This one gave us trouble as well.  We had the first 3 rows of frames completed early, but we all thought the punchline was missing… something.  About Wednesday, Shawn had an inspiration and drew the final two frames, setting off the schedule for the entire weeks worth of production!

The background for the last two frames were fun to do.

EDIT:  My bad!  I said that this was the last issue in the Vulpix Come Home series… I was wrong!  We have the final one in production, and it will come up next week (Technically, this WAS the last week for Vulpix Come Home… for me, that is, as I’m sketching the next one as we speak… type… read.)

(Also, we were distracted by GameStop’s Pokemon tourney this Saturday.  Check out our (miserably failing) experience On our Blog.

Editors Note:  We currently don’t have a blog anymore!  But the tourney was fun.

This one took much longer than it should.  You would think by the time we hit issue 19 we’d have the process down pat?  Of course not!

We even had some issues with backgrounds.  The sketch artist didn’t make the layout of the land clear… so the backdrops were flipped around!  Made for some impossible situations (like Jessie and James seemingly walking through a solid wall!)

The other reason for the delay is this:  the new site for Missing Number!  We have officially rolled over to Version 2 (even though it’s still in beta).

Some of the new features of Comics Engine 2* can be found on the Comics Engine 2 page.  Look it up.  Leave comments!  Subscribe to our feed!

Enjoy this issue;  we’re already in production with the next issue of Missing Number, and target for our official post date of Saturday Evening.

* Editor’s Note:  We no longer use Comics Engine 2, so there is no Comics Engine 2 page.  Thank you come again!

Modern Day Note:  We’d like to apologize for the lack of updates last week;  it’s been a bit crazy around Missing Number HQ, and unfortuantly our Subersion Repository that we use for managing the comic went a little… caca.  (It ain’t Quantum Physics, so I don’t know why it’s being so difficult!)  In any case, to make up for it, this Saturday’s update is a Triple Update.  Click here to go back three comics.

We’re in the process of completing an update to The Comics Engine (the application this site runs on), and it’s causing delays all across the board. One of the things were going to be pushing is our RSS feed, which will allow you to keep Up To Date with our comics! Keep an eye out for Engine 2!  P.S… the next comic update is slightly delayed for the same reason…

Whew! This one was loads of fun!

The sketch artist has never, ever drawn Officer Jenny before. So, obviously, Missing Number HQ decided to put seven of them in one comic!

The inker had lots of fun as well. Even with this speedy inking technique, it still takes a lot of time to go through all the frames and ink the various pieces. And the colorist had lots of fun as well. He thinks that Panel 2 came out best of all!

There are two “references” in this comic. First off, the easy one: Naruto. The last two weeks hasn’t been an easy one for productivity, as a small chunk of time has been diverted to watching Naruto. The inker and colorist have seen the entire series as released (over the course of many months), but the sketch artist just “discovered” the series for himself. We enjoy it… maybe a bit too much.

The other reference is to the character from Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, an excellent read. It’s one of the sketch artist’s favorite books, and a great insight into the unconscious and conscious decisions involved in building a really good comic. I only hope that our comics reflect some of the insights from that book!

In any case, enjoy this issue. We will be doing more site maintenance over the next week, so don’t be too surprised if the next issue is late as well And, as always, if you like our comic, please give us a vote! It never hurts!

Well, that issue was fun as well. First time the sketch artist has attempted Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy (in a final draft, that is. The practice sketches have already been shredded like Enron paperwork).

The inker has discovered a speedup technique on the inking style, it saves him something like 10 hours an issue (there’s a reason we’re weekly!), but keeps the Game Boy Advance/Diamond-Pearl art style.

The colorist is happy that he’s back to being the only person working on the coloring and shading. It’s a bit difficult to coordinate color style between two different artists. The colorist has been put into deep-freeze awaiting his next issue.

In any case, we’ve had a lot of fun with this arc, and there are a few more issues to go! Can’t wait to see what’s coming along…

…in Missing Number: Adventures in Glitch City! (Or in this case, Iridescent City.)

This one was fun to draw. New guest stars: Jessie and James of Team Rocket!

Not much to comment about this one… except to ask how the Virtual Boy got behind the door. Hmm. The world may never know.

P.S… if you like our comic, go ahead and vote for it. The voting links are off to the right of the page, in the SHAMELESS CAPITALISM box. Voting means more viewers, which means happier artists