WuMo (which I assume is named after its creators) debuted in my newspaper this week. There is an interview at http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20131104_Welcome_to_the_world_of_Wumo.html but since the paywall limits access here is an excerpt:“Filled with visual non sequiturs, anthropomorphic animals and sight gags ranging from satire to slapstick, Wumo is a deceptively simple cartoon. There are no regularly appearing characters to get to know, but from their expressions, with smiles and scowls but especially through their bulging, popping or squinted eyes, it’s easy to tell what they’re thinking. It’s a subtle, but focal point of the art.
“We work in this universe of human awkwardness,” said Morgenthaler, 40. “Things are awkward or different. And we found early on that the way to get people to identify with the strip — that is being told with the eyes.”
Dialogue or text in the comic strip usually doesn’t go beyond a single sentence and sometimes is limited to a simple label or less.
“Our rule of thumb is ‘as little text as possible,’” said Wulff, who comes up with most of the jokes. “Even though I’m the ‘word guy,’ I like it when there’s no text.”
I wanted to live in the woods so had lotsa trees and shrubs planted—-finally a Certified Wildlife Backyard(+ frontyard) by the Nat. Wildlife Fed. But the lawned neighbors didn t ike it. The Homeowners’ Ass. investigated, and, once I made neat little boundaries along the front bushes, the neighbors and I were okay with each other again.
Bittermelon of Truth about 11 years ago
Stuck in the suburbs, get me out of here!
WuMo (which I assume is named after its creators) debuted in my newspaper this week. There is an interview at http://www.staradvertiser.com/featurespremium/20131104_Welcome_to_the_world_of_Wumo.html but since the paywall limits access here is an excerpt:“Filled with visual non sequiturs, anthropomorphic animals and sight gags ranging from satire to slapstick, Wumo is a deceptively simple cartoon. There are no regularly appearing characters to get to know, but from their expressions, with smiles and scowls but especially through their bulging, popping or squinted eyes, it’s easy to tell what they’re thinking. It’s a subtle, but focal point of the art.
“We work in this universe of human awkwardness,” said Morgenthaler, 40. “Things are awkward or different. And we found early on that the way to get people to identify with the strip — that is being told with the eyes.”
Dialogue or text in the comic strip usually doesn’t go beyond a single sentence and sometimes is limited to a simple label or less.
“Our rule of thumb is ‘as little text as possible,’” said Wulff, who comes up with most of the jokes. “Even though I’m the ‘word guy,’ I like it when there’s no text.”
Tom Falco about 11 years ago
Cookie cutter burbs.
Willow Mt Lyon about 11 years ago
“And they’re all made out of ticky tacky And they all look just the same.”
716PMedGuy about 11 years ago
lmao
jmcx4 about 11 years ago
Little pink houses, for you and me….Mellancamp.
scyphi26 about 11 years ago
Yeah, I’d want help mowing the lawn too.
dirgis3 about 11 years ago
Superfrog about 11 years ago
It’s a blue car nation.
kaffekup about 11 years ago
I know exactly how he feels…
Just one more thing about 11 years ago
Better to make a sand lot that way u wont have to be out there sweating like a jack ass
Manunator about 6 years ago
So significant
⛒⛑⚒⚜♽♶☮☸☯e about 1 year ago
do they lift the lawnmower to do that?
a_biological_girl 10 months ago
This reminds me of the webtoon “Everything Is Fine”