Though, technically, there were only 75 black and white strips, they still make up the bulk of my "building" phase on the first 100 comics. It was during this time that I experimented the most with not only the design of the characters, backgrounds and the comic strip overall, it was also when I was trying to nail down who these characters were and what they'd say and how they'd act as well. If you look back on the first 100 strips you will see that Thomas and Gary act very differently than they do much later on in the comic. The two main characters were more crude with dialog and the situations they found themselves in were pretty mundane. During this time I was influenced heavily, as most budding artists and writers are, by "succcessful" comics aroud the internet so I pulled a lot from those comics - and pop culture in general - and tried to mimic what they were doing. Fortunately, in the process of writing, I eventually found a more charming and fun direction to go with Robot Friday that was all my own.
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