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Sometimes life gives you lemons. Sometimes, life gives you a mortally wounded man suffering from multiple layers of crushing PTSD, all while you’ve got your own problems.
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A little late, but it’s still Tuesday, so here we are!
I’m having so much fun with expressions and body language. There’s so much to show! I wouldn’t claim to be good at it (I’m not that good at body language in real life, much less drawing. I voluntarily wore a mask longer than I was required to when I was a barista in 2020/2021 because it meant I didn’t have to worry about what customers thought about my thinking face).
Also, I don’t know what the light’s doing, I’ll fix it next draft.
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Yaelokre, “Bird cage blue and yellow”
Good morning! Happy Pride!
Not much to report this week. I’m working on a dense (eight-panel) page of Last Watch Before Dawn for tomorrow, and there will be a hopefully less dense one for Friday.
At the end of the month (the 27th), I’ll be at Slay the Lake’s Pride Book Fest! It will be at Soundgrowler Brewing, 8201 183rd St., Tinley Park, IL. I’m excited to take this show on the road.
Petitions:
Via Just Foreign Policy: Support the Lebanon War Powers Resolution
Via Win Without War: End war on Iran
Via Indivisible: Solidarity with hunger strikers at Delaney Hall
That’s all for today. I love you, be safe, and have an excellent week.
Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 56
It’s exposition time!
Pacing is really challenging for me here, because for me, Ichiro has been naked under a blanket for over a month, and it really should be time for him to put some clothes on. For someone reading the comic all the way through, it would take a few minutes to read a month’s worth of work.
This is why I need reader feedback. Comments are open! I promise I don’t bite.
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Nobody panic! We have two protagonists actually having a conversation!
I may have forgotten Ichiro’s scars in the last panel. My policy is that once I hit “export” (to turn the Photoshop document into a JPG), I don’t go back and make changes. All those edits are for when the first draft is done.
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Kíla & OKI, “Topattumi”
Good morning!
Here is something I didn’t know existed: a collaboration between Celtic pop group Kíla and Ainu musician Oki. