10/30: New chapter of the George storyline is up under the Other Comics section. - Sawamura! 9/16: Hey guys, ok Im moving next week to Chicago, so there will be no new comics till the week after. I went ahead and redid the characters page, so check that out. Its still under work, but it is presentable for the time being. - Sawamura! 7/30: Sorry about the last week, my computer was messed up an I couldnt get internet access. I did however prepare the comics, so they are now up. The last one I posted was for 7/21, so now 7/23, 7/26, 7/28, and 7/30 are up. Sorry! - Sawamura! 7/12: Hey guys, I updated the logo finally. I kinda just got the bobblehead idea and went with out. I hope you like it. Ill be moving to Chicago in a couple of months and going back to school, but hopefully that wont affect the comic. I hope everyone is enjoying the break from Tom and the focus on Stephie and Wire. - Sawamura! 2/19: Whoa.. Long time without an update. Anywho, this jerk at work called in sick yesterday, and I had to go in to cover the shift, which put me way behind on comics. So, Friday's comic will be done later in the evening. I also wanna change the logo but I dont know if I have the time to, as I have actually been commissioned to do some drawings for an independent experimental/documentary video. Ill let you know how that turns out. - Sawamura! 12/29: Well as you probably figured out, I took last week off in lieu of the holidays. But now I am back, kicking off a new storyline that I hope will be DY-NO-MITE! - Sawamura! 11/21: Hey guys, as you can see, I am unable to use my templates for a while. So I will be drawing the panels by hand. They wont be perfectly straight lines but this allows me to kinda play around with the format. I hope you guys like it. - Sawamura! 11/3: Yo, almost caught up! - Sawamura! 10/31: Happy Halloween, but again, I am having issues with getting my comics up on time. Just a few more days of this... Im real sorry guys, I will catch up over the weekend, but I dont know when I will be able to go back to updating at a normal pace. Thanks for putting up with me. - Sawamura! 10/24: Sorry for the really late updates, but Ive been having issues with my work schedule, and my pen is about ready to poop out on me. Please bear with me.... Also todays comic will be late. Sorry. - Sawamura! 9/24: Hey guys, sorry about the lack of comics. I just now (like two minutes ago) got my internet back. So over the next few days I will be be catching up. I have all the comics drawn, I just need to load them up and color them and all that jazz. So keep checking the site. Everything should be back to normal by Monday. - Sawamura! 8/27: Whoa its been like... 2 months! Sorry guys. As you may have noticed, I have been updating late alot lately. The reason for this is now that I am done with school, I am working a lot more, and so my schedule is all over the place, so I do comics when I can. Also, looking at todays comic, it is a bit hard to follow... I tried typing up the text in the upper right panel while on the phone, and in black, so its full of grammatical errors. I must admit, this part of the comic is tough to write... I am trying to juggle two out of character stories. Wire is not acting his usual way.. He is acting more like Tom, yet Tom is now going through some major depression. Going back and forth is tough, because they each have radically different tones. Hopefully as time goes on I will either A) learn to juggle the two stories better, or B) end it quickly and move on to the next storyline (which, incidently was supposed to immediately follow the end of the Evil Orb story). Ok I think thats enough catching up. As always, thanks for the support! - Sawamura! 6/29: Hey guys! Its the comic's two year birthday! Thanks for supporting me all this time! Here is a special picture I drew to celebrate. I hope that my third year builds upon everything I have worked for so far. Thank you all. - Sawamura! 5/7: Sorry about the lack of updates this week. I had to go out of town suddenly and didnt get comics done ahead of time. So... I will be working to catch up this week. Today is Wednsday, so I will have todays comic up tomorrow, and Fridays should be on time. Sorry about this. - Sawamura! 4/21: Hi, I updated the links section with a couple of links. They are for these two girls I met last week who are very talented and cool. So check out their stuff, you wont be disappointed! - Sawamura! 4/4: Hey guys, long time no update eh? Well .... There really was nothing to say so I didnt post anything in the newsbox. I hope you are enjoying this current storyline. I am having a blast drawing it. Ok well, back into the fray! - Sawamura! 2/28: Oh my god oh my god oh my god! I put this comic together in like fifteen minutes, and it shows! I was out celebrating my friend's birthday last night and when I got home I had to pack for this trip Im goin on this weekend, and I didnt really have time to do a good comic. Oh well, it advances the plot... By the way if anyone wants to send me guest comics that would be cool, wink wink, hint hint.... - Sawamura! 