Honestly, there's not much appeal in creating a daily gag comic for me. There are many people who do it really well and as a reader they don't hold my interest long enough. (Now a moment of clarity - This is just a matter of taste, not a comment about the genre. And I believe as an artist, you should analyze, objectively, what you like and don't like. This helps you in the creative process.)
Just an update on some of my thoughts on where I am taking Helga. I have been trying to solidify my ideas about what direction I would like to go in, i.e. short story lines, long story lines or daily gag.
Honestly, there's not much appeal in creating a daily gag comic for me. There are many people who do it really well and as a reader they don't hold my interest long enough. (Now a moment of clarity - This is just a matter of taste, not a comment about the genre. And I believe as an artist, you should analyze, objectively, what you like and don't like. This helps you in the creative process.) So, I did want to take Helga into a longer story line mode, keeping the political bent, but just not having it be so day to day and directly related to what is happening this week. One thing I have noticed about the political world is that unless you are elected into an office, you're job changes quite a bit. Most of the people who are on the lower rungs tend to get moved and shifted to new positions. So it just made sense that Helga would get a new job. Why chose the North Pole? First, I wanted to make sure everyone knew where it was and what it's inhabitants did. I also did not want to chose a real-life place like France or England because I would be tied to what it really is like there. Choosing some place like Santa's Village, I can make things up and change things to suit the story lines. And the second reason, is that I love taking common subject matters and trying to do something with them myself (which is how I thought of the idea for this strip). And soooo since there are many people who have done Santa, I wanted to give it a shot too. So her adventures continue up North!
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AuthorSheila Lewandowski graduated from Kent State University (BFA) in 1990 and from University of Cincinnati (MFA) in 1993. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband, three kids, two dogs and a cat. Archives
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