Character: Willis

Judge Who?

This week’s Patreon preview was about sound occupying space in comics, and how that effects its usage.

Speaking of Patreon, I recently uploaded the first 23 pages of my next graphic novel, MUSCLE GALAXY, which are available to read for FREE! Check it out!

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Barrie Deatcher is Employee of the Week, which means they are one of the folks helping support Hell, Inc. and my other non-freelance art endeavours! Patreon can make that possible! Even $1 goes a long way, and adds up pretty fast when enough readers show their support.

You can also support Hell, Inc. for free by telling your friends about it, because that is infinitely better than any promotion I can do. Also voting on Top Webcomics by clicking the banner below is very helpful!

Next Week: I can’t remember because I haven’t drawn it yet! Read it early on Patreon!

Miserometer

The Patreon preview for this strip is about getting a story to click, and also characters that I forget how to draw.

Also, thanks to everyone who stopped by my table at Edmonton Expo! You helped make the show my most successful Edmonton Expo ever, and I appreciate that you bought many, many copies of Hell, Inc. Afterlife-time Employment!

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Cindy Gauthier is Employee of the Week, and you can read her comic on Webtoon! It’s called Posthumous, and is a comic about two friends (who are cool, weird cyborg-things) exploring space and how the things that are in space are often terrifying.

Patreon! It’s a predictable income that I would like to be bigger so I can do less freelance and more stuff that I want to do! You get early access to Hell, Inc. strips, my other comics, and more!

You can also support Hell, Inc. for free by telling your friends about it, because that is infinitely better than any promotion I can do. Also voting on Top Webcomics by clicking the banner below is very helpful!

Next Week: B.L. Zebub learns about the miserometer. Read it early on Patreon!

Cerberus Orientation

The Patreon preview for this strip is about the decision process of where to put details when drawing a strip.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Jillian Taylor-Dolan, colourist of the award-winning Lost At Windy River, is Employee of the Week, which means they are one of the folks helping support Hell, Inc. and my other non-freelance art endeavours! Patreon can make that possible! Even $1 goes a long way, and adds up pretty fast when enough readers show their support.

You can also support Hell, Inc. for free by telling your friends about it, because that is infinitely better than any promotion I can do. Also voting on Top Webcomics by clicking the banner below is very helpful!

Next Week: Helen returns to the office. Read it early on Patreon!

Overtime Rules

This week’s Patreon preview was about pivoting on joke ideas, as well as one of the recurring themes of the comic. I’m also still tired from Calgary Expo, because a four day convention is basically a week.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Caitlin is Employee of the Week! Hurray! Patrons can currently read ahead on my next webcomic/graphic novel, Dropkicks & Dragons! Patrons are going to be able to read a fair amount ahead of the general public when that one launches, and it kicks ass, so please check it out!

In other news, continue voting for Hell, Inc. on Top Webcomics. The Old Internet becomes the New Internet! Click the banner below to vote daily.

Next Week: Helen is hard at work on her presentation. Read it early, and with author commentary, on Patreon!

 

What Do We Do Here, Again?

The video is raising a lot of questions that should be answered by the video. The Patreon preview post for this strip was about the effect in the fourth panel, with the film strip overlaid on the computer video, and how I did that.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Robbie Dorman is Employee of the Week! He is co-host of The Simpsons Show, the only podcast about The Simpsons, and also the only podcast about The Simpsons that I have done a guest spot on. You should also check out his website to learn about his new novel releases. He writes that good good scary shit. Indie artists need your support now more than ever, so check out his stuff!

You can also help out Hell, Inc. for free by clicking the banner below to vote on Top Webcomics, which you can do daily! It helps make the comic more visible to webcomic readers!

Next Week: B.L. Zebub emerges from his lair. Read it early on Patreon!

 

Moving On!

The last Hell, Inc. of 2024! The patron preview for this strip talked about how Willis’ experience comes from my own teaching experience.

In other news, I got a Retroid Pocket 5 for Christmas, and now I must pry myself away from it to draw more Hell, Inc. strips.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Caitlin is Employee of the Week! Patreon is a predictable form of income, which I appreciate, because freelancing and doing cons creates a wild income rollercoaster! If everyone who reads the comic chipped in a dollar a month, I’d be able to stop panicking about picking up freelance work and do more of my own stuff, which would be ideal.

