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And now for something a bit unusual.

Last month, I was alerted to the fact that The Escapist (a video games website, in case you were wondering, which can be found here: [link] ) had launched a webcomic competition. I didn't initially think anything of this, because at the time I was working on Apeman and Monkeyboy material, but a few days later it occurred to me that it might be worth taking part purely as an exercise in trying to speed up my drawing (because heaven knows it could use some speeding up, as you may possibly have noticed). The competition prize was a paid contract to produce two comic strips for the site every week, and entrants had to submit four comics along with a logo box. I reasoned that I'd need to get everything drawn, inked, coloured and lettered in less than a fortnight, since whoever won the contest would need to produce artwork at least that fast on a continual basis, and I set about trying to create something out of a rough idea I'd had about the digital equivalent of hell and a bunch of demonic computer viruses.

And, much to my surprise, I actually managed it. Crumbs, eh?

This is the first of the comics I submitted under the title of Bugged to Hell, and it introduces the basic concept of the thing along with one of the main characters, who was inspired by something I drew for an art jam here on DA back in 2007. (This thing here, to be precise: [link] .) Mal is a great deal more chipper than the original character design, but he's still thoroughly evil. He just enjoys his job, that's all.

I didn't expect to win the contest (because they had more than 350 entries and, if I'm honest, I'm not terribly knowledgeable about the latest goings-on in the wacky world of video gaming. This shows particularly in the third comic, which pokes fun at a collection of games that came out before even your granny was born), and sure enough I didn't, but I remain hugely proud of what I managed to produce in such a short space of time. Seriously, four pages of finished comic in less than two weeks is something of a minor miracle for me.

The remaining pages will follow shortly. Stay tuned!

Description
And now for something a bit unusual.

Last month, I was alerted to the fact that The Escapist (a video games website, in case you were wondering, which can be found here: [link] ) had launched a webcomic competition. I didn't initially think anything of this, because at the time I was working on Apeman and Monkeyboy material, but a few days later it occurred to me that it might be worth taking part purely as an exercise in trying to speed up my drawing (because heaven knows it could use some speeding up, as you may possibly have noticed). The competition prize was a paid contract to produce two comic strips for the site every week, and entrants had to submit four comics along with a logo box. I reasoned that I'd need to get everything drawn, inked, coloured and lettered in less than a fortnight, since whoever won the contest would need to produce artwork at least that fast on a continual basis, and I set about trying to create something out of a rough idea I'd had about the digital equivalent of hell and a bunch of demonic computer viruses.

And, much to my surprise, I actually managed it. Crumbs, eh?

This is the first of the comics I submitted under the title of Bugged to Hell, and it introduces the basic concept of the thing along with one of the main characters, who was inspired by something I drew for an art jam here on DA back in 2007. (This thing here, to be precise: [link] .) Mal is a great deal more chipper than the original character design, but he's still thoroughly evil. He just enjoys his job, that's all.

I didn't expect to win the contest (because they had more than 350 entries and, if I'm honest, I'm not terribly knowledgeable about the latest goings-on in the wacky world of video gaming. This shows particularly in the third comic, which pokes fun at a collection of games that came out before even your granny was born), and sure enough I didn't, but I remain hugely proud of what I managed to produce in such a short space of time. Seriously, four pages of finished comic in less than two weeks is something of a minor miracle for me.

The remaining pages will follow shortly. Stay tuned!