2/21: Damn, sorry guys, I made the text a bit small. I hope you can still read it. I had these comics done around 2 this afternoon but I could not get into my FTP site until just now. Thanks for being so patient with me! - Sawamura! 2/19: Hey guys, my work schedule is all messed up so the rest of this weeks comics will be delayed, but I will still have them up. In the meantime, please remember to vote for your favorite characters! - Sawamura! 1/27: Well this weekend was odd. I got an email from Keenspace saying basically that my website was lost forever, so naturally I was upset and did not bother drawing a comic for today. However, the website is indeed still here, so I will have a comic done later tonight or tomorrow morning. Actually, this whole week I may have comics completed a bit later that usual, so please bare with me... - Sawamura! 1/24: Ok for some reason I did today's comic as a GIF instead of the usual JPEG. NEVER AGAIN! I dont even know why I did it, but it was nothing but a pain in the butt, so I will simply stick to JPEG format. - Sawamura! 1/10: Guess what I learned to do....? Finally..... - Sawamura! 12/18: Sorry the comic was up late today. Yesterday was my birthday so I was not able to make the comic ahead of time. Today's comic looks odd becuase I used two different pen sizes.. I dont know how I feel about it yet. Let me how it looks! - Sawamura! 11/15: Hey all, new poll question. This one is just a demographics one, so it wont affect the plot, like the last one was supposed to do. But that never happened cause all three(!) responses were for different things. Oh well. - Sawamura! 11/11: Yay, Caroline makes her comeback! I think shes only been in the comic like twice, and one of those times was the very first fictional comic, back during the Suicide Arc, which lasted all of three strips. Yeah I know she doesnt look at all like she did before, but thats ok, I never really managed to give her a design. Nows my chance! - Sawamura! 11/1: Sorry it took all day for this to come up. I didnt get home till 7 PM, and I didnt have time to prepare the comic yesterday. Sorry guys... - Sawamura! 10/21: I was gunna make this funny but then I changed my mind. Also I added a sick and twisted comic in the other comics section. - Sawamura! 10/18: This is how I really drive. I tell stupid stories and look at my passanger. - Sawamura! 10/16: I FINALLY changed the poll at the bottom of the page. It may or may not affect the storyline. It depends on how I like the answers.... Of course I joke. - Sawamura! 10/14: The car was green when I colored it in Photoshop. I dont know why it gets all dark when I do the touches to the comix. Sorry guys, now it looks like crap.. - Sawamura! 10/11: Ok, I dont know if anyone noticed or cared that I havent added any new comics to the other comics section. I have ideas in my head, but with the amount of work and school I have to worry about, I generally collapse when I get home, and since this is the Big Tom! website, that gets priority when I draw. I did indeed start chapter 2 of the George comic, but I think I lost it. Next semester when I will only be taking 3 BS classes to finish up my requirements for graduation, I will have alot more time to draw. Maybe Ill get so good that SVA will kick Josh and Ian out and let me in :) But Im not bitter. Peace! - Sawamura! 9/23: The second panel is a direct um... "homage" to the opening of the original Mobile Suit Gundam. - Sawamura! 9/13: Ok I dont EVEN KNOW why the left side of the comic is cropped. It was fine when I was working on it. Im sorry! - Sawamura! 9/11: Ok I dont EVEN KNOW what happened in panel 3. I generally draw in any order (for example this comic went 2, 4, 3, 1) but somewhere around pnael 3 I must have like really been on crack or something because it looks really bad! Oh well, lets just say I purposely lowered the art quality for um... comedic effect. Now let us never speak of this again... - Sawamura! 8/28: Hey guys, the next few strips may be a bit different in style, because I will be trying some new things. Hopefully it will be for the better right? Hahahaha....... Hmmm... - Sawamura! 8/19: I hate Seinfeld.- Sawamura! 8/16: Hey guys, sorry for the less than stellar art these last few days. Ive been really depressed over alot of different issues in my life, and so I havent really been putting my efforts into my artwork. Hopefully with school starting next week I will cheer up and the art will be better than it has been :) - Sawamura! 8/9: Whoa, sorry about the really messed up comic on Wed. I didnt realize the bottom was cut off. I will fix it this weekend. And thanks to my readers who actually stuck thru to see how this whole dream thing would turn out. I know it was kinda risky, because saying something is all a dream is such a copout. Oh well, thanks again! Also, dont forget to check out the George comic. Im working on chapter two now. It takes place in the park! Whoo!!!!! - Sawamura! 