About the Comic:
Botchedspot is a professional wrestling themed web-comic that follows the careers of experienced wrestler Olav Orlav and rookie Rad Bad DeBone as they make their way through the world of wrestling. Sometimes done in stand alone comic strips, sometimes done in month long storylines, Botchedspot will tell their stories as well as take time to poke fun at the current wrestling product. This comic updates three times a week (MWF) and in terms of “adult content” or language, Botchedspot stays at about a PG-13, TV-14, T+ level.

Never Asked Questions: (I would say frequently asked questions, but I really don’t get that many, so instead I’m just going to answer questions that I think people might have.)

How do you make your comics?
Botchedspot has been made a few different ways throughout its two years of existence. Starting out, I created my comics traditionally with pencil and India ink, followed by scanning them and rasterizing them in Illustrator. I quickly changed to Faber-Castell PITT pens (less messy) and then around mid 2009 I started drawing and inking my comic strips on my laptop with a Wacom tablet. The only thing that has stayed consistent with these comic strips is the font, which is “Digital Strip” from the font website Blambot.com.

How did Botchedspot start?
I began Botchedspot when I took a Web-comics class for my Sequential Art (comic books) degree at the Savannah College of Art and Design. It was an amazing class taught by the late Jeremy Mullins- a man who had no end to his passion for web-comics. At first I didn’t even really like doing comic strips, as I never really wanted to be a comic strip artist or do work online, but I’ve since grown into it.

Why do you keep switching back and forth between stories about Olav and stand alone comics about WWE?
When I started working on my comic in the Web-comics class I took at SCAD, my business plan was pretty much trying to be a Penny-Arcade for wrestling. And while I still think that would be a really good idea, around the end of my first year I realized that I like writing comics about my characters more than writing about the industry. For one thing, I’m able to plan things out more in advance and I am more frequently pleased with the results. Also, it’s just more fun for me. Too frequently I would be up late on Sunday/ Tuesday/ Thursday night scanning wrestling news sites for something to make fun of, and it felt very forced. I still make comics about the industry occasionally though when the moment strikes me.

How long have you been a wrestling fan?
I can never honestly say that I’m an old school wrestling fan or anything since I only started watching after high school. I have watched a lot of DVDs, youtube videos, and read many autobiographies of wrestlers, so that has caught me up somewhat.

Why don’t you comment on ROH/ Chikara/ RPW/ other non WWE/ TNA federations?
I would love to be able to talk more about other federations, but the sad fact of the matter is that I do not have the time or money to watch and follow other feds. And actually, in a lot of cases I wouldn’t even know where to start. I don’t have the channel that ROH’s show comes on and I don’t really have the money or interest to buy DVDs of old shows from various indy federations. Of course I have nothing against people who do follow wresting to that degree, but I’m not ready to take my fandom quite that far. Only far enough to start a wrestling web-comic.

Where do you get your wrestling news from?
I get all of my news from Lordsofpain.net, although I’ve heard rumors that it (like many other wrestling news sites) gives malware and spamware to computers. Personally, I’ve never had any trouble with it.

Who are your favorite Wrestlers?
My personal favorite is always Edge, ever since I started watching. Rey Mysterio is also ranked pretty high up there. Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Miz, and John Morrison are also some of my favorites right now.