JAVA JAGUAR (a webcomic)
by Matt S. Law (a webcomic creator)
Whoops. Forgot to draw a Java strip yesterday, so I did this one super quick and posted it on the same day. See, only about five hours late. Bad for an airline, but not too bad for a weekly web comic.
Speaking of web comics, I think I'll do another round of answering fan questions, except this time I'd like to open it up to any character in the strip. Anyone want to send a fan letter and ask a question for Matt? Or Dingo Jack? Or Gayle? Or Tim? Or Enrique? Heck, we could bring Rafael back. Coffee Commander? Coffee Sasquatch? The owner's niece that works at the Bikini Barista Bar? The Prosperity Cat on top of the pastry bar? All characters are fair game.
Drop questions in the comments. If I pick one of yours I'll award 5 Kick Points. Be sure to include the city you are writing from so I can say, "So-and-so from Tulsa, Oklahoma asks..."
Also, it looks like Grok Imagine may have stopped allowing free video generation. Or the site is just glitching right now. When I tried to make an animated ending for this strip, something along the lines of "Ignore speech bubbles. Zoom in on last panel. The talking jaguar cub says some profound piece of human wisdom followed by a few musical notes like from an after school special." It opens a pop-up to sign up for the Pro version. I can click out of the pop-up and the video starts generating, but it freezes at 75%. We'll see if it is up and running later... in the meantime, all I have is this mundane time lapse video of me taking huge shortcuts to produce this strip...
Boilerplate:
JAVA JAGUAR is a webcomic based on the true story of a talking jaguar cub found in a coffee shop. Yes, I said based on the true story. Java Jaguar is produced by the nomadic cartoonist, Matt S. Law, on his mobile art studio consisting of Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Microsoft Surface Pro 7+.
To read Java Jaguar from the beginning, start HERE.
Created in Clip Studio Paint Pro on a Surface Pro 4. Here is the time lapse video plus bonus animation.
Did Matt have pets as a kid? Just wondering how he is with animals. Not that many of them would talk.
I was just saying to someone that I have been expecting the 'AI' tools to start charging. It's classic pusher strategy to get everyone hooked first. I'm more interested in your art anyway. Don't expect me to put out music made by a machine.
!LOLZ
Yeah, it was the same strategy when all the streaming services were competing for market share. Netflix, Prime, Max were all super cheap with no ads. Then they increased prices and inserted ads to try to actually become profitable.