8/7: You may remember these two punks from the very first Big Tom storyline, the FiredAgain saga! Its Derek and Matt! I just um.. felt bad for not putting them in my comics ever. Oh well. No this is not the end. - Sawamura! 8/1: Yo, I finally finished the first chapter of the still untitled George comic. Yeah it took me like 7 months to draw 6 pages, so the drawing style may seem different across the pages. Im pretty happy with it for the most part. I mean yeah there are a couple of panels that I dont like, but thats how life is I guess. Check it out under the other comics section. - Sawamura! 7/29: Hey, I put in a poll thing just for some flavor. Feel free to use it. - Sawamura! 7/26: Yep so Jason is dead. I knew I wanted to kill him off, but I didnt know how, and then one moment it just hit me. You know, like when your creations take control and you write (or draw) to suit them? Yeah thats how it was in this situation. Same for the whole "Tom goes apeshit and tries to blow up the stadium" part. Oh well. - Sawamura! 7/17: Hey. The whole shadow thing I did was cause when I film videos I find it much more interesting to film people's shadows instead of them. Also, we can say that its an homage to the Pierro Le Fou episode of Cowboy Bebop. I think I overdid it with the blood on the last panel. - Sawamura! 7/12: Sorry it took all day for this to show up. Ive been going to bed at 8PM lately cause I work at 5:30AM and I gotta get up at 4. Monday's comic may be late also, but I might be able to pull it off. Anyway, this is the moment we have all been waiting for: the battle between Tom and Wire that has been brewing since.. I dunno, mid-January? - Sawamura! 7/8: I call this one "The Power of Suggestion". I think Wire's stubborn attitude is hilarious. Also the face Tom makes in the last panel is in homage to the faces Soun Tendo makes in the Ranma 1/2 manga. - Sawamura! 7/5: Sorry it took half the day before the comic showed up, I had to color it today, as my girlfriend came over for a few days. Also you may have noticed I actually used a different panel arrangement for once :) I like Tom's pyjamas. I dont even know how to spell that word. Oh well... - Sawamura! 6/28: Im back! And the forums are up! - Sawamura! 6/14: Hey guys Ill be out of town for two weeks. I have drawn enough comics to last until I get back, so everything will be cool. Well, unless AutoKeen doesnt update, but no worries. See ya in two weeks! - Sawamura! 6/10: Ok well what happened was that for some reason my site was not updating, it would just stay the same. So I drew and uploaded new comics, and they didnt show up. Keenspace helped out after I finally decided to ask them for help, and now I am back. Im planning on updating the long outdated characters section, cause well, there are new characters. Stay tuned. - Sawamura! 6/5: Oh my god, Im back! My site works again! I think... I am running a few minor tests to see if it works, so when I know its all good, Ill give you the whol explanation. - Sawamura! 4/15: Ok I have no idea what is going on with Keenspace but it is not updating my site. I have comics ready to go but they just arent showing up. Im sorry about this. - Sawamura! 4/3: AUUUUUGH! I was off to such a good start, but then when I drew the third panel, I screwed up!!!! And since I use ink only, I couldnt fix it!!!!!!!!!!! - Sawamura! 3/27: Sorry about the poor quality in the recent comics. I am under alot of stress what with school, work, and moving. Hopefully the quality will be better soon. Also, I wanna give a shout out to Justin Perez for helping me get exposure. I appreciate it greatly. On that note, I thank any and all regular readers, its so cool that you guys read even though I have bad art and illogical plotlines :) Thanks. - Sawamura! 3/20: Ok I am going out of town for the rest of the week, but I have comics ready and good to go. If Autokeen doesnt update, I will update Sunday. On another note, I HATE drawing Jason. I never make him look the same. So alot of times my two readers are like "Hey who is that?"...... Thats all. See ya Monday! - Sawamura! 3/13: I had a lot of fun doing this comic. - Sawamura! 3/11: My gosh, I love Boogiepop Phantom! I only watched three episodes and its so good that I had to put her into my comic. Anyway sorry for the bad drawings, I was sick and just whipped something up. Wednsdays comic will look better fer sure! - Sawamura! 3/8: I have been inspired. I was reading one of Ian J.'s many comics, and I decided to try my hand at doing another comic. So Big Tom will continue, but I will also be drawing something else as well. I dunno yet if I will post it or not. - Sawamura! 3/6: In case you cant tell, I saw Bad Religion last night. - Sawamura! 3/1: Howdy. I stopped using the burn/dodge tool. I just felt that it didnt look as good as I had hoped. So for now at least, I wont be using it. The third panel is an homage to Urusei Yatsura. There is an episode where three little girls say that, and I just found it funny. Sorry the comics have been updating a bit late, I just have been megabusy. Thats it for now. - Sawamura! 