Month: July 2020

Posted on July 25, 2020 by softmanpillowboy

Here’s Part 3 of our surprisingly long journey towards giving Dirk a humanoid form. You can check out Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 4 here. I hope you all like constantly changing character, background, and prop sizes! (Let’s be honest. You’re here for the story. Not the art.)

Fun fact: In case you didn’t know, Softboy’s miraculous conjuration of a rainbow while saying the word “imagination” is a reference to a famous and oft-memed scene from Spongebob Squarepants. Dirk calls it stealing, but I call it an homage. 

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Posted on July 18, 2020 by softmanpillowboy
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Things get a bit more interesting (and meta) in Part 2 of our current multi-part comic. You can read Part 1 here, Part 3 here, and Part 4 here.

Fun(?) fact: It is indeed very hard to draw Dirk. Sometimes, the look of an entire comic will change just because I’ve realized that I just can’t draw Dirk at certain angles. It also doesn’t help that only one side of him can visibly emote.

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Posted on July 16, 2020 by softmanpillowboy

@penny-anna: FELIX i just noticed the ‘argument’ in the background over how to spell theatre and i’d like to know who is responsible

Haha, you’re the second person I know of to comment on that! The purple crayon is Leo Lion. The gold is Softboy. (That’s why the little purple angry face has a kitty frown)

Both Leo Lion and the Chrisville Theater Society are based off of what Chris knows about his British uncle, who is himself part of a G&S society back in England. (In fact, as an American, I hadn’t heard the word “society” used in a club-like context outside of a few major organizations; I think it’s just a less common, but not rare, usage here). Because of this, Leo Lion is as British as an 8-year-old American child can imagine, which means speaking in a fancy accent, being very polite (but also more than a little sarcastic), and of course, staunchly defending the British spellings of words.

Softboy loves Leo Lion, but he’s also a stubborn American with his own views of how words are spelled. The other toys don’t particularly care, outside of some light teasing for Leo, but will certainly support Softboy in any of these arguments.

(Don’t even get them started on aluminum…)

Posted on July 11, 2020 by softmanpillowboy

It’s time for another multi-part comic! It looks like business between Dirk and the Chrisville Theater Society isn’t quite finished yet. You can find Part 2 here and Part 3 here.

PLEASE NOTE: Softboy Pillowman and the toys of Chrisville want to remind their loyal readers that you shouldn’t be ashamed of the way you’re shaped, no matter what your body is like. As you’ll see in the next parts of the comic, this is more of a playtime-related issue than any actual issue with Dirk’s form. 

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Posted on July 4, 2020 by softmanpillowboy

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Kids can get some fascinating new interests during the quarantine…

Here is our first look at Chris’s mom and dad! Just like Chris, we’re going to call them “mom” and “dad” for now. 

Fun fact: The Chrisville Theater Society’s costumes are inspired by my favorite production of Don Giovanni, which was performed at the Royal Opera House in 2008. Softboy Pillowman is playing Leporello while Dirk has landed himself the lead role as Don Giovanni. Leo Lion is dressed as the Commendatore, although he was considered for the role of Don Ottavio, and would probably play that role in other Chrisville Theater productions. 

Also, Chris’s dad is supposed to have a decent amount of scruff and chest hair, but I quickly learned that I am not a good enough artist to portray that. Until then, Chris’s dad has taken up shaving during the quarantine.

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Going back to Leo Lion’s role in this production of Don Giovanni: he is definitely more suited to play Don Ottavio than the Commendatore, and is probably only going to play the latter role just this once. When asked why he fought so hard to play the Commendatore, Leo Lion responded that he just really wanted to drag Dirk to Hell.

Posted on July 4, 2020 by softmanpillowboy

Kids can get some fascinating new interests during the quarantine…

Here is our first look at Chris’s mom and dad! Just like Chris, we’re going to call them “mom” and “dad” for now. 

Fun fact: The Chrisville Theater Society’s costumes are inspired by my favorite production of Don Giovanni, which was performed at the Royal Opera House in 2008. Softboy Pillowman is playing Leporello while Dirk has landed himself the lead role as Don Giovanni. Leo Lion is dressed as the Commendatore, although he was considered for the role of Don Ottavio, and would probably play that role in other Chrisville Theater productions. 

Also, Chris’s dad is supposed to have a decent amount of scruff and chest hair, but I quickly learned that I am not a good enough artist to portray that. Until then, Chris’s dad has taken up shaving during the quarantine.

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