I highly recommend reading “Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant. It’s a short poem with thoughts about death, and it’s pretty amazing. It’s online here.

New year, probably about time for a new comic or two.

Here’s the link, go check out the rest of his work and the other awesome guest comics:
http://robbieandbobby.com/guest-comic-by-evan-brown-of-of-the-fittest/

Thinking about politics makes me feel like a caveman, too.

Every once in a while I laugh out loud when I finish a comic. This is one of those times. I always used to think people were full of shit when they talked about characters “writing their own parts,” but I’ve found that a good character will do just that. Most of the time I just have to get a comic started and they’ll write the punchline for me effortlessly. In this case, I got a fictional talking cartoon dog to do my work for me. That’s way better than a sweatshop!

Ah, feels nice to get a comic up. I still have a lot of work to do to get a book and some merch together, but hopefully it’s not too far off. One thing I did finish in the last couple months is the first EP for a new music project of mine called E8. You can listen here: http://www.e8music.com

This is my first attempt at a guest comic, and considering the last EF guest post was by Jason Poland (Robbie and Bobby), I’m in great company.

If you haven’t read Edmund Finney before, now’s a great time to check it out—very funny with dark and morbid humor, just the way I like it! Dan is posting guest comics while he works on finishing up a book. I’m happy to be a part of it.

Because of that, this comic has become a necessary outlet for me, something that I feel is essential to my creative sanity. That said, creating a self-imposed twice-weekly deadline was a fun challenge, but it sometimes brought a level of stress and anxiety that now seems a bit silly to me considering this is something I’ve been doing purely for the fun and satisfaction of it. Now that I’ve reached this first milestone, I’m going to ease up on the artificial time limits and take my time to create something I can continue to be very proud of. So from here on out, I’ll be uploading comics whenever I please, which may be twice during some weeks, once during others, or sometimes not at all.

I look at this as a positive thing, as it allows me to do some things that I haven’t felt like I’ve had time to do. One of those things is working on improving my artistic skills and drawing ability. I would really like to practice so that my art continues to improve and never has to be rushed. This will also allow me to work on some more difficult, complex, and/or longer strips if I come up with them. It may even let me write better stories and jokes. And it will certainly give me the opportunity to work on other projects I’ve been neglecting—musical projects in particular, but also an OTF book and some other merchandise.

And so I thank you, oh loyal reader, for joining me in the journey of my first year as a webcomic artist. I appreciate your feedback and laughter as I’ve created what was, quite honestly, something of a dream of mine. Although I’ll likely take a quick break right now, there are still many more laughs (and surely many exasperated groans) to be shared going forward. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to subscribe via RSS or Email so you always know the moment a new comic is up. In the meantime, browse through the archives and rediscover the sheer number of awful puns I’ve managed to commit to cartoonland. Whatever you do, please don’t leave me–I’m fragile and desperate for your approval.

Godspeed,
-Evan

This comic marks a full year of regular, twice-weekly updates. I accomplished my goal! More on that in this post: One Year Deep.

If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading “T-Rex Trying,” please do yourself a favor and check out its brilliance here: http://trextrying.tumblr.com/