So I've been using a new eye style for a few weeks now.  What do you guys think of the change?

At the start of the "Rose Glasses" storyline, right?
Well, to be quite frank, I liked the old eye style better. But you should be true to yourself, of course.

Eyebrows, on the other hand, are a definite improvement.

Now that I've got a larger base of comics to look at with the new style, I think I was more expressive with the old eyes.  It's taking me longer to master the newer style than I thought it would.  I'm still going to stick with it though. I'm stubborn like that and I think it'll work out well with more practice.

And yeah, so long as I remember that eyebrows exist, it probably won't be a disaster.

I'm still going to stick with it though.

Good, and good luck with it. I didn't mean to be a downer. I always worry when cartoonists/comic artists enlarge eyes. Remember Stephen Jay Gould's remarks about Mickey.

Oh, it was a valid point.  Plus, concerns/criticism towards the negative are usually quite helpful, so I don't begrudge it (usually).  I'm sort of aware that the eyes end up too large half the time. It's one of those inner battles.  I think I only ever manage to make Steve's eyes as small as I want to make eveyone's.

Also, I had lost my bookmark to the bit about Mickey. Thanks for that.

I think I only ever manage to make Steve's eyes as small as I want to make eveyone's.

As an experiment, you could try drawing Matt with lightly penciled-in glasses, and then erase the glasses when you're done. Maybe that would help you get the look you want.

I like that idea. Perhhaps I'll try it out tonight.

You can't see it, but I'm now doing my "I gave a useful idea to a webcomic artist" dance.

It's times like this where a webcamera would be useful. Or scary.

Or both.

Did you see Jon Arbuckle dancing in "Garfield Gets A Life"? Then no webcam is necessary.

If you didn't see it, lucky you.

Perhhaps I'll try it out tonight.

How did it go?

By the way, "raccoon" has two c's.

Uhm. It went sort of well, I think.

You won't see the results for about a week though, thanks to the power of the buffer.

But this is no mere raccoon.  This is a racoon!  It's a hybrid animal.
...Yeah I'll get around to fixing that later.

According to Wikipedia, Racoon is a Dutch band. Which makes the comic even more amusing.

Eh. I'm feeling jovial tonight, since we're close to buying our first house (we = my wife and me).

Here's a clip from this upcomping Wednesday's comic:


The eyes are a bit smaller and I think it's better. Yes?

oooo, either very angry or just very intense.  It is indeed better