Yet Another Web Comic (YAWC)

Growing up, I always wanted to draw a comic about an animal that speaks. It seems every strip had one (at least, every strip I really liked). Then, when I got older, I realized — Lots of strips already had talking/thinking animals.

When I originally wrote in the lobster, he was a

one-shot gag

. On a side note, man, the art has REALLY improved. Anyway, after a large response I decided to keep him around. But what to do about his communication ability?

We already know he can

write

, which was kind of an oversight on my part, but something I`m going to stick with. He probably writes very slowly. Beyond that, however, I`m keeping his ability to communicate on a short leash. This gives him added depth, since he is clearly quite intelligent but unable to convey that. It`s understandably frustrating, and that gives cause to his mean streaks. I`ll reveal more about how I see him later.

I never dreamed I would have gotten this kind of mileage out of the character, not to mention a lot of fun drawing to boot. The comic about the lobster writing, linked above, was a pleasure to draw, as was

this one

.