The Artist here,

As I have mentioned before, there are many people who are stars in the world of webcomics. Jeph Jacques and Jeffrey Rowland are two of them. Jeph because he writes characters so accurate you can’t help but want to kill them and Jeffrey because … well, because he’s a god. He has two comics, Wigu and Overcompensating. Last year, out of the blue, he did a crossover. This wouldn’t have been anything extraordinary except that Overcompensating is a diary style comic so he himself is the main character. In the crossover he is asked to kill one of his main characters by another character. The three characters depicted here are Sheriff Pony, Topato (the yellow dude) and Princess Dongle. All of them are from Wigu.

Jeph extended a challenge and though I have neither the time, energy, nor will to execute it to the letter, this is a temporary reprieve from the mundanity of gamer comics. So, while killing two birds with one stone, I did this drawing pretty quickly so it doesn’t have all the nuances (read: shading) that I orginally intended, but the point is made pretty clearly. The pony is playing the guitar and the poisonous potato and the princes are dancing to the tune while wearing sunglasses. That’s a description of what I drew for all you people who can’t see … y’know, art.

Ahniwa introduced me to Questionable Content and I have gotten hooked. I got Ahniwa hooked on Overcompensating and now he is an incurable intarwub junkie. Looking for the colors for this drawing was an opportunity to go through the Wigu archives again. If you get a chance, you should read through them. The stories are very well told. I wish I had that kind of ability. I found Wigu by accident way back in the day when I came across Rowland’s old comic, When I Grow Up. I loved that strip so when Wigu started I was set to enjoy it. And enjoy it I did. Overcompensating is the kind of comic I feel all artists aspire to draw. Witty, sarcastic, ironic and it has been the impetus for new words. Go forth and enjoy this new found trove of Intarwub lovin’. That’s Webcestuous!

–The Artist Formally Known as Theo