About
Life On Earth
I saw Alien vs. Predator
the weekend it came out in August 2004. It was a wonderful movie
and it implanted the seeds in my mind for this comic strip Life
On Earth. I couldn't stop thinking about the idea of doing a story
about and Alien and a Predator that were friends and lived together
like humans. No one's ever done that and I wanted to be the first.
I found myself thinking more and more about it until I was obsessing.
Two weeks after the movie came out I couldn't take it anymore.
The ideas were just pouring out of my head and they wanted to
burst out like a young chest buster ready for its new life. The
first thing I did was write down my ideas in a notebook so I wouldn't
forget some of the crazy stuff that would make me laugh out loud
to what seemed to others for no reason. I always have my reasons
for everything I do. My husband Chris has been a great help and
I consider him to be my writer since he came up with more ideas.
I mostly draw them.
Once I started drawing
I worked furiously to get at least eight or ten done to put on
line. I wanted to have the plot and continuity established. Yes
there is continuity in this and some episodes build on others,
while some can stand alone. I keep writing down ideas in the notebook
so what you see here is certainly NOT it. There are pleanty more
stories to come. I think I have enough material for 'two seasons'
if you will stick with me to watch what will unfold. There are
many more characters yet to be introduced as you see the by question
marked outlines. And no I'm not going to spoil it by telling you
who they are.
One thing that's been
difficult for me is cutting back on the amount of detail. Being
that it's a comic strip I wanted to simplify things. If you've
seen my other art then you know I love to add loads of detail.
Not here. I'm trying to make things easier on myself, of which
I'm not doing a good job. I've been told by many I do everything
the hard way and it's true and I'm happy doing things with difficulty.
So you might see some detail slip in here and there. I'm very
proud of the way many of these have turned out as I feel that
I've vastly improved in my photoshop abilities since my early
days. This comic strip is also for all ages. I take pride in my
stories being clean so you won't find any disgusting X rated material.
Stanly and Byron are above that sort of nonsence. Although Stanly
does get annoyed by Byron's potty mouth at times. I'd say at most
you can rate my comic as being R. Killing and violence are good
things especially when you're a natural born hunter. So enjoy
the stories you're in for quite a ride.
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