WH!TLESS
from 04/04/2008
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The response to  part one of the Gremlin series was so strong, I knew I had to continue it. I roughed out a story, at this point not much more than a sentence for each “episode”, but I could see that it would take 8 parts to tell the story.
This strip is the first one to feature no Whitnesses at all, but that’s what happens when you’ve got a plot line to stick to. But I figured I could get away with it, since people were curious about what gremlins looked like. I knew they had to be green, and big heads with spindly little bodies seemed creepy and funny at the same time. I don’t think anyone’s mentioned this, but they look a lot like the Great Gazoo from the Flintstones cartoon. This was not intentional, but since I love the Great Gazoo, I was happy with the accident. Once again, I took advantage of Ember being a great guy with a great sense of humor, and made him a double agent. I knew at this point that he’d end up being a hero, though. I could never make a Whitness be a villain.
This entire strip was new drawings, so I was up late a lot this week. I did get to reuse these gremlins drawings later, so it all worked out. I used textures for the first time to color the cave and was pretty happy with the results.





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