Wapsi Square

What is Wapsi Square? Wapsi Square is a fictitious neighborhood in the Minneapolis, MN area.

Where did the name Wapsi Square come from? My wife and I would travel past the Wapsipinicon River when we would drive to see each other.  She thought the name was cool and thought it would work nicely as the title of my comic.

I really like your comic, can I link to you? Thanks!  Most certainly.

I linked to you, will you link back to me? As general practice, I don't like to trade links.  Most times the results are cluttered links pages that cause people's eyes to glaze over when confronted with them.  I'll be glad to take a look at your site though.

Is Monica based on anyone? Physically, Monica is based on a young Hispanic woman I was friends with out in California. Sorry, but I won't post any pictures of her. Monica's personality is based on a combination of my wife's personality and my own.

Where did the eight-ball shirt come from? In my comic, I try to give my characters a variety of clothes.  For one comic where Monica was talking about her exercise mat, I thought that would make a cute shirt idea.  My wife took the idea one step further and came up with the idea of having it be her "magic" eight-ball shirt.  She then demonstrated how the comic would go for me:

I just had to get that into the comic!

What supplies do you use to make your comic? All the stuff I use is very traditional and can be ordered from any art supply store.  The board I use is Strathmore 400 Bristol (2ply), I like the rough surface as it gives more character to the line than the smooth surface.  The initial sketches are done using a Sanford Verithin #761 1/2 non-photo blue pencil, the inking is done with Speedball Super Black India Ink and a Winsor&Newton series 7 #2 brush.  When in a hury, I use a Faber-Castell brush pen.  The details are fine tuned with Sakura Pigma Micron pens.

What is "Dark Alley"?  Is this a comic released separate from Wapsi?  Where can I get it? Dark Alley was a story idea I had that I never really did anything with.  It came to me about the time I was starting to post Wapsi on-line.  I wanted to focus all my energy on Wapsi but couldn't shake the characters from this other story.  So in an attempt to exercise them from my brain, I did these mock cover illustrations.

None of these comics exist anywhere, and thankfully for Wapsi, not anywhere conscious in my brain either.

Maybe someday they'll see the light of day.

You make reference to specialty bra sizes, do you have any leads for women who "use the rest of the alphabet" to find bras that fit? Well obviously not for myself, but yeah.  From the time taken trying to help My wife find bras that fit better, I've found a few places, but here is a great places to start, thirty_twod, it's a community where women with small band sizes can discuss bras and daily life as a small female with large natural breasts. *NOTE: This community is not a porn site and not a site for guys to ogle skinny/busty gals.

Bravissimo is a company that provides a wide choice of lingerie and swimwear in D-JJ cup, as well as clothing designed especially for big boobed women.  Go check them out!

Boobydoo.co.uk Sports Bras.  Sports bra specialists, essential kit for all sporting girls, they're are all the support a girl needs.

All the bra sites for a gal with a small rib cage and a large bust seem to be overseas.  Do you know of any located in the states? Yep, check out BIG GIRL'S BRAS.  They have bras in selected styles that come in as great of contrast as "30HH" as well as bras for all sizes of gals.

More questions answered as I get them organized.