When I first started my own comic, I quickly found my lack of artistic experience and skill was my greatest impediment in telling the story I wanted to. Indeed, there are a number of potential comics that never get off the ground, either because the author is unable to draw the comic, or they are unable to find someone else to draw it for them. As artists don’t exactly grow on trees, writers have found a number of ways to tell the stories they want without touching pencil to paper, whether through sprite comics, rescripting other existing comics, or even vector art programs.

Too Much Information is one such comic, utilizing the computer program Poser to create three-dimensional figures that can be manipulated into various poses. Much as with a normal paper-and-pencil artist, the artwork in TMI has grown as Obaki becomes more comfortable with using Poser, and upgrades to more powerful versions. And while there are places where TMI feels stiff and immobile (as Poser has several limitations), Obaki has been able to create a cast that has come to life despite the limitations of the art.

In many ways TMI is a harem comic, much like the harem mangas of Love Hina and Tenchi Muyo! (and for that matter, the webcomic Megatokyo), with the protagonist, Ace, slowly and unwittingly building a harem of women who lust after him. This includes a ghost that haunts the home he’s living at, as well as the ghost’s great-granddaughter. I kid you not; I’m not making this up. Not that the entire comic is about Ace’s love-life. It just feels like it of late. Still, wacky hijinks and silliness aside, TMI is a rather enjoyable comic that takes advantage of its computerized art to let the writer tell the story he wants to, no matter what his actual artistic skill.