What Is Skitter?
What Is Skitter?…
“Skitter” is a humorous comic strip about the absurd misadventures of a group of mischievous bugs… and a girl.
Meet Jack the spider, Gypsy the moth, Chip the cricket, and Luna the girl!…
The original idea for Skitter came to me in – I think – 1990 when I was dreaming up an idea for a video game. It was my answer to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The difference was that, instead of turtles, they were bugs: A spider, a cricket, a cockroach, and a grasshopper. They weren’t ninjas, they were military, sporting army helmets and machine guns. I suppose Desert Storm influenced me.
Although I drew up some sketches of the characters, I never proposed the idea to my employers at Williams/Bally/Midway.
25 years later, having decided to start a webcomic, I dug up that old bug idea, revamped the character designs a bit, and called it “Skitter”.
Skitter has become a passion for me. I love writing and drawing it, as well as creating all the other elements related to it, like videos and the Skitter iPhone app
I hope you enjoy reading Skitter as much as I enjoy creating it!
