TODAY’S COMIC: “Jack The Spider”
Is Jack the spider… real? I dunno. But this one made me laugh. The idea that the cute teddy-bear-like spider you’ve been reading about is really a big huge spider cracked me up. Makes you wonder if he isn’t an imaginary friend himself, but in a different way.
The idea for this strip originated from the original concept of Skitter. I wanted there to be perception issues between bugs and humans. Bugs had a hard time even seeing humans clearly because they were so big and far away. Humans had a hard time seeing bugs for the “people” they really were. There was a strip I wanted to do where Martin the cockroach finally came face to face with a woman. He saw her as a blurry image. She saw him as… a cockroach. I never did that strip, but it kinda lives in this one.
John
If you get a hankerin’ to upvote this comic on Reddit, I’d be very appreciative!
LUNA: "Hey, Reen, Where's your imaginary friend, Gary?"
REEN: "Oh, he's around."
LUNA: "Well meet my real Friend... Jack the spider!"
REEN: "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
LUNA: "Don't mind her. I think you're cute."
I really like that you have the perception thing going on between how humans normally see bugs vs how bugs see bugs, very clever.
Thanks! I don’t think I can do “how bugs see humans” since I have them already able to see humans as thy are, but I thought it would still work the other way around. At the very least in this one strip.
Wonderful concept, and very well done.
Thanks! I had fun drawing it.
Holy shit, that’s a hunting spider – not a web builder.
Cute, though. Where’s his other eyes?
Jack is sorta a mix of different spiders
Ok, thats it. I’m scheduling you all an appointment. The way you speak to insects is just weird..
the bug doctor?