Making of "Mombie Plush" AND "Bite-Time Story"
Added 2024-11-15 14:56:26 +0000 UTCThe Mombie comic I did in 2020 has always been a favorite of mine. I find zombies that carry on with their regular lives so funny -these gross, brain loving idiots! So when Makeship approached me back in May asking if I wanted to do a plushie for their Halloween campaign I jumped at the chance! I drew over the schematic from the previous plushie and sent them this:
The first prototype was pretty close apart from the brains! Having the brain just printed on a plate looked SO BAD and the brain coming out the back of her head looked like she'd slept on some chewing gum! ๐คฃ
It took until the end of Sept going back and forth to sort out the brains and make a bunch of small tweaks! Here's the first and final versions so you can play spot the difference haha!
So roll onto October and I find myself in a less than ideal situation. The Kickstarter has just ended AND Youtooz are running behind and haven't fulfilled their plushies yet. Oof. Not a great look! ๐
I decide I'm just going to have some fun doing zombie comics. If the plushie funds, then great, if not -well, heck, we've had a fun spooky month anyway!
I get to brainstorming more zombie ideas, which are basically just "what if they were all idiots?" I'd done mealtime already, so bedtime seemed like the natural place to go. I initially tried to make the 2 bedtime ideas work as a single comic, but the flow was odd and I realized it would be better for everyone if they were two.
The pacing and panels of this one went through some evolution as you can see above! I started with the kids sitting with Fran on a nursery chair, because I love that visual, until I remember how much I hate drawing sitting!! I had the bright idea of avoiding it by tucking them all into bed instead -but not until I'd already spent a bunch of time attempting to make the chair work!
