Oh dear me. 1. Thank you! 2. How about if it's quick in that I didn't spend very much time thinking about what I was going to write or draw, just wrote and drew in a row across the page and took whatever I got? The fretting is the major time component of each comic for me. ("Does this make sense? Should I word it differently? Are my lines spaced evenly? Should I use metric? Are these drawings making sense? Is someone going to come after me with a hatchet for putting them in the comic?")
Forcing myself to post something each day for everyone to see has sped me up in terms of not being afraid to touch the pen to the paper and live with whaever happens—I know my day isn't done until the comic is done. Before I got started were months of buying smooth pretty blindingly clean paper but not daring to use it and ruin a sheet. Come to think of it, getting the Wacom tablet (which I hardly use at all now, beh, where did I put that thing?) helped a lot in loosening up the fingers and the muddled brain—I could draw and draw and draw and not waste a processed tree sheet.
I haven't tried a 24-hour-comic yet because I'm not convinced I'm fast enough to get one done. Have you done one? Maybe I will this month, when (if) I get some time away from the office.
I gotta attack Chris to send me one of those guys, though I think I just want an excuse to attack him. Did you see he had Questionable Content do the guest strip on Friday? Craziness!
I LOVE the cat catching the moth for you. I don't like cats but even I will admit that's incredibly cute.
Sshh, don't tell anyone: I haven't read Questionable Content in weeks. But I did see the guest strip and was amused by the bunnies. I liked the previous strip better, though, by Poppycock Circus Steve Carey, with Mensa's Babe-ifier ray gun zapping Vinyl Ball. My comic clearly needs more ray guns and vinyl balls.
Morgie-kitty-chan cathing the moth/butterfly was Al-chan's favorite part. She giggled and said "for you!" is a high pitched voice for about 15 minutes.
Of course she was probably reminded when Cookie-chan brought her a dead mouse at my Mom's about a month ago and dropped it at her feet. I think she nearly passed out in horror. (For those who don't know- Cookie is a year old German Shepherd.)
I told her that Cookie was just displaying her hunting prowess and was supplying her with foodles like a good packmate.
We're having a mild "Indian summer" in West Michigan -- the sun brings out scores of the prehistoric looking box elder "stink" bugs, which get into our house. Last week one of our three kitties started gagging and foaming at the mouth -- she had decided to mess with one of the stink bugs and it squirted stink into her mouth. Poor little dear!
Years ago we had a kitty who was death on moths... would go walking around with a wing hanging out of the mouth just to show off. Now we have one who eats yummy tasty black fall crickets -- though few have gotten into the house this year -- no "Sammy snacks" for Sam... (grin)
What color is your kitty?
Dr. Phil
Morgan is a dark brown and orange tortoiseshell. She looks much darker now that she doesn't get to lie outdoors in the Texas sun all day. I am told "tortoiseshell colouring" is a synonym for "completely insane."
One summer I stayed with a college friend whose cats who would collect piles of bugs under a particular chair inthe living room. Nice tidy little stacks.
Oh, look at the date: Happy Saint Francis Day, cat-fans and dog-fans (and fans of any other animal you may prefer). Don't forget to hug a tree today.
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Date: 2005-10-02 02:18 am (UTC)Damned it to hell.
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Date: 2005-10-02 09:08 pm (UTC)I can almost guarantee you'll have warmer weather in Kentucky than we'll have in MI over the next few months!
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Date: 2005-10-02 02:32 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-10-02 01:58 pm (UTC)Forcing myself to post something each day for everyone to see has sped me up in terms of not being afraid to touch the pen to the paper and live with whaever happens—I know my day isn't done until the comic is done. Before I got started were months of buying smooth pretty blindingly clean paper but not daring to use it and ruin a sheet. Come to think of it, getting the Wacom tablet (which I hardly use at all now, beh, where did I put that thing?) helped a lot in loosening up the fingers and the muddled brain—I could draw and draw and draw and not waste a processed tree sheet.
I haven't tried a 24-hour-comic yet because I'm not convinced I'm fast enough to get one done. Have you done one? Maybe I will this month, when (if) I get some time away from the office.
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Date: 2005-10-02 04:36 am (UTC)I gotta attack Chris to send me one of those guys, though I think I just want an excuse to attack him. Did you see he had Questionable Content do the guest strip on Friday? Craziness!
I LOVE the cat catching the moth for you. I don't like cats but even I will admit that's incredibly cute.
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Date: 2005-10-02 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-02 10:23 am (UTC)Of course she was probably reminded when Cookie-chan brought her a dead mouse at my Mom's about a month ago and dropped it at her feet. I think she nearly passed out in horror. (For those who don't know- Cookie is a year old German Shepherd.)
I told her that Cookie was just displaying her hunting prowess and was supplying her with foodles like a good packmate.
She wasn't impressed. Heh.
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Date: 2005-10-02 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-02 07:57 pm (UTC)Brother Sun, Sister Cat
Date: 2005-10-02 09:46 pm (UTC)One summer I stayed with a college friend whose cats who would collect piles of bugs under a particular chair inthe living room. Nice tidy little stacks.
Oh, look at the date: Happy Saint Francis Day, cat-fans and dog-fans (and fans of any other animal you may prefer). Don't forget to hug a tree today.