You can help out Hell, Inc. for free by clicking the banner below to vote on Top Webcomics, which you can do daily! It helps make the comic more visible to webcomic readers.

Next Week: Bridget has notes on Helen’s notes. Read it early on Patreon!

You May Remember Me From Such Training Videos…

The Patreon preview for this strip is about how the demon in the video was originally just Troy McClure from The Simpsons, and then I talk my joke writing philosophy in terms of pop culture references.

Merry Christmas in a few days, for those who celebrate, and have a good week for everyone who doesn’t! Feel free to revisit the Christmas party arc of Hell, Inc. for all your festive comic needs. It starts here, and goes for, like, 150 pages.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

YOU, THE READER! There are a lot more of you than there were last year, which is awesome. It’s ideal, really, because if less people were reading the comic, that would be a real bummer. Special thanks to those of you who support me on Patreon, because any kind of predictable income is incredible. I’m looking forward to 2025, where I have an actual plan for a bunch of really cool new comic and RPG stuff that will hopefully not be destroyed immediately by circumstance.

BEHOLD! I have finally made a new Top Webcomics banner, only six years after first using the site header as a temporary one! You can click on it to vote, daily, because Top Webcomics is still a very effective traffic driver, and more votes means more eyeballs.

Next Week: Willis may have jumped the gun on the whole “no questions” thing. Read it early on Patreon!

Unsolicited Tech Support

Brought to you by every presentation where some computer thing doesn’t quite work! The Patreon preview for this strip was about unsolicited tech support, comics as choosing a series of moments, and school AV carts.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Trash the Stampede is Employee of the Week, and can be found on the internet at The Word Eater. They could also be found next to me at my last market of the year, which was last week! Patreon is also a predictable source of income, which helps calm the increasingly rough waters of freelancing, so I very much appreciate the people who support me on it!

In other news, social media’s slow collapse strengthens the case for Top Webcomics. The Old Internet becomes the New Internet! Click the banner below to vote daily.

Next Week: What does a workplace orientation video in Hell look like? Read it early, and with author commentary, on Patreon!

Speculate Wildly

You know what’s a great way to make a strip take a long time to draw? Make each panel have multiple characters, and only one of them is a main character that I’ve developed muscle memory for!

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Ben Hamlin, host of Syndicated with Lesley and Ben (among other casted pods), is Employee of the Week, and I’ve made yet another guest appearance! This time, we talked about Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury! We talk about the Prologue, which is an insane rarity – a first episode that is also the best episode of the series. You also get to hear me say some absurd Gundam character names, which I could have done for MUCH longer. You can also hear me talk about a bunch of other shows, like Better Call Saul, Newsradio, Workaholics, and Ugly Americans!

You can also head over to Top Webcomics by clicking the banner below, where voting can help draw new readers to Hell, Inc.! It’s early in the month, and votes count for more because the rankings reset.

Next Week: Back to the office, where things are very normal. Read it early on Patreon!

Reasonable Timeline

The Patreon preview for this strip was about how I treat coming up with background character designs like jazz. In other news, I have finished rebuilding the book design file for the Big Hell, Inc. Book that I’ve mentioned a bunch of times. It took several weeks, and involved recolouring/lettering about 30 strips as well as the front and back covers, and redoing all of the page layout. But now it’s done! It also has a real title, Hell, Inc. Afterlife-time Employment. I don’t know when it’s coming out yet, though. It might get a publisher? Who knows! But you’re reading this, so you’ll definitely hear about it when I have updates.

EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK:

Robbie Dorman is Employee of the Week! He is co-host of The Simpsons Show, the only podcast about The Simpsons, and also the only podcast about The Simpsons that I have done a guest spot on. You should also check out his website to learn about his new novel releases. He writes that good good scary shit. Indie artists need your support now more than ever, so check out his stuff!

You can also head over to Top Webcomics by clicking the banner below, where voting can help draw new readers to Hell, Inc.!

Next Week: We learn about death. Statistically. Read it early on Patreon!