How do you respond to people who say ?I can?t believe you do two such different strips? (in ?Lio? and ?Heart of the City?)?
They usually say that because they can't believe that newspapers still exist ... they haven't seen one in a long time.
Truth be told, the only way I could do two comic strips was to make them completely different. Then there is no confusion or crossover, at least from a writing standpoint, when I switch between them. There is no clash. It makes it hard to repeat myself, which is a good thing. And the two sides of my personality are satisfied by the daily writing that goes into production. Writing is the key. Artwork is a mechanical process for me; I can schedule it. Writing is the great unknown and it is important for me to keep the two strips mentally separate.
What?s your Lio client list at these days?
I really don't know ... somewhere around 250, I guess. I try not to go through my royalty list, lately. I hate seeing cancelations. But it happens to the best of us.
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