2/13: Trust me, this looked way cooler in my head... - Sawamura! 2/1: Ugh I need to stop trying to make the backgrounds look cool. Anyway, I am thinking about redesigning the site. We will see what happens with my time and stuff. - Sawamura! 1/21: I dont know if this is clear, but what Wire is trying to say is that Tom must defeat a bunch of other people before he gets the battle and promptly lose to Wire. Sorry if it didnt make sense! - Sawamura! 1/11: This is obviously a parody of Bambi Meets Godzilla - Sawamura! 1/4: Long time no update. I stupidly left my pen at my parents house, and now I have to use this thicker lined one until I go back to the parents house. I am so glad to finally have decent coloring in my comics, so I hope you enjoy! - Sawamura! 12/17: Today is my birthday. Anyway, this is the start of the dream arc. Last week was the transitional phase between suicide week and dream arc. These comics are dreams that I had and since I had to draw them before I forgot, I am like 2 weeks ahead of myself. - Sawamura! 12/7: I think the comic says it all. Suicide Week continues next week. Yeah its not over yet! - Sawamura! 11/26: Yeah so this is the REAL begining of the suicide story, even though I already told you guys that the comic will not be ending anytime soon. This is just a creative release, cause I get like this sometimes. Oh well. Enjoy... TO THE DEATH!!!!! - Sawamura! 11/23: FINALLY! I got some comics scanned, so yay. This comic was drawn like 2 weeks ago, and has been sitting around my apartment. Im pretty sure we all know what I mean by FarLucks or whatever I made up, I dont even remember... - Sawamura! 11/19: I am so tired. I forgot how much of a bitch working can be. - Sawamura! 11/16: No this isnt the end of Big Tom. Rather, this is the start of the suicide arc. Well, once I get a scanner, I will do a week of suicide, because, well, Big Tom is not happy with life. That and I have no funny ideas! - Sawamura! 11/9: This comic introduces Derek, even though he looks nothing like this. I was talking to him online and we came up with this little rap, so I opened up MS Paint and whipped it together. It will only be funny to those who have played Chrono Trigger. Oi! - Sawamura! 11/5: Well, the comic says it all. I cant get to a scanner and as you know, I dont have one of my own yet. I have comics ready to go, but without a scanner, I cant put them up. So I guess just bear with these computer aided comics for this week. Hopefully it will be ok next week/ - Sawamura 10/29: I was gone all weekend in the biting cold of the north, so I didnt have time to do comics. I will pick up again next week. Sorry. - Sawamura! 10/22: Today's comic is number 50!!!!! Whoo! Whoo.. - Sawamura! 10/19: This comic is an oldie. I drew this back in high school like 4 years ago. This new kid was a character that I used in only two comics, but I drew him alot. I do that sometimes. Anyway, it was funnier back in the day. - Sawamura! 10/15: Ok, back on track. These comics are cool. Well cooler than the ones from the last week. Still minimal, but always fun. This one came to me while I was cracking my teeth with an ice cube. - Sawamura! 10/8: Ugh, I had a huge paper to do, so I didnt have time to make GOOD comics. SO this week will be Crap Week 2K1. Sorry! - Sawamura! 10/1: This is the first of my three minimal comics. I may keep it up, as it is very nice to have extra time for other things besides comics. I dont know, I will see how feedback is. Even though like two people read this. - Sawamura! 9/28: Yeah I didnt even ink today's comic up. For the next week I will be doing only pencil drawings. Im not happy with how the comics look inked and colored, so Im gunna minimalize them for the next week. Plus I dont have the time to ink and color.... - Sawamura! 9/26: Today's comic sucks. I drew it late Saturday night after being at a party all day. The comic really happened, although not entirely the same way. Anyway, that makes two lousy comics this week so far! - Sawamura! 9/24: Im back! And with comics that dont even meet my expectations! Yay! Oh well, today's comic expresses how I felt all last week, trying to do all my school work, AND THEN, do a comic with what limited time I had left. I hope this nightmare never happens again! - Sawamura! 9/18: Added a new link. I signed up for an online diary thing. I will still post rants here but most will be at DiaryLand. - Sawamura! 9/17: No comics this week. I have much school work to worry about. Sorry! - Sawamura! 9/14: This is the end of Super Humans. I know most people will be happy that it is over. I still stand by my refusal to say anything about the attack other than I wish peace for everyone. I dont need to be reminded that I am a heartless scumbag. - Sawamura! 9/12: Well it seems that I am a monster for posting a new comic today. So be it. - Sawamura! 9/10: This week will end the Super Humans. I will go back to Tom and friends next week. Or maybe I will take next week off, depending on how much schoolwork I have to do. Super Humans will probably be back sometime in the future, in case I get cartoonist's block or something. - Sawamura! 