7 posts tagged “comic”

Back when I made a strip for my webcomic, I was also working on a comic book that I'll never finish. The story has left my head and I haven't had that odd edge on my story-line humor since that government job I had. From what I recall, this was to be the 20th or 22nd comic I'd have done at that point. Not strip, but actual thing. Really, though, I only count that I've made two and that the others were just garbage.

I've been without a scanner for almost four months so the quality for these things aren't the best. At least I'm making them.

I'm in Krakow, Poland at the moment. It's wonderful here and perhaps I'll have more about that later. I have to go catch a train to Rzeszow and party like a rock star.

This is a draft for a comic I'm working on. I have so much more to do.

About two months ago, when Ryland and I were in Madison, Wisconsin, we were sitting in a coffee shop doing business stuff. He was booking shows I was working on my internet project or something. I was looking up flights for Ryland to take from the states to Paris, and then I checked out airfare and such since I didn't really want to come back to Washington. I then checked what flights would cost from New York City (JFK) to Paris. Whatever they were (super cheap) I just decided to buy the tickets since I would already be in New York anyway and it would definitely be cheaper than going to Paris later in life from Seattle.

Now, the tickets were super cheap for the date of the 29th, which is only two days before New Years eve. It kind of worked out that I'd end up spending New Years in Paris. I'll be attending an event called We Love 2009 that will take place in a speakeasy at the Tapis Rouge in Paris. Here's what's happening there:

This should be fun!

After France, I'll be hop-scotching it up to the UK since I have more contacts to stay with when I'm there. After the UK I'm going to Cracow, Poland, for what I'm planning to be two weeks. This is kind of the big reason for the trip since I'm partially Polish and my dear friend Michael and I have had great conversations of Eastern European/Collectivist culture. I feel like this is something that is incredibly important for me. Like a pilgrimage to my ancestral homeland.

I just have good feeling about it in general.

Much of this trip, including the last month, was spent taking notes on people I've interacted with and acquiring information about the history, community, and general social aspects in the different places I visited. It's all incredibly interesting.

The last couple of months have been incredibly enlightening and I've felt like my spirits have been lifted from what they were prior. I've added a few more new perspectives on life to my already growing repertoire and I've cleared out plenty of previously disillusion of life. I've seen more than I thought I did in the fuck ups I've had in life and I've grown to appreciate more of the great things that have happened to me.

Also, I left my phone in St. Augustine. Florida, two weeks ago. It's fine because I was going to delete it from my life as soon as I left America anyway. The only downside is that I don't know what missed calls or voicemail I received but I've already spoken with the very few wonderful people that call me. So it's really no problem. You don't need a mobile to live. I've been hopping around New York without one for two weeks and I won't be using one for the next two months either.

Also, I made this for my dear friends Rebecca + Jake. The color version may be on its way:

It's snowing in Michigan as we drive. It's a bit worrisome only since we won't want to get screwed up in getting to Detroit prior to the show. As for as time goes, we've got plenty. Since there is time prior to the show there is going to be more of our "time off" being used to conduct business. I've got a mic stand to send back to Washington and a few other things like DVD discs that have some valuable information on them. Some are photos that I'd rather not see for a long time and another is a bicycle key that is needed in order to unlock my bike at my old place.

All of this business will be taken place in Ann Arbor and from what Ryland tells me, that place has enough second hand stores that I'm bound to find some new shirts that actually fit. There's this weird thing where only oversized men donate goods to thrift stores but when I think of it, I hardly donate clothing goods there. Makes sense because it's hard for me to find clothes to replace my old with; It's a vicious cycle.

There are some unplanned expenditures that are going to be taken place in the next couple of days. I'm, first off, running out of hard drive space on my MacBook Pro and I'll either have to spend $200 on a 500GB hard drive or buy a new computer all together. Either way it's going to be tricky as all get out since in both instances I'll have to transfer data from my old hard drive to the new one. I've solicited my friend Craig (you my know him by his list) to help me out with selling my present machine, that which I'm typing on at this moment. Also, I'm engaged in the motion of selling my almost three year old, and beloved, iPod. I'm kind of saddened by this but, realistically, the sentimental value of that machine doesn't keep the hard drive on it from eventually shitting out. Aside from the above mentioned, I'm going to have to invest in a new condenser microphone since I left the other in Denver, Colorado. In any case, the logistics involved with this are incredibly boring and this paragraph should probably be discarded from memory anyway.

We have to be in Connecticut tomorrow before seven or so; this will be a twelve hour drive that will start tonight, maybe an hour after the show is done with. Hopefully the roads won't be snowy and dumb when we decide to proceed with that trek.

I mailed some things off. I sent my dear friend Bryant the key to my bike so he can politely pick it up (thank you Bryant) and I sent i mic stand to my Grandmother's place. I've been trying to figure out what of mine I can send off to lighten the load in the car but when I think about it, I packed pretty lightly. The only thing that's been on my mind, regarding stuff, is my car; which is currently parked in a nice neighborhood in Portland, OR. It has, essentially, all of my things that I had when I lived in Bellingham. I think it will be kind of like a time capsule when I return and I'll probably throw a lot of it away by giving it to Goodwill or something. It's just a lot of stuff I don't use and may not intend to use (actually, when I think about it, I have a lot of paints and canvas in there that I'll probably use. I may be not accounting for all I have in there quite well enough).

Ryland, our friend Lisa, and myself were having dinner last night and we somehow got into a discussion of marching band and Ryland interjected with "You played trumpet? You could have been playing trumpet for me, that would be rad!" and to this I mentioned that I also at one point played the Baritone and that it would be a much better accompaniment. So, at some point, I'm going to possibly purchase a baritone and hopefully we'd be able to stow it away in the autocoach. Maybe I could sit on it.

So... Apparently the Detroit show wasn't set up properly. Big bummer but I guess we'll get a head start on our 12 hour drive?

Yeah. Anyway:

It's a comic. I spent an hour (total) making this spaced out from last night and tonight. I think I remember why I'd rather be doing things manually.