Comment_206770 2009-12-02T21:44:17-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

What happened to march like last year? We opted for autumn instead of spring due to risk of snow and conflicts with other shows. Didn't want to miss out on a lot of great artists because they ...

What happened to march like last year?

We opted for autumn instead of spring due to risk of snow and conflicts with other shows. Didn't want to miss out on a lot of great artists because they were unavailable.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206775#Comment_206775 2009-12-02T22:00:02-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Danny Djeljosevic http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=916

Dear Mr. rstevens@mac.com, How are you? I am fine. My soul-probing question: What happened to lolbots? The better-than-Muppet-Babies webcomic, not the macro site. Also, I want a Nintendo 64 ...

How are you? I am fine.

My soul-probing question: What happened to lolbots? The better-than-Muppet-Babies webcomic, not the macro site.

Also, I want a Nintendo 64 and a copy of Wave Race 64 for Christmas. I've been a very good boy this year. Ate my veggies and everything.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206781#Comment_206781 2009-12-02T22:55:56-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 MagicSword! http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1309

Wow, reading all that stuff about Eastworks made me think that maybe this was the prologue to some elaborate online drama spread over various message boards, blogs and twitter feeds whereby one night ...

should go... and never comes back. It just seemed so much like you were setting the scene.

Now that's looking less likely, but what you're doing instead is just as good. So thanks for doing this and keep up the quality of work to which we have become accustomed. I recently discovered a Diesel Sweeties sticker (I am ten ninjas) that I thought I lost years ago. I can't decide what to do with it though, any ideas?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206786#Comment_206786 2009-12-02T23:40:24-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 combatcow http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2531

Oh, one other question, If you work at eastworks, why is it that you don't utilize the Topatoco storefront when selling/shipping your wares? Is it not cost effective for you?

If you work at eastworks, why is it that you don't utilize the Topatoco storefront when selling/shipping your wares? Is it not cost effective for you?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206820#Comment_206820 2009-12-03T03:16:04-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 AlephNought http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=448

@rstevens Not bad so far! I'm not yet convinced it's worth the premium price (around 4x the cost-per-dose of the bitartrate), but dreams have been more interesting / easier to remember since I've ...

Not bad so far! I'm not yet convinced it's worth the premium price (around 4x the cost-per-dose of the bitartrate), but dreams have been more interesting / easier to remember since I've started. The only way to be sure? More testing!]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=206891#Comment_206891 2009-12-03T11:34:11-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 steevo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2415

@rstevens - Just add 1.21 Jigawatts

1.21 Jigawatts]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207004#Comment_207004 2009-12-03T21:18:20-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Hey! Insane day today. Moved a lot of mail, got a whole case of new shirts in that sucked up some hours, went a little too crazy drawing pixel bacon. Hopefully I can be a little more thoughtful ...

new shirts in that sucked up some hours, went a little too crazy drawing pixel bacon. Hopefully I can be a little more thoughtful tomorrow.

Is Ferocious J. still 'round these parts? It was his birthday so I combined two of his favorite things in that strip in his honor.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207012#Comment_207012 2009-12-03T22:41:38-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 atavistian http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6519

No questions here; am more or less braindead this week. Just want to thank you for swinging by, rstevens, and let you know that if you find yourself heading towards Worcester/elsewhere in Central MA ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207648#Comment_207648 2009-12-07T07:58:27-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2

WAKEY WAKEY MISTER STEVENS

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207664#Comment_207664 2009-12-07T08:48:27-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Combatcow enaskens: If you work at eastworks, why is it that you don't utilize the Topatoco storefront when selling/shipping your wares? Is it not cost effective for you If you've ever worked for ...

Combatcow enaskens:
If you work at eastworks, why is it that you don't utilize the Topatoco storefront when selling/shipping your wares? Is it not cost effective for you

If you've ever worked for yourself, you'd know the answer to that!

Topatoco is a good bunch of folks, but I'm not ready to give up the ability to do everything and personally take care of my own readers like a crazy person. When you're your own boss you can be as flexible as the customer is polite.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207666#Comment_207666 2009-12-07T08:50:16-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

Danny Djeljosevic demands: My soul-probing question: What happened to lolbots? The better-than-Muppet-Babies webcomic, not the macro site. Basically, Christmas happened. I have a little stack ...

Danny Djeljosevic demands:
My soul-probing question: What happened to lolbots? The better-than-Muppet-Babies webcomic, not the macro site.


Basically, Christmas happened. I have a little stack of scripts I want to draw as soon as there's some time. I love selling stuff, but the rush sucks a lot of energy out of a fellow.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207671#Comment_207671 2009-12-07T09:00:24-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 rstevens http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2330

I was born in 1977 and like to tell people that I grew up alongside computers. They were rare and expensive and everything you got them to do was amazing. Same goes for copiers, printers and other ...

(It also explains why I have about 7 working computers and 6-10 printers at any given time)

My Christmas gift to me this year is a Craft ROBO Pro. Laser printing is passé. Letterpress is a little beyond my technical ability to do in house. Any jerk can print in color nowadays. 2010 is all about cutting and shaping.

I worked in a sign shop in college. Cut tons of sticky vinyl, lettered cars, built signs. Fun stuff. Never could afford a plotter back then, nor did they cut paper as well as stickers.

This post at Replicator, Inc. sold me on the ROBO. Halftone cuts as art? Holes are the new lo-fi. Monochromatic paper is the new 8-bit!

How many of you have read Cory Doctorow's Makers? The first chunk where he describes the "New Work Movement" turned on every synapse in my brain and makes me want to turn my studio into a micro-manufacturing laboratory.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207848#Comment_207848 2009-12-08T03:57:47-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Rachel http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1386

Hi Rich, First off I wanted to reiterate that you are awesome - in 2006 you went above and beyond to get DS shirts to SDCC for me when I flew across the world for Nerd Prom and for being so lovely ...

First off I wanted to reiterate that you are awesome - in 2006 you went above and beyond to get DS shirts to SDCC for me when I flew across the world for Nerd Prom and for being so lovely in person.

Next, I would like to use your style (or a homage of) for the invitations to my engagement party and probably the actual wedding invitations when the time comes. How does this make you feel?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207851#Comment_207851 2009-12-08T04:09:26-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 emsie http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=55

I just wanted to say that you and your wonderful creations are awesome ^__^

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=207868#Comment_207868 2009-12-08T06:02:26-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 Bexx B.S. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=444

hey.. can you tell my why my cat decided right NOW, while I've got the haus all sealed up because it's fucking cold.. to go into his litter box and drop a bomb? I mean what the fuck. I even turned ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=208333#Comment_208333 2009-12-10T12:41:41-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 warrenellis http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2

Thanks to Rich for his week of wonder.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7352&Focus=208339#Comment_208339 2009-12-10T13:09:04-08:00 2013-05-24T17:16:34-07:00 steevo http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=2415

Thanks Rich!