Broken Plot Device

My good friend & fellow TCNJ graduate Chris Watson (aka @exlibrischris on twitter & FlakintheBox on Ustreams) over at Gaslight Urchin is helping me out with some Torgie DIY resin figures!

They’re still in the early sculping stages, but right now the plan is to have them available for purchase sometime this summer. They’re around 4″ high, and will come with either a black or white base coat already applied, so they’re ready for painting right out of the box! Chris will be posting updates periodically on his blog, so if you’re interested in watching the Torgie figure take shape (literally) OR just wanna see what other awesome scupture work he’s got going, head on over to his blog.

There appears to be some confusion with a handful of you pertaining my motives for Friday’s comic, and I felt I should set some things straight.

I used the “Nay Jaylor” character purely for fun. I wanted the “Idea Man” (whom I have personally dubbed “Kevin the Tigrus Maximus”) to be bugging another comic creator, and because I knew a lot of my early readership had discovered BPD through a generous link Jay posted on his “Better Days” site, the parody character would be recognizable. But that’s pretty much the extent of it.

Jay is a friend of mine, whom I met through the Furry convention circuit and via other artists. While I do not see eye-to-eye with many of his political opinions, in general he’s a nice, good-humored guy and I have a lot of respect for him and his work ethic. Jay is extremely professional, more so than anyone else I have ever met in the Furry Fandom. Friday’s comic was not, as a few people have assumed, a “middle finger” at Jay. It has little to do with Jay at all; the strip would have worked with nearly anyone else in that position, even a nothing filler character. Any assumptions to the contrary, to be honest, are people projecting their own dislike into the comic.

If you’ve read and dislike “Better Days” or “Original Life”, I won’t argue that, just as I wouldn’t argue with someone who disliked “Broken Plot Device” for one reason or another. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinions. However, if you dislike Jay as a person, please keep the attacks and insults to yourself, especially if those opinions are based on rumors & NOT having interacted with him face-to-face. This goes for anyone else; if you see me reference a real person in the strip, if you dislike said person keep comments civil or I WILL start deleting them. The comments section is NOT the place to discuss who you think is a jerk.

“Broken Plot Device” was created to be a fun distraction from real life; any negative personal opinions I have towards any specific person are purposefully kept OUT. If you enjoy the comic, please do the same for the comments.

Thank you.