Nighthawk called and warned me the cable was out and it would be out at least until tomorrow, so I whipped this up at work. Then he called me back and said crisis averted — it’s back. Whether it really will be back by the time this comic posts is anyone’s guess, but we’re covered either way.
So here’s what happened: I had a great weekend hanging out with my husband and playing video games and didn’t give my lack of comic for today a second thought, figuring I’d work on it last night.
Then, yesterday morning I had three cavities filled in one almost-two-hour long session which didn’t go as well as I’d’ve liked. I came home totally out of it, took the rest of the day off from work, napped for almost four hours, and didn’t think again about the comic at all.
So today’s Sketchy Theater is being pulled out of the mothballs – it’s fan art, of a sort, from jzimbert who’d decided on the (now defunct) forum to rescript this episode (or maybe it’s this episode, you choose).
I still have another of these sitting around, but hopefully it’ll be another long long time before you have to see it.
*update* And it’s with no small amount of chagrin that I also realize this is the 300th posted comic….
*update to the update* comments and pings turned back on
Sometimes you have to sit down and have a strict talk with yourself about expectations. I did that recently with the comic — decided it was OK for things to not always be so colorful and formatted and etc. etc. (I really look up to the artists who write, draw, color, and shade comics three times the size of mine every day. I don’t ever expect to get there, but I admire the ones that do.)
I also sat on the porch in the beautiful weather a few days ago and sketched, on real sketch paper, with real sharpies (my media of choice), and liked what I did.
So today – sketchy theater on the difficulty of drawing. Next comic: a paper version of Marin, threats included. After that: a much looser on-paper sketchy Night Fugues unlike anything I’ve produced yet… but hopefully still to your liking. After that? Who knows?
For you, a new background, just because I like you so much. And because I didn’t get tonight’s comic done on time.
I got so caught up in helping with the Online Comics Day site that I barely got my comic done in time. As for me, I’m just grateful to have an opportunity to say thank you to the comic authors that have consistently made me happy over the years. Thanks, folks.
Oh, and you can find the list of comics I read here.
Trust me, the comic I wanted to post right now is much bigger.
