Q: So, what exactly is Internet Friends?
A: Internet Friends is the brain child of two guys, Shawn
and Henry, who, strangely enough, are friends on the internet. It
is a simple black and white (with a bit of blood now and again)
cartoon, so it's easy on the eyes and it chronicles two friends,
Mac and Einstein, and their struggle to tolerate each other's presence
in a shared space.
Q: What is the goal of Internet Friends?
A: Largely, IF has just been an excercise for us to see
if we are able to do it. Shawn had always wanted to create a webcomic,
and I jokingly suggested a strip about 2 guys who make fun of each
other on the internet all day, and well, we just sort of went with
it. I'd like to point out for everyone who doesn't get/like our
strip, that we are not trying to break ground here. We are not trying
to be the cleverest, or the most well drawn, or the most...anything,
really. We are just trying to get a few cheap laughs for ourselves
in doing something we love. If Internet Friends makes you laugh
or chuckle, or maybe just smile quietly to yourself, then we'd love
to share our comics with you, but if you can't appreciate the occasional
'so-low-brow-its-high-brow' joke, or a little just plain silliness,
then Internet Friends probably isn't for you.
Q: How did the authors of Internet Friends friends meet?
A: Strangely enough, we met through a game of online Monopoly
on games.com. Believe it folks, you CAN meet someone on the internet
that you might end up one day falling into a profitable buisness
relationship with. Keep searching, lonely internet nerd!
Q: Dude, your comic sucks ass/isn't funny/isn't drawn they
way I think is correct.
A: Fuck off. Also, that isn't a question.
Q: What's the real reason the comic is in black and white?
A: Shawn is colorblind and I am too inept to color things
in photoshop. So sorry.
Q: Do you have stairs in your house?
A: We are protected.
Q: Do you have any neat beta-comics or concept art or anything
to show us?
A: Actually, yes. We do most of our concept drawing in
MSPaint. Here's my
initial suggestion for the website design, and here is Shawn's
counteroffer. Clearly his was much better. Here
is a comic from the original internet friends design; it was originally
going to be drawn in a style similar to most contemporary Japanese
animation. This
is from the superhero incarnation of our comic, the Internet Justice
Friends. Can you figure out which character we based off of this
guy?
Q: Hey, I have a hillarious idea for a strip/question that
isn't answered here. Can I pitch it/tell it to you guys?
A: Where as many web comic authors would take the holier-than-thou
route and tell you to go fuck yourself, Shawn and I are much more
humble, and always in need of some funny situations for Mac and
Einstein to get into. You can either e-mail Shawn
or myself, or hit
us up on AIM (AltF4911 or OverclockedFox)
