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0096b — Akkolade gets his new head-angles
🕑 Added 2024-11-15 20:00:07 +0000 UTCAs you can see, this script landed on the page in near-final form, with minimal fiddling as it was worked through the strip production process. The bulk of the work this week involved inventing how Bensington Butters and Akkolade (particularly Akkolade) look from multiple angles. This is not what I am good at. At first I feared Akkolade could not be drawn from anything other than the angle at which he has existed for twenty years, but a few anxious experiments finally yielded a lower lip, an extra chin/neck flange, perspective on his very large glasses, and a continuation of his little hairstyle-type thing.
Can anyone tell what Ray was thinking with this logo for The Echelons? I feel like he recently saw a motel lounge's matchbook from the 1960s.
Comments
The Good Poster
The final form of Ray's graphic design looks like he'd seen a Star War just beforehand, while the rounder version reminds one of a medium-sprawl golf course. The name "The Echelons" suits both situations.
Tom PM
Ah, the Popeye problem I see.
Julie (HiDeeHoGal)
Akkolade reminds me of Tenerence Love from the Teen-Girl-Squad-o-verse. Bensington Butters reminds me to schedule more therapy sessions. Ray is always irredeemably Ray.
Chris Onstad
Thanks! I'm pretty proud of the double chin solution I engineered. It was a good way to connect his face with his hyperthoraxia.
Jacquelyn R Walters
Great work on Akkolade's new head angle. Something about the way he looks at that angle is so much more "kitty cat" than when you're looking at him dead on.
Chris Onstad
That's good, I didn't see that
Chris Onstad
I think we have something here fellas. A cultural moment unlike any we had last week
Chris Onstad
Good, good
Chris Onstad
Exactly. 1998?
Miles McMahon
Your comment actually astounds me because I was going to say almost the exact same thing and phrase it the exact same way. Mine was going to be: "That logo is every building in Palm Springs (I have never been to Palm Springs)"
Stavro
Audi 5000 seems the right vintage of slang for B.B. to still be using
Ian Stewart
Ray briefly scrolled past an AI-generated landscape concept for tastefully spaced and groomed pine trees meant to provide optimum fire prevention
Andrew Rogers
I definitely had a '90s memory of Palm Desert in the '60s with the Echelons logo. (I was not in Palm Desert in the 1960s.)
elton mesquita
echelons logo all flipped horizontally the wrong direction (i mean, at least it would spell an "E")
Chris Onstad
I was thinking of this sign subconsciously, thank you for bringing it to light.
Chris Onstad
having some hot rice this weekend [[steamed]]
Shepton
Working on a prototype presently[[steamed]]Will be in contact regarding patent rights[[steamed]]Have a nice weekend
Josh Fireland
Yeah now that you mention it, it does make me think of those spiky retro diner signs, specifically Norms in LA.
Chris Onstad
I second this, and suggest it go in the spot of the Return key.
Shepton
I think keyboards should start including a shortcut key that just immediately types [[steamed]]
