Story of the Comic
I don't think of myself as much of an artist - writing is what
I'm more interested in, but I draw solely because I find it to be
fun (whereas I put writing to good use in Real Life - good grades
on research papers are a Good Thing). However, when I finally got
things going on a new story called "Neko Machi," it kept
reading like scripts for a webcomic. After a little bit of prodding
from some friends, I started trying to draw actual comics, and after
doing several of them, I decided that I could do it as a webcomic
after all. I had a concept that's easy to devise new ideas for, fun
characters, and a good head start (about 20 comics in pencil and scripts
that'll allow for a good 30+ comics beyond that). I recruited A-sama/Tarokun
(of Nekobox fame) to help out
with scripts and such for the site, since that stuff is a bit over
my head.
In February 2005 Neko Machi will be a full two years old. The comic
has switched to being inked (and occasionally even colored), moved
to its own URL, gone through numerous storylines, and picked up a
few new characters here and there.
Story of the Characters
There isn't much of one... Basically Neko Machi (Japanese
for "Cat Town") takes place in a city that, for reasons
totally unimportant to the story, is populated entirely by anime cat-people
and it follows the lives of some high school aged catgirls and their
various friends as they go through everyday life and make cynical
comments. Often nonsensical and silly, and occasionally touching.
The links below will take you to the beginning of each of the alleged
story arcs so far in Neko Machi:
Omake Weirdness
Neko Machi has wound up having a lot of bonus stuff posted outside
of the normal MWF schedule. Some are one-shots, some are recurring,
and some may or may not continue depending on how lazy I decide to
be.
