Post Draft (Patreon)

One of the earliest things I learned about writing comics is to always write down your ideas as soon as you have them. You may think that you'll remember them later, but you inevitably forget if you don't write them down. I've learned that the hard way too many times.

Often, I'll just takes notes on my phone when I think of something. This can be just fragments of ideas, and then once I have time to sit down, I can piece it into a comic. For this particular comic, I was working with the idea of a prerelease for a while, as you can see from my notes:

You can also see that the monster punchline was one of the first things I thought of. Eventually, I realized that it didn't have to be a prerelease, it could just be a random draft. It's funny how long it can take to get past your initial concept, even when it's clearly not necessary for the joke you're aiming for.