Developing today’s strip was interesting. From concept to completion, Jared was over my shoulder videotaping the whole thing. He was gathering his B-role for the Theater Hopper Documentary.

I was sweating bullets Sunday night waiting for him to come over and gather this footage. I had been creatively constipated all day and had no idea what I was doing for today’s strip. In the end it boiled down to “Okay, what movies are out there? Formula 51? What’s that? Sam Jackson? Okay. Formula 51, how can I make that funny. Formula 409! Okay, run with it.”

I think I worked out in the end. You only need to look at what happens to Jared in the last panel to know why.

When in doubt, go for the sight gag.

I think things will be very interesting when the documentary will be finished. As I mentioned before, a film festival is what spurred this whole thing and Jared has until Nov. 1 to gather all the film, make all the edits and submit it. We’ll see what happens after that.

The festival isn’t until January 9 and I think we’ll probably wait to see how it fares in front of a panel of judges before we make it available on the site. Unless, of course, there is lots of interest.

We’ll be sure to keep you updated as the production progresses.