They Make Great Pets
Today’s comic is number 52! Go me.
Wow, pretty amazing, isn’t it? I’m referring not to today’s comic specifically — which is basically me ripping off a comic I’ve already done that someone else came up with — but that I’ve been able to knock out 52 of these pieces of crap already.
The idea for “Angel Ants” came to me as though in a vision, but actually it was while I was in the shower. I was thinking about how nifty a title “Between Angels and Insects” was for one of Papa Roach’s songs, and then it hit me that “Angel Insects” would be a great idea for a comic. I then came up with the concept of the getting squashed by Jesus’ mighty foot and was all ready to go, but while I did like it, I didn’t love the title “Angel Insects.” It didn’t roll off the tongue. It didn’t excite me (you know, in my pantial area). I needed a new name.
Big surprise — I came up with “Angel Ants.” Yeah, you didn’t see that coming.
At the time I thought “Angel Ants” was a one time thing. I mean, really, how much can you do with two ants in heaven? When I came up with the idea for the second comic — the farting in God’s office — I realized that I was sitting on a fart-laden gold-mine. I played around with Photoshop and found that I could do a much better job digitally drawing the comic than I could actually drawing it by hand. I think that’s because I… what’s the term?… suck ass at drawing by hand. Yes, that is exactly the term.
It’s been all downhill since then, but I thank you for sticking around and watching me crash and burn. “Angel Ants” hasn’t set the world on fire, but there does seem to be a pretty loyal following, and I do appreciate that.
Thanks for reading,
Nima
