The Making of Boo! (Patreon)

Even though Cardboard Crack is just a stick figure comic, sometimes it can take me a little while to get the artwork correct. For the recent comic that features ghosts (see the final version here), I had to figure out how I wanted to show two ghosts playing Magic for the first time in Cardboard Crack. I started by doing some sketches, like this one:

Once I felt happy with the look of the ghosts, I drew the full comic. Here was the first version of it:

Even though I was done, something about this comic just didn't feel right to me. The ghosts felt like they had a weird shape that was distracting me from the punchline. So I went back to sketching the ghosts again. I thought back to Pac-Man and the shape of the ghosts in that game. So this time trying a wider shape, which I felt made the ghosts look cuter:

Once I was happy with this, I went back and redrew the comic, making the final version you saw. Here's a comparison between the initial and final versions:

Even though Cardboard Crack is simple, because there are so few lines, there's even greater emphasis on trying to get every line correct.

I hope you enjoyed this behind the scenes look. Happy Halloween!