Still, this storyline was quite an interesting project for me. It consisted of 42 strips total and took almost a year and a half to do (which is more indicative of my laziness than the complexity of the story), making it by far the longest-running series in this strip. If you'd like to start back at the beginning, here's a link to the first strip of the story. Reading it all together is strange to me, because it feels like forever since I drew the gang leaving their house. It's also strange that, as large-scale as this story was for me, it really only amounts to about an 11-minute cartoon's worth of content. That said, I'm certainly proud of how it all turned out! It feels great to have completed a story with so many shifts and parallel plotlines, especially in a medium like this where the whole thing has to be split into equally-entertaining tiny chunks. I learned a lot about the limits of comic strips while drawing this — how much plot information can be contained in one strip, how to balance that information between visuals and dialogue, and how to intersperse jokes in a way that drives the story forward. I don't know if it worked 100% of the time, but overall I'm quite happy with it, and I hope it was enjoyable for you all to read too!
Thanks, and I'll see you at the final strip!
You SHOULD be proud, bravo!! Eager for more... ;-)
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