This is a self portrait I drew for the back of the Lemon Inc. book. It’s a lot harder to draw myself than I would have thought it would be. The last time I did a finished self portrait was back in 2008, I think, and I’ve been meaning to do a better one for a while.

My Blog

If you didn’t already know this, I also have an art blog where I post artwork and sketches that are unrelated to Lemon Inc. or that I don’t feel are polished enough to post here.

Twitter

You can also follow me on Twitter as @lemoninc where I link to things, talk about Lemon Inc., comics, and life in general. I tweet daily. You can also use Twitter to contact me.

Flickr

You can see my photos, sketches and illustrations at my Flickr photostream.

StumbleUpon

I’m on StumbleUpon but I don’t Stumble very often…

My Tumblog

I have recently created a Tumblr page on impulse. I think I’m going to post things that I think are cool here but I’m not sure yet.

Webcomics Inc.

I also have a profile on Webcomics Inc., a social networking site for webcomics fans and authors. Feel free to friend me. I have also set up a group for Lemon Inc. on Webcomics Inc.

Visit Webcomics Inc

Where I’m Not

I used to be on Facebook but I’m not anymore because they deleted my profile. They said that I couldn’t prove that I was who I said I was but I’m definitely who I say I am. I’m not on Myspace because I’ve heard that there’s a lot of spam on Myspace.

Are there any other social networking/profile/micro-blogging/bookmarking websites that are worth joining?

-Tim

I had been mostly focused on the idea of entering the field of graphic novels and because I didn’t think of this as a graphic novel I pushed it to the back burner. Not many graphic novel publishers are particularly interested in comedy though and that is often my genre of choice. I have been aware of webcomics for quite some time though and read several on a daily basis. I was even aware that some people made a living off of their webcomics but I thought that it was a goal that was even more unrealistic than starting a newspaper comic.

About a year ago though I came to the realization that doing a webcomic would be a great way to hone my cartooning skills. Lemon Inc. was the first idea that came to mind. I designed the characters, came up with some storylines, and even designed a website but I never got around to actually getting web hosting or setting up my site until now. This actually turned out to be a blessing because it gave me time to learn about webcomics and prepare myself for my own.

During the past year I have been expanding the number of webcomics that I read and have discovered some truly great comics (although I have yet to read through many of the ones that I have discovered… the ones with big archives) and I have familiarized myself with the world of webcomics. Webcomics seem to have a different atmosphere than newspaper comics or graphic novels. I could create a comic in any genre about anything I wanted and it wouldn’t matter. It feels like I’ve found the venue I’ve been looking for to make comics.

I have realized that it truly is possible to turn this into a career and I hope that I can one day although I’m not focusing on making this into one at the moment. For now I feel that I simply need to make this comic for the joy of doing so. I hope you will enjoy reading Lemon Inc. I am very excited about it and I have some ideas that I feel, if I can pull them off, could be kinda epic.

I plan to update the comic on Tuesdays and update this blog at least once a week. Please feel free to tell me what you think of the comic so far and of the site design too.

Thanks for reading this!

-Tim Lai