I don't really write a lot of comics. I only passed the 200 barrier in August 2008, having passed 100 in 2005, 50 in 2003 and made my first comic way back in 2001(!). I've never been the most prolific writer of anything, and have found that since graduating from uni I've written next to nothing, save about four pages of dialogue for a piece my friend and I have been working on for, well, the best part of a decade now, with little success.
So, as a little writing aid to jump-start my brain, I've decided to write one joke a day for as long as it takes.
I've long used comics on this site as a tool to break down more complex ideas and observations into smaller, managable chunks which can then be played around with more easily, using the constraints of the medium to trim any excesses from a joke to get it down to its bare bones - the bits where the humour comes from. The thing is, I'm sure I have at least one idea like this per day, and if I don't then given the task of needing one idea a day my brain might start making more of an effort to analyse my surroundings, which can only be a good thing as I feel I've been going through life on autopilot for far too long.
So, one comic per day (or at the very least one explanation of how a paticular joke can't be made into a workable comic per day) complete with notes on cues and inspirations.
Starting... last week:
14/4/09
[Click to view comic: 'World Cup Newsroom 1982']
Notes
Brazil once had a star player nicknamed Socrates. He was, as well as one of the greatest footballers of the eighties, a qualified doctor and a campaigner for democracy, and therefore awesome. The fact that he was called Socrates is ripe for obvious philosopher crossovers which I'm sure have been done before.