The Clearwater University Student Center exterior image (which we’ve seen several times) started as a photo of a UW Lacrosse building (Street View Link) that was then modified to expand to having a second floor, add windows to said second floor, and a couple of other tweaks.
I was going for “generic college building from the mid-20th century” – so I don’t know if you’re recognizing it from the Lacrosse, WI campus OR if I’ve just massively succeeded in creating the most generic college building ever 😛
One year ago, on April 16th 2024, the first page of Peregrine Lake went online. One year since we first met Bev as she drove through a snow storm and said the exact thing most of us have said in that scenario.
It took so long for Peregrine Lake to get off the ground. I first announced it back in December of 2019, and originally I was going to draw it. And then the world fell apart, and I found myself with zero ability to draw it anymore. I kept kicking the idea around, wanting to move it forward when in 2023 I jokingly suggested to my friend Ethan that they could draw the comic for me.
And they said yes, they'd love to, and I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.
We then spent almost a year regularly meeting, talking about my plans for the plots, the world, the characters, and all the things that would have otherwise just lived in my head. I started scripting comics, and Ethan got to work on concept art. And for most of 2023 we planned and got ready, and we hit the ground running in 2024.
And now we're here. Honestly, I love everything we've put out over the last year. Ethan's art is incredible, and tells the story in a way that I'm not sure mine would have. I love this comic, I love that you all are reading it, and I'm excited to show you what's coming next.
Because we've only just scratched the surface on how weird this is going to get.
On April 26th I'm going to be at Concinnity in Milwaukee, WI! Stop on by and say hi if you're in town!
About the Comic
UnCONventional is a comic that ran from December 2009 to December 2019 about the staff of a small town anime convention and their lives. This is a complete online archive of the comic.
And exactly how many meetings have you been to this year, ‘President’ Perry?
Oh, there you are, Perry.
That building looks awfully familiar…
The Clearwater University Student Center exterior image (which we’ve seen several times) started as a photo of a UW Lacrosse building (Street View Link) that was then modified to expand to having a second floor, add windows to said second floor, and a couple of other tweaks.
I was going for “generic college building from the mid-20th century” – so I don’t know if you’re recognizing it from the Lacrosse, WI campus OR if I’ve just massively succeeded in creating the most generic college building ever 😛
To me it looks a heck of a lot like the local middle school… and a fair bit like the high school… really, square brick buildings all sorta look alike.
On the subject of the comics to follow, Dis gunna b good