Cartoonists work pretty hard - until Garry Trudeau took a vacation, the only way for a cartoonist to do so was to build up a significant backlog of comics - and I believe Tim also does illustrations for a newspaper. Most cartoonists do at least two things. I know one who maintains three comic strips at once, but he’s bloody fast.
The inker, colorist, and letterer still have to work. Of course that may be Tim, in which case, did he really get the day off? Maybe he just shut his eyes, and imagined he had taken the day off. Oh well, LOL!!!!
I thought at first Tim was just phoning it in, but the last panel shows he was being honest about it. Hey, if sitting in a dark room is your way of controlling reality, go for it!
margueritem over 14 years ago
Well deserved, Tim, well deserved!
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Indeed.
I think this whole site is making me cynical. I’m thinking of taking the rest of the year off.
gillbillvolume1 over 14 years ago
Enjoy your break from Reality Tim :o)
rayannina over 14 years ago
The lesson is “don’t do any more work than you have to” …
Rakkav over 14 years ago
It occurs to me that unless he’s using computer-assisted drawing, filling in all that black was a lot more work than usual.
Of course, with a graphics program it’s just point-and-click (ain’t flood fill great?)…
captainedd over 14 years ago
It’s not black, it is a canvas for my mind…I can imagine it to be anything I want it to be…
ksoskins over 14 years ago
After Brewster sits in the darkroom for awhile, we’ll see what develops.
Rakkav over 14 years ago
Were it Dr. Mel, it would be a negative image for certain.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
Oh Tim, its unemployment on the phone. When was the last time you worked a real job?
Motivemagus over 14 years ago
Cartoonists work pretty hard - until Garry Trudeau took a vacation, the only way for a cartoonist to do so was to build up a significant backlog of comics - and I believe Tim also does illustrations for a newspaper. Most cartoonists do at least two things. I know one who maintains three comic strips at once, but he’s bloody fast.
sidl over 14 years ago
finally a truly funny Brewster strip. Good going!!!!
johnduncanyoyo over 14 years ago
It’s only more work if Tim doesn’t have a good sized paint brush in his kit.
At least he built up to this joke.
cwreenactor over 14 years ago
The inker, colorist, and letterer still have to work. Of course that may be Tim, in which case, did he really get the day off? Maybe he just shut his eyes, and imagined he had taken the day off. Oh well, LOL!!!!
jpozenel over 14 years ago
Incomparable artwork today! Good work Tim!
gordrogb Premium Member over 14 years ago
I agree with jtpozenel, that is the best artwork I have ever seen from Tim. Now make it a twofur - next up: “It was a dark and stormy night”
bubujin_2 Premium Member over 14 years ago
I thought at first Tim was just phoning it in, but the last panel shows he was being honest about it. Hey, if sitting in a dark room is your way of controlling reality, go for it!
Sherlock Watson over 14 years ago
The “inking” was easy: black construction paper, with Wite-Out for the spaces.
alan.gurka over 14 years ago
I appreciate your honesty, Dr Mel. I also got a smirk out of it.
AstralPenguin83 about 4 years ago
lol