"X" Marks the Spot

So, I guess I haven't been doing so well at posting every week as I'd wanted but such is the life. I am still drawing, but mostly bigger projects than just a single page comic so I haven't had a lot to share, although maybe I'll do a 'behind the scenes' type of thing and post some stuff in progress soon.

Meanwhile, I thought I'd post an older page I drew, just so I post something and because this particular comic has been popping into my mind a lot recently...  

Once and Future

I mentioned I was trying to post atleast one comic a week, but last week other projects, and life stuff, demanded my attention so I have produced no new comic this week.  I thought, therefore, that I would dig through my past comics and post an older one. 

 

Well, I dug a little deeper than I'd originally planned on, and thought I would produce proof that as long as I can remember, I have always wanted to be a cartoonist.  Only recently have I realized I need to ammend that to 'I've always been a cartoonist.' 

 

If not actually the first, this is one of my very earliest comics ever.  I don't remember exactly how old I was.  All I remember is that the main character, Deadful Junny, was inspired by a dead june bug that was splattered across our bathroom floor...      

 

                                                                                                 

 

 

 

Retro

I've been trying to post a comic at least once a week, but circumstances, coincidentally occurring while Mercury was going retrograde, prevented me being online at the appropriate time.  We apologize for any inconvenience and are now posting two comics for your further enjoyment. Pwaise Hestia!     

       

               

 

Toe-tal Snuggles

 

 

 

Morrigan Rocks

 

Umgawa

Book 'Em

When I first started my Drawing Breath comic, I was drawing it in the pages of a blank book --

 

I got away from that, trying to be "more professional" and drawing my comic on full sheets of paper which then get put into a plastic sleeve and put into a 3-ring binder.  Though the quality of my comic has noticeably increased, I feel like something has been lost.  There was a spontaneity and, seeing as it required less set up, I drew in the blank books more often, giving a window into day-to-day life, rather than the individual sheets of paper which seem to need a significant event or revelation to justify it's being drawn.  It's subtle but, being the good Libran that I am, my desire is to find a balance between the two.  So I will continue to draw the full page comics as I feel inspired, and meanwhile I am picking up my blank book once more with the intention of drawing everyday again.                   

The tricky part is that the last page in my last blank book is 3 or 4 years old and it doesn't feel proper to me to just start the next page like nothing has happened.  This is a new time and a new me and drawing my comics is a sacred ceremony.  As in ritual, I need to close one circle to create the sacred space for a new one.  To that end I drew the following four pages in my book to enable me to close one window and open another...

 

 

 

 

And so the circle is cast in Perfect Love and Perfect Trust.  May bright blessed Brigit and the Spirits of Inspiration and Creativity bless me in my endeavors.  Blessed Be. 

 

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...and in case your curious to read the two pages from the book above...