The Dog & Pony Comm

Comic for Friday, 2007 May 18.

Also, if you missed it, Comic for Thursday, 2007 May 17.


Taking some shading hints from Human Decency, but with a wider range of tone to fit D&P. I mostly didn't want to take too long on this one.

I really, really need to work out what Grimti actually looks like. I want to phase out the bulldog jaw into something mildly more feminine, for one. I think the depiction in panel 2 is probably closest to what I want--though the fact that none of the panels depicts quite the same character annoys me. I need to tighten up the art.

As far as writing: I think they both think they're getting a pretty sweet deal, and they are, really. Grimti's getting help that's going to bring in customers and be constantly on-call for a pittance, whereas Li (who doesn't really need money) is getting a prime spot in a storybook archetype *and* an unequalled place to observe people from. That said, Grimti's final caveat hasn't come out yet.

Anyway, that's all.

Dog & Pony updated again, but it doesn't seem to be, like, processing or anything. Sigh.

So I'll post it here.

( Comic behind the cut! )


Also, Hogan posted up a totally rad, spam-free forum over at the Realm of the Dragoneers. Check it out!

Comic for Tuesday, 2007 March 27.

Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan Crossover Comic for Tuesday, 2007 March 27.

I'm thinking of calling time-displacement, at some point, since I did want to get around to finishing that last storyline with D&P . . . but when a crossover calls, you don't ignore it! (Especially since I would have gotten there had I actually run my updates.)

Yes, witness Dog & Pony's first crossover, a one-strip affair with Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan. You really have to love Grimti . . . and you've got to love Reinder, 'cause as far as I'm concerned, Orcish Battle Ale is now canon. :D (You also have to love Reinder for the line of credits . . . I laughed aloud.)


The art's not quite as bad as I thought it was yesterday, but I still want to shoot myself for that Abui. :P I'll be updating again tonight, so hopefully I can do better then.

Comic for Saturday, 2007 March 3.

Comic for Sunday, 2007 March 4.


Two comics! Thus begins "Brighton goes to church," a mini-arc I've wanted to do for a while. Just another set of interactions to go through. I've got good hope for this.

Also, Sunday's comic marks my first comic made using grayscale ink-wash for shade, and a crow-quill pen to ink. I think it came out okay, though I can definitely stand to get neater.

But then, who can't?


Anyway, that's all.

Comic for Saturday, 2007 February 24.

I was pounding my head against a wall for weeks on this one. I kind of wish I hadn't had to be such a rush at shading it.

But I like the stubble in the first panel. It actually seems to follow the curve of his face, kinda.


Another one-update weekend. Ergh. Oh, well, I guess.

Update will be a few hours late because I've got no concept of the passing of time. (i.e. I still need to ink and gray it.) Uh. Will work on that in the future. :D

EDIT: I'm too tired. Update will go up sometime in the afternoon.

Comic for 2007 February 17.

I forgot it was update day. Go me. :D

The Dog & Pony Forums are back up!

Strip for Sunday, 2007 February 11.

Brighton's reality is not the same as ours.


Not much more to say just now. I think I've had plans cancelled on me for the second time in three days, and I'm deeply ashamed to be a college journalist. -_-; But I think the not-blackfacing-Ulf method of shading works well.

I've got myself a bottle of ink wash. Hopefully you guys'll get to see that next Sunday. ^_^

Strip for Saturday, 2007 February 10.

I'm never going to try to shade Ulf like that again. (Should be an easy process, since one of the pens I need for this style of shading is dead.) :D I think I like the last panel best, although the entire comic is a bit messy for my tastes.

Anyway, looks like Brighton has found a way to run his magic-experiments, after all.


Also, a dnp_comic exclusive (for now): Threepenny Row Karo and Li art. I mostly felt like fooling around with my tablet, but I think it turned out pretty well. My fingers are a little stiff, now, but I think that's because it's cold.

( Check it out! )


To bed with me!

Strip for Sunday, 2007 February 4.



I'm not really pleased with how this or next Saturday's comic turned out. I've been extending my toying with the Levels function, but I'm not really sure I've got the hang of it yet.

Brighton's a bit bitchy, isn't he? :D He got that one from me. Comic artists always say that all of the characters have a bit of themselves in 'em, but boy, you don't realize how true that is until you actually do it. (That said, Karo's closest to being a personal metaphor, and I should really be careful with that.)

Anyway, maybe the fact that my gray pen ran out is a good thing--it looks REALLY cool done well, but damn, I rush way too much.


. . . and I keep going on about nothing 'cause this isn't very story-significant. Heh. Well, anyway, hopefully after next week I'll be able to break the pattern where the end of each "mini-arc" comes in the middle of the weekend. It never bothered me before, the time when stuff came up, but I guess it's more obvious when there's only two updates a week.


By the way, I've run an actual site update--not my refurbishing of the website, but I did update a couple of things. It should go up in an hour or two, so check it out! :D

Strip for Saturday, 2007 February 3.




So, Karo's back from Christine's, in a much better mood.

I've got this horrible tendency to introduce things that are probably clear questions without having any intention of answering them. Anyone who wants to know what was up with the ratter, whether Ulf actually tripped Karo, or whatnot . . . you can probably testify to this.

I should probably do something about that at some point.


Besides that, the thing I'm worried about in this strip is the implication that Li and Athene have learned to talk to each other. They haven't. But hey, Li's had all day to ask yes-and-no questions, so . . .

Welcome to the Dog & Pony LiveJournal Community!

The primary point of this community is to have a venue where I can talk about things being updated, not updated, or put on hiatus without having to . . . actually update the site or anything. Heh. But it also seems to be a great place to put lots of boring commentary and possibly bonus pictures and such without clogging up the site. Yeah?

D&P discussion is also welcome here, though you might find The Dog & Pony Forums to be a better place for that.


I'm the author of Dog & Pony and maintainer of this community, so if you have any problems with either, please e-mail me at caitlin.dogandpony@gmail.com.

- Caitlin Woods