9/3: Well it seems that the Super Humans is a total flop. So I will go back to the usual stuff next week. And this totally blows any plans I had for another storyline. Oh well I may still do it. Also, I fixed the links section, so that you can access my WOWL website and tune in! - Sawamura! 8/29: Ok today begins the first of possibly many chapters of the SuperHumans stories. I again have to tell you that Jenet Krol did the writing, and I did the drawings. Feedback is welcome. - Sawamura! 8/27: Wow, yesterday sucked cause I thought that I would have to forgo this week of comics. Idropped Jason's scanner, which gave me an unnecessary heart attack of panic, then I couldnt get the proper drivers for it (Im really not that computer literate). Oh well, everything is good now. I had to use a different method of text for this weeks comics. It is very obvious, as some words will be larger than others. - Sawamura! 8/24: Ok I got my radio show, so you can listen to it by using the link I have in my links section. Next Wednsday starts a side story called Super Humans, based on some lame movies me and my friends made. I do the drawings and my buddy Jenet Krol does the writing. Good stuff! I dont know how long it will last, but it should be fun. - Sawamura! 8/17: This comic is big because I was trying out different sizes and junk. I should have at least one new rambling up today, but no promises! - Sawamura! 8/8: Today's comic is a true story. Except we were in a hallway and not outside. And there were other people present. And the trees and bushes didnt spontaneously combust. By the way, that weird dark thing in space is supposed to be a Space Colony from Gundam. And yes I know that Kevin's arms are awfully disproportionate and no I dont care. Call it artistic liberties. - Sawamura! 8/7: I was thinking. I wanted Photoshop so I could do all sorts of neat stuff, but in the end, I think I will not use it. I feel like I am cheating myself by using the computer to color and all that jazz. - Sawamura! 8/2: Ok new deal. And I dont mean Roosevelt's New Deal. At least I hope it is him. I dont want to sound dumb. Anyway, there will be no comics this week. Starting next Monday, I will do a MWF thing. This way I dont run out of comics so quickly. Sorry for the mess! - Sawamura! 7/28: OK, for today's comics, I put in a bunch of cameos. There is Piro and Largo from MegaTokyo, Josh and Timmy from Stubble, TAT Guy from RGP World, and Phil from Living In Greytown. Dont sue me if I used them! Sorry fellow cartoonists. Yeah. - Sawamura! 7/25: Ok! I got some more stuff scanned, so starting now, there is more to read. I know my comics are not funny, but please read. Also, on another note, I managed to snag a copy of the Akira Special Edition! Im super happy. OK well, thats it for today's update. See ya! - Sawamura! 7/20: HOLY BALLS! After months and months of delays, Armored Trooper Votoms is finally out on DVD! Good golly I have been waiting for this! But.. I have no money.... - Sawamura! 7/19: OK I am gunna do a minor update. I will add more to the profile. Also, I have drawn up some more comics and tried shading. Hopefully that wont look too bad. - Sawamura! 7/16: Finally got some stuff scanned. To read about it, go to Ramblings. Anyway, I added two ramblings, and undated the characters page. I am tired now, so I will leave it at that. Enjoy - Sawamura! 7/15: Check it! I have 4 comics ready to go. Now, I just need to get to a scanner and then they will be up. Hopefully this will happen Tuesday. - Sawamura! 7/8: Ok this is what I have decided. I will sparingly put up new comics until I get to a scanner. I want to start the first story arc, but I dont want to start it without scanner power. So until I get the proper setup, I will put up a cheap Paintbursh comic every few days. I will keep you posted. - Sawamura! 7/6: No comic today, but I did put up a rambling, and I added more to the links. New comic tomorrow! - Sawamura! 7/5: Links section is up! - Sawamura! 7/5: I didnt put up the comic until today because I was gone all yesterday. Oh well, as unpatriotic as I am, I did a 4th of July comic. Enjoy. Also, I dont know when I will update, I will figure out a schedule later. - Sawamura! 7/2: YAY! Ok after a weekend of hell, I just checked website and all is good! I have a large assignment for school to work on. So I will see everyone on the flipside! - Sawamura! 7/1: Well, it is 3 40 AM and I am still up. I have been working on this website for about 14 hours. I just dont want to go to bed until I make sure everything is right. Oh well. I am waiting for Keenspace to update my pages. I guess I should probaly look at the tutorial again... -Sawamura! 6/30: Well after two months of waiting, Keenspace emails me and I cry in joy. Then I remember that I dont know how to do this smack. So I go to a friends house and he shows me the light. This will take a few days but I will get comics up. I hope. - Sawamura!