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Friday, July 8, 2022

The DGmag - Doctor! I don't feel too Hood!

UPDATE (15/09/23) - How did I get this so, so wrong?!!

A RUBY Anniversary? That's 40 Dominic you nitwit.

So, with my understanding, finally! Let's celebrate the OAK Anniversary issue!

Issue: 80 - Our Oak Anniversary Issue!

Released: 08/07/22

Welcome to another summer special y'all! Here we are again. Summer has come around, it's hot outside, and your brand new DGmag has been released! What fun!!

You'll also get introduced to a fair few new faces in this issue also. These will be characters which will show up from time to time in the future, as well as some who will be regular new favourites.

Well then, let's not waste any time. let's get reading...

Oooooooo, how exciting! 80 issues old.

You mean to tell me that OTHER, versions of Hood exist?
With that logic, a Little Dom Riding Hood could exist too, right?

To be honest, Hood might just be a bit burnt out...

Erm... My character says the whole "Oh Goshy"
thing Harsh Hood. Not you!

Oh dear... This is actually quite emotional, ey readers?
Also, is Taz STILL missing, after Space Jam 2? I thought that
Rick and Morty had returned him?
That, or Dom's kept the poster. Heaven knows why though?

So, let me get this straight. If both Hoods are running, and Mina
is a ghost... Then surely, isn't she just floating really fast next to them?

I mean, a male Rude Riding Hood works just as well.

Obviously happens on quite a regular basis. Poor woman must

change a lot of nappies!

I wonder if the other Head Teacher got fired? I mean, she WAS
a child after all. I wonder what she did wrong? If that... Also,
is an evil witch REALLY, a good choice?
This school really needs to hire better people!

I actually own this Pebble in real life. I drew on the face though,
and his name is Pebbles!

If Dom keeps adopting cats, then the litter tray changing will

become pretty unbearable!

This must happen quite a lot considering that the penguins
drank it all. That, or they just REALLY enjoyed that specific lemonade.

VARIANT COVERS!

See the alternate covers for this very issue...

This cover acts more a celebration on it being issue 80!

Monday, April 18, 2022

The DGmag - Mud Fight

Issue: 79

Released: 18/04/22

Hello readers! A slight revamp to DGmag's design.

The main changes include the logo and the strip's speech bubbles. Apart from that though, the overall design has mainly been untouched. Oh, and the strip's logos and text on top of the page have too, been tweaked. The text in black is now in Arial Black and not Aharoni. The text for the website link and the word presents over the logo are too, now changed from Aharoni to Calibri (Body).

Apart from that, the change isn't too drastic. It's just a more simplified route as the logo still looked a tad too cluttered. This one and the banner-head is a bit more calmer on the eye. My iPad Pro illustrations (including a logo drawn in Procreate) are now present, instead of having the logo and drawings from PowerPoint.

A slightly redesigned cover and a newer take on the logo.

Your mother has probably left to give you some privacy Hood.

And the whole strip repeats itself on a loop.

Read it again, seem familiar?

Timmy are you ok? So tell me, are you ok? Are you ok, Timmy?

They turn up so much, that Scratch is technically, Dom's cat now!

You could have kept that secret quiet you know Mandy?

Mandy! WATER you doing?!! NOOOOOOOO!!!

Dominic here, has obviously seen a certain Bill Murray, in a certain

film, revolving around certain ghostbusters!

Hannnnnng on a minute... Has Tom and the Penguins had

a revamp too?

First they demand milk. Then they demand rusks. Then teddies.

What next, nappy changes?!! Does this madness, ever end?

I mean, Dominic finger puppet does make a valid point Ginger finger puppet.

I don't know about you lot, but something tells me that

that isn't K9 and The Doctor...

VARIANT COVER!

See the alternate cover for this very issue...

Thursday, March 10, 2022

The DGmag - One from 1945, Issue.2

Well... That took forever to finally come out...

This issue was intended to come out last year to follow on from the first 1945 edition. However, it appeared as if last year had other plans. It wasn't that I didn't have time to male it, it was actually because I just simply didn't really know HOW, to go about this one.

I'll be honest with you all, making a DGmag from the 1940s was great fun! Really, it was. But realistically, when you are trying to set a comic from the modern era to look like it came from the past...well, that can be a real struggle. Mainly because as I wasn't even around in the 40s, I have no idea really on how people back then spoke or even sometimes acted. The only real reference material I had on me were old Beano and Dandy comics from that era. Even then, they are all replicas. And you can believe me, the majority of material which was allowed then is now outdated. And indeed rightly a good thing too!! So, as you can guess, recent replicas are removing any offending material. Which is no bad thing.

The real answer here, is that these editions are indeed harder to make than your normal DGmag. Quite simply because I am having to try my best to write and draw in the old fashioned style, while staying with an issue which won't offend anyone. And even my old fashioned drawing style cannot beat the brilliance of the late Dudley D. Watkins. He was a true Beano and Dandy legend in the making!

So, will I make another DGmag in the old style? Well sadly, probably not! This has been too hard a challenge. And although a really fun one, it has been a bit too difficult at times to even force myself to think in that era. Yes, I did enjoy English at school, but to write in an old style is harder if you weren't even born from that time period!

Still, these two editions were a fun idea to try for the 2020 revamp onwards, but I think that I'll be better suited to sticking with the regular style of DGmags set in the current eras and onwards.

I hope you've enjoyed the last 1945 issue anyway and likewise, enjoy this one too!