Some of you probably know that I got into doing comics because I was a follower of Katie Tiedrich's comics over at Awkward Zombie. I guess, in a way, that I came to see Katie Tiedrich as my main artistic rival, and that was a positive thing for my own artistic development.

However, since Katie Tiedrich has given up on doing her comics, I find myself at a loss for somebody to follow, look up to and compare myself to.

I need an artistic rival - I think it's good for people to have somebody they can 'spar' with - to follow that person's work and, in turn, measure their own progress and development against that person.

There are a truck load of artists here whose work I admire and that greatly inspires me, but the majority of that work isn't comic strip art.

I have been working on my own comics recently, but ever since Katie Tiedrich stopped doing comics I feel like I've been working in a vacuum, which has gotta suck for any kind of artist.

I'm not a fan of Penny Arcade, and I'm not a big follower of Video Game Cats. Ideally I'd like to watch another dA person who makes video game comics and updates fairly regularly...


So long story short, I'm asking you deviants out there if you're watching any comic artist who would be a worthy adversary for me to pit my skills against, somebody who can inspire me and give me something to measure my own artistic development against.

Any ideas?