Bug Bash

As promised, here’s the result of my “animation proof of concept” project, “Arctic Circle”:

The “proof of concept” goal was twofold: one, to see if the costs of production for such animation had dropped to a doable level (they have). Two, to see if the “Arctic Circle” concept itself had any legs. That remains to be determined.

Interestingly, my comment that “the future of static comics on the Internet is limited” in an earlier post sparked some debate. I thought it might. More on this in the next post.

BTW, I’m aiming to have the next Bug Bash up next week. I kind of miss it too.

Apologies for the extended Bug Bash downtime. In response to the occasional queries in the comments, a quick update on the reasons behind it and when to expect an update containing actual new comics:

1) A big project like the MSNBC.com redesign takes it out of you and (of greater concern) takes it out of your team. I’ve been working on getting both rested and ready for the next challenge. Meanwhile, I’m happy to say that we’ve been racking up some eye-popping traffic increases at MSNBC.com since the big launch.

2) It’s becoming clear to me that the future of static comic strips on the Internet is limited. As such, rather than new Bug Bashes, I’ve been working on an “animated proof of concept” project that will be unveiled on these pages shortly.

3) Even with all that, Dana’s had a few one-liners in my head that are just too good not to share. So some new Bug Bashes are on the way — I just can’t say exactly when yet.

More soon. Promise.