The Abominable Charles Christopher

+3 to Courage

karl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:05 +0000

Before you start sending me hate-mail, let me say in my defense that I played my share of role-playng games in the past, including D&D, Shadowrun, Warhammer and too many Final Fantasies to mention, not to mention the countless hours I sunk into Everquest, WoW and, yes, Star Wars Galaxies. Mostly in dark, depressing basements.
So, y’know, cut me some slack here.

Takin’ Care of Beeswax

karl — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:23:37 +0000

Another comic featuring Andy Bee.
I looked up the origin of the term ‘beeswax’ in this context and there’s no single agreed-upon story, so I figured it could have been invented by these guys.

God Complex

karl — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:17:49 +0000

While building the new TX Store and this new version of the Abominable site, I started toying with ideas for a new shirt design. What I came up with was this image. It was done in Adobe Illustrator as an experiment – I wanted to see if Charles Christopher and the rest of the gang could be translated in different art styles while maintaining their personalities. Turns out they can!

I wasn’t crazy about the way it looked on a shirt, though, so I decided to pour extra time into it and produce the image as a fine art print – something I plan to do more of in the future.

Here’s a closer look at the full piece, as well as some zoom-ins so you can see the detailing in the textures. These are giclée printed on nice, thick 13″x19″ art paper. I’m very happy with them.

Welcome Back

karl — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:15:50 +0000

Notice anything different?
I’ve been working behind the scenes for the last several weeks to completely redesign the Abominable site. It’s streamlined, allows for easier navigation and quick access to comments and, coolest of all (at least to me) it’s searchable! I’ve tagged a bunch of the strips and I’ll be finished with the rest of them soon, so if you’re looking for a specific story or a particular character, they’re only a keyword search away.
I’ve also added a new sidebar on the left which I’ll use to feature Abominable items in the store.
Speaking of which… we’ve also constructed a new, unified storefront for the TX crew. All of our shirts, prints and assorted merchandise will be there for you to browse, and it’ll grow rapidly as we populate it with everyone’s stuff. This is particularly exciting for all of us because it’s the first real step in moving our careers into the world of webcomics and the characters we love. Reducing reliance on mainstream publishers and work-for-hire means we can devote more time to bringing you regular, frequent updates, and we’re extremely grateful for your support.
I’ve already done a new print to commemorate the event!

So, welcome back. It’s going to be an exciting year.

-karl

Strike Two

karl — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:30:14 +0000

“In the Spring a young hare’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.”
- Alfred Lord Bunnyson

Memento Mori

karl — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:30:33 +0000

There He Blows!

karl — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:30:01 +0000

Apologies to Melville…

What Happened

karl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:29:28 +0000

Hi everyone.
So, this morning I woke up to find that abominable.cc had been hacked. I’m currently working on a fix, so please bear with me. Today’s comic is finished and I’d like nothing more than to present it to you before the day is out.
Fingers crossed…

UPDATE: Now that I’ve moved to a new host and rebuilt the site, all traces of the hack are gone. I apologize to everyone who was affected and I’ll leave this post here in case anyone has information to share regarding fixes.

Panic Attack

karl — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 08:30:12 +0000

Unilateral Declaration of Human Rights

karl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:30:50 +0000

Standing Oration

karl — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:00:43 +0000

Alternate Title: ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’

The Fur Trade

karl — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:30:05 +0000