Very Small Monsters
Tiny comics every weekday - for you!
Friday, February 17, 2006
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Versus Action
An unoptimised version of my adaptation of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is up here; it's currently textless, so you should probably read the original story by James Thurber (if you haven't already). The comic itself's an early attempt at utilising this Infinite Canvas business so beloved of that McCloud fella and his ilk; I think it went pretty well, but I'd like to hear some constructive criticism if you've got some. But beware! The comic is pretty dang big - somewhere just north of the 2Mb mark - and so not a friend to the dial-up user (a more streamlined version will appear on my portfolio site when it's eventually ready to go).
Right, I've got a dissertation to write. See you tomorrow!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
The Hard Way, Part 2
MONSTER FACT: In the center of the head of many lizards is a small semi-transparent spot, which connects to an area of the brain, called the pineal body. A pineal body is a small, cone-shaped projection from the top of the midbrain of most vertebrates. The pineal body does not appear in crocodiles or in mammals of the order Xenarthra (anteaters, sloths, armadillos) and consists of only a few cells in whales and elephants. In humans the structure develops until the seventh year, when it is slightly larger than a pea. In lizards, this "third eye" is thought to detect day length, triggering the production of hormones for breeding in spring and hibernation in the winter. Thank you, Colzoo.org, for making lizards a little odder in my mind.