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Webcomics Confidential: Unnecessary Tangents

Webcomics Confidential: Unnecessary Tangents

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Brad Guigar
Jul 16, 2025
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Unnecessary tangents in an illustration can be distracting — and kill the composition in an otherwise great drawing. While sketching a page for his Evil Inc comic, cartoonist Brad Guigar discusses tangents and how to avoid them.

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