Cup of Suffering

Spectralsingularity · Post by **Spectralsingularity** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:12 am

Cup of Suffering isn't really a new keenspace site since, it's been around since 2002, which I guess in keenspace terms means it's approaching middle age. As part of its impending mid-life crisis the comic is trying to reach out to new, younger, hipper audiences (and if it's lucky maybe start dating a co-ed).

Oh, also it's updating again more than a year of...not. And there's a brand new site too. Truly the cup doth runneth over. We're in the middle of storyline right now so you may want to start with the archives, but regardless, curious parties can direct your attention to http://cupofsuffering.keenspace.com.

Much Thanks

War · Post by **War** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:15 pm

It's like christmas, in September.

The only downside is we can no longer laugh at Bob's refusal to believe that CoS was dead.

K-Dawg · Post by **K-Dawg** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 3:16 pm

I am giddy with anticipation, and I am filled with steak.

Nicked · Post by **Nicked** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 5:58 pm

My RC cola-filled mouth explodes with delight!

Yeahduff · Post by **Yeahduff** » Wed Sep 14, 2005 10:34 pm

Brilliant news. Excellent.

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 5:48 am

omigosh! most awesome comic ever!

Blackaby · Post by **Blackaby** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 12:10 pm

Ergh. Forgive me if I'm stupid, but I can't work out which button to click to go back ONE comic from the main page... the foetal previous button is sending me right back to the current page for some reason. Could be just me, though.

Eggbert · Post by **Eggbert** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 2:33 pm

I'm having that problem too. The archives are a bit trecherous to navigate at the moment.

But that dosen't stop this from being an AMAZING comic.

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 3:39 pm

Your comic tickles my funny bits in a way that my funny bits should not be tickled...

Spectralsingularity · Post by **Spectralsingularity** » Thu Sep 15, 2005 4:48 pm

Yeah apologies for the button problems. It's been awhile since I navigated the treacherous layers of keenspace directories, so I'm having to go back and make several changes to the site. But wow, thanks to the people who've replied, I was positive this post would die in obscurity. It really is good to be back.

McBean · Post by **McBean** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:41 am

Je l'aime. Je t'aime.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 11:44 am

I've heard much about this comic and how it was a shame that it has died. Now it appears the time is ripe to give it a read.

Mr. Caravaggio · Post by **Mr. Caravaggio** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 3:25 pm

Holy crap, it lives? It's a return right up there with lethal doses...

Steverules · Post by **Steverules** » Fri Sep 16, 2005 8:27 pm

Glad to see you updating again. CoS was one of my favorites. I've always loved the art. I can bookmark again. YEAH!!!

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 3:41 am

Ahaha, brilliant. This is a good day.
Out of interest, how long did the current page take to draw?

Spectralsingularity · Post by **Spectralsingularity** » Sat Sep 17, 2005 6:26 am

Komiyan wrote:Out of interest, how long did the current page take to draw?

You have to be careful about asking me such things, I'll give out far more details than you ever wanted to know. The short short answer is: too damn long. I really want to start making some of the characters look more sophisticated, so getting better sketches of Moses and God took awhile. I think Moses has filled out, but God still has another four or five beards to go through before he gets a look I like. And even though it's a talking heads comic, it still took me a couple of weeks (scrounging an hour here and there) to get the whole thing sketched out.

The really involved effort is making the finished line art. For all my new comics I take my rough sketches and re-trace them in Flash, which, with a mouse, takes all of ETERNITY. But you get so much more control over your lines and editing is so much easier, it's worth it (and tracing in Flash is so much more intuitive than Illustrator). Still my tortured wrist is begging me to get a Cintiq tablet post haste. So that's my new dream.

Whew, yeah....there you go.

Stolle · Post by **Stolle** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 1:16 pm

Get a frigging tablet! Just to know you're doing that job with a mouse freaks me out. Scares me.

Looks amazing though. Insane, but amazing.

Noemz · Post by **Noemz** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 1:30 am

Ohhh fantastic! Great to see you're back! Your comics leave me in absolute stitches. I was still checking back every couple of months to see if you'd managed to put out another masterpiece.

Hell, even briefly describing your comics to my friends makes them giggle.

Heyyyy... What happened to the mime thing? I loved the mime thing.

LibertyCabbage · Post by **LibertyCabbage** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 5:25 am

uh this comic

is fucking aWesome

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:04 am

I knew my faith would not go unrewarded!!

I had this comic in my bookmarks ever since, well since it stopped updating, and I still checked it (along with all my others) every day (it's easier than remembering shedules or sorting things).

Now finally I am justified!!

and if you stop again I. Will. Hunt. You. Down.