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As good as it gets?
Submitted by David Wright on April 29, 2009 - 00:00
Hey all. I know, it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. I’ve been busy with a million different projects, it seems. I can’t stay away from Taking Up Space, though.
Technology brings us closer, right?
Submitted by David Wright on April 2, 2009 - 21:00
We’ve got eight zillion social networking sites and apps all vying for our attention, connecting us to strangers around the world, and it’s a great thing. This is an age of instant and ideas and make no mistake, it’s nothing short of magical.
But how much of this comes at the expense of our connections to those around us?
Love is…
Submitted by David Wright on March 30, 2009 - 03:00
I return from a hiatus with perhaps my most cynical comic yet.
I suppose there wouldn’t be much of a market for REALISTIC romance novels. Well, if her books don’t do well, there’s always greeting cards.
Thanks to everybody who posted comments on here. I appreciate it. If you enjoy Taking Up Space, please tweet it at Twitter and let others know.
The fortune cookie
Submitted by David Wright on February 4, 2009 - 03:00
I need a few “Sunday-sized†strips for my syndication pack. I decided I would kick off with one of my favorite Taking Up Space strips, which was originally drawn as a very cramped four panel comic.
I love Bobby’s logic in this comic, it sums up both he and the strip very well.
Problem is, I’m not sure if the average person thinks like this, that they must open a “good fortune†if they opened one they didn’t like.
How Jessika watches game shows
Submitted by David Wright on February 2, 2009 - 03:00
Sometimes these comics are more autobiographical than I should admit.
My wife makes me wear tape over my mouth whenever we watch game shows. Or most TV for that matter.
Burger Shack - the crown
Submitted by David Wright on January 28, 2009 - 03:00
This is a new comic.
I had this memory of my original Burger Shack comics, being really funny. Well, I went back and re-read the early ones (written in 2002) and well, they weren’t as funny as I remember. So, I ditched them and wrote this one instead.
Funny how the memory works like that. Things you thought were great were less than.
Mmm pancakes
Submitted by David Wright on January 26, 2009 - 03:00
Here is a new Todd and Penguin comic. Taking Up Space will return Wednesday.
Yes, there are such things a pancakes in a can.
Yes, I bought them.
Yes, I am that lazy.
Burger Shack
Submitted by David Wright on January 16, 2009 - 01:00
This was one of the first storylines back when the strip made its debut in The Stanford Daily in 2002. It’s also one of my favorites and perhaps the best balance of the caustic rants of Jessika and the innocence of Alexander Rabbit. This would be the second time I’ve redrawn this strip, each time making it a little better.
And yes, the initials for Burger Shack serve dual meaning. Subtle, eh?
The car ride
Submitted by David Wright on January 14, 2009 - 03:00
This is one of the new comics which I did to introduce the fact that Bobby and Jessika are brother and sister. Of all the new comics, this is the one I am least confident in. I hope it’s not as bad as I think it is as it will be the second strip the syndicates see. Well, unless I get an overwhelming amount of comments or email telling me to lose this comic.
Welcome to I Draw Comics
Submitted by David Wright on January 12, 2009 - 05:31
Welcome to I Draw Comics!
This is the new home for my comic-related projects, including my attempt to get Taking Up Space syndicated.
During the next few months, I will be posting new Taking Up Space comics each M,W,F.
