There’s no comic this week. Work responsibilities have kept me from completing another page.

But I don’t want to leave you without something to look at today, so here is a rare behind the scenes look at “Quest for the Cloud Castle.”

When I design a character for my comics or children’s book work, I usually do a bunch of sketches before I”m happy with the character. This is the first and only sketch I did for Sir Reginald. In my original notes, I had planned on having a tall, handsome knight as  the lead character. But then this guy came out nearly fully formed.   Before I he appeared in the comic, I had eliminated the weird belt across his chest, and lengthened his legs (which I now wonder if I should have kept him this short).  But otherwise, this sketch determined the character.

Be back here next week for the continuation of the comic.