Somebody needs to adjust the antennae.

Wow!

Remember how I asked people to click on the links below for things like Reddit and Stumbleupon? Well the day page 41 went live we saw our highest number of visits to date. Which is great, because it means more people are finding DFS and enjoying the new story.

Of course this means one thing. Now we gotta try and break that record!

SPECIAL EDITION!

While working on the next couple pages I remembered that I had meant to add a bit of light coming from the tv screen. At the same time, Jeff pointed out the TV static was okay, but found some better samples. So I’ve done a George Lucas and created the Dressed For Success page 43 special edition.

Speaking of Lucas and special editions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBAZGtBfcY4

(it’s actually worthwhile tracking down adywan’s edit of ep IV. He’s done better than ILM)

And again, you gotta give Alex credit for just getting right to it.

But now you are asking about the entertainment unit in the back of a courier van. Well, let me put it this way. It won out over the microwave. Interstellar courier trips can be lengthy…

Any clicks on the social media links below are going to be really appreciated this week as well, I’m camping and can’t do the pimping in person from a tent. I do hope to do some colouring though.

Dear real Jay, sorry about that first panel. We couldn’t resist.

Any clicks on the social media links below are going to be really appreciated this week as well, I’m camping and can’t do the pimping in person from a tent. I do hope to do some colouring though.

Oh look, more new faces. Now who is she? Who is he? One you’ll find out in just seven days.

Hey, can you do us a favour? See those little icons below? If you are on Facebook, or use Reddit, StumbleUpon or Twitter, could you give them a quick click? What takes only a second of your time can mean tons more people finding out about DFS. And the more readers, the closer we get to our goal of world domination. Thanks!

Yeah, that’s right. In the distant future, they still use shiny optical discs.

Dressed For Success is a light hearted, loosely science fiction buddy road movie comic. We do it for fun. We do it for laughs, mucking about in other peoples worlds, styles and genres with Alex and Walter. But if you scratch at the surface a bit, there is a bit of meat under that skin. (eww…)

The Universe of DFS is an open sandbox where we can do whatever we want, without being tied to any set time or place. It is not however, without a history or greater design. Since very early on, we’ve been lacing our stories with little nuggets about what the greater world of DFS is like. That seemingly ordinary if somewhat silly can of pop is a good example. We introduced Copsi and the other flavours like Sprite-Up waaay back in issue 9 of the mini-comic. It was a throw away mention, a background prop. But it helps define the world that Alex and Walter live in.

Mississauga Jay and the Lost Shrine of the Osars is the first time we’ve started to bring some of this greater back-story to the forefront of our tale. It’s a delicate balance. When we first watched Star Wars back in the 70′s, it was full of little hints at a more complex story, a history, that fed the tale. Mentions of a senate, the Spice Mines of Kessel, and the Clone Wars made our imaginations hum. Of course now, all that stuff has been explored ad nauseum and we can all debate whether we are better for it or not. But I can understand the desire to do so. As a creator, you daydream all this stuff about your world. You’ve done all this work building this elaborate construction. It seems a waste not to share it all. But we’re going to try and find a balance. Explore just enough to serve the story we are telling, without forcing people to read a history or geography text book. Besides, the less we put in print, the less we’re held to one specific set of fact, and playing fast and loose suits us.

For now, ponder Copsi, the only choice for a new generation. We’ve taken our first step into a much larger world.

- Chris

Really, Alex has a point.

Reading bills of lading, can you believe we do these crazy things?!

I love the fact that Walter is still protecting the company.