Q. What happened to boasas.com? There was no activity for the longest time, and now there are a bunch of comics with a completely different art style. What gives? (I’m not complaining; just confused.)
A. Well, I got a little bored. So, I took some time off, went to Afghanistan, decided to start a podcast and just stopped thinking about comics for awhile.
Of course, then I started thinking about comics again and decided to archive the old BOASAS and begin anew.
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Q. Why the change in style, Steven?
A. I felt the old style became a little restrictive after 10 years and I wanted to try to grow and evolve as a cartoonist.
I did away with all the rules I’d set up and just starting drawing the characters in whatever way I felt like at that moment. This helps to keep me interested and it’s a lot more fun.
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Q. How do you make the new comics?
A. The key tools are: an iPad, the Adobe Ideas app and a stylus or two. First I draw the characters and background elements on the iPad and export them to Adobe Illustrator. Then I add color, maybe some photographic textures and the text.
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Q. What about the lettering?
A. It’s based on my own printing style. I created it on the iPad using iFontMaker.
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Q. But what about the new website?
A. It’s a tumblr. The old site is archived here.
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Q. What if I want more info?
A. There’s a Wikipedia entry you could look at.
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Q. What’s the best way to contact you?
A. Twitter.
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Q. Do you have an online store where I could buy archival quality prints of your comics?
A. Yes. Yes I do.
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Q. One more thing: How often do you update?
A. Eh, I shoot for once a week. The day varies. Subscribe to my RSS if you want to know right away when a new comic is ready.
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