I had this idea this past weekend. It either formed during the ride back from the baseball game on Saturday, or on Friday afternoon. In either case I was driving west down Lees Av with the CBC on. And if I was driving, it probably means Friday afternoon because Jenn drove home from the baseball game.

The idea is for a comic about a rock band. There will be a drummer, bass player and another guy who plays whatever else needs to be played; guitar, keyboard, didgeridoo, whatever. These three are the main characters that the reader probably always see. There will also be the lead singer / guitar player. He’ll be really snotty and into himself and his musical skills (which are much lower than he thinks) and of course, he’ll take the rest of the band for granted. Okay, so, nothing really earth shattering yet, but…

The comic always takes place during a concert and for all the reader knows the same one. There is no comic outside of the band playing this concert although the story may arc for several days or weeks (or months depending on how often it’s drawn.) The band will even morph it’s style throughout the comic, changing from rock to grunge to punk to country and western to whatever. But the band doesn’t notice, they just keep playing the song. Kind of neat, eh?

My other idea for a comic is to save me time and effort. Every couple of weeks, I’ll draw a single panel comic without a caption and post it on my blog. It’ll be up to the readers to come up with the caption — kind of like a contest, but without a prize! At the end of the contest, I’ll post all the captions and select my favourite. Hey, it’s my contest, I can make the rules! Any takers?