First Published: March 25, 2009
This character has been in my sketchbook for years now.
Months ago, I had actually settled on a design, but when the time came to actual introduce the character, I surrendered to a sudden urge to re-design. Hilarity and cursing ensued.
Here you can see the last stages of development, my mind obviously all over the place. I finally settled on something which would would fit together with the other characters.
In the upper left hand corner, I was probably channeling Erik Larsen (I wish).
When I like a design, I usually point at it with an arrow so I will remember my decision a week (...month ...year) later. Otherwise I tend to re-evaluate my choices endlessly.
Once I got the idea of the somewhat muppetish spectacles, the manga-ish designs quickly fell by the wayside. Sadly, so did the idea of giving him cat eyes.
Please, dear reader, let me know whether you like THIS IS ME. Criticism is also appreciated. It's feedback keeps me going. Feel free to e-mail me at <me AT thisisme-comic DOT com> (please replace AT and DOT with the corresponding characters, sorry about that hurdle).