You flatter me. The process is quite simple. I think of a gag, any old gag based on either true events or something equally stupid my mind comes up with. I do rough sketches of the lineart in #2 Bic Mechanical pencil, in the layout I want them to end up for the final phase. Then, if I like what I see (and even sometimes when I don't) I ink the pencils with a .03 Staedtler Pen (Micron tips get screwed up too easily cuz I press harder than normal). Then I erase all the penciling.

Making the comic is basically as simple as cutting out paper figures and glueing them to... something. In this case, it's taking a background from a game, pasting the sprites in, and then just adding text and balloons. As for special effects like lighting and some shooting effects, I use Paint Shop Pro and just combine the effects it comes with to create lighting, blurring, and everything else. You can get a demo version of Paint Shop Pro, or it's big brother, Photoshop, from Download.com.

Adobe ImageReady, sometimes version 3.0 and sometimes CS. I use it mainly because it has layers and transparency, the ability to save good-quality web images, and it can animate if that's what I want to do, all in one program.

Our office offers copies of the program that we use to make tide predictions for the NOS Tidal Reference Stations. Our office is not in the business of software development and distribution. The program we use was developed for our use and is not user-friendly. The program is written in FORTRAN and requires the use of a separate control file for each location that predictions are being made for.

I use Paint Shop Pro. I edit the images, make layers, put effects on the images and whatever I'd like to add to the montages. I also use this program to edit my screen caps. I've been using Paint Shop Pro for a few years and have fell in love with it.

Currently Adobe Photoshop CS, which I also use to make a few of my layouts even this current layout. Before I had cs, it was Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and before that it was Arcsoft Photostudio 2000.

I use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe ImageReady. You can purchase the software from http://www.photoshop.com.

Not at this moment. In the future I will probably do a few tutorials. Please google this, or check out other webcomic sites. Hawk from Applegeeks.com has some great stuff on in his forums. That’s where I learned several techniques.

For the last six years or so, I’ve tended to use pretty nice cartooning materials, as I sell my original art online and in galleries. But if you’re a young cartoonist just starting out, you certainly don’t need to get all fancy-shmancy like that. You can use whatever you have at hand. Cartoons are good like that: no need for pretension or expensive equipment. Archival Faber-Castell Pitt pens, the ones with the “B” (brush) tip.

I've only ever used Windows Movie Maker. Others may use different programs, but WMM has always worked well for me and pretty much does what I need. I may not be able to do anything particularly fancy with it, but it gets the job done. As far as I know it comes as standard with Windows ME and XP.

All the source is written using Dreamweaver in Windows. All the images were made using Paint in Windows. All the file conversions (bmp to jpg) are done with IrfanView.

We use Macromedia Dreamweaver MX for the HTML. It is a very capable and powerful web editing program. For the graphics, we use Adobe LiveMotion for the Flash graphics and Adobe Photoshop for the pictures.

Numerous programs are used to make websites, but I use Adobe Photoshop CS to design my website, Dreamweaver 4.0 to code it, and CuteFTP to upload it to my server.

I use Flash MX (although I like Flash 5 more). I'm not an expert in it by any means so unfortunately I can't be used for tech support.

When I feel like it. I try to post one every day, but that doesn't happen. Right now, updates are done in the evening.

Once I have an idea for a comic I get some paper and I draw out a little "thumbnail" of what the page's layout will be. I usually have a bunch of these on a single sheet of paper so I know how the story will progress. Sometimes I write the dialogue for the pages in a text document on notepad to keep me on track. Then on another piece of paper I draw the comic with a regular mechanical pencil.

Again, a LENGTHY list is located in section [3.02] of the Traditional FAQ located at http://www.altvampyres.net/newsgroup/faq.

Good old MS Paint. Mouse drawn with my non-writing hand, I might add (I'm a lefty, most mice are for right handers). And colored. Actually, you're right; for certain things that make my job quicker/e.t.c, I turn to The GIMP. It's an open-source image modification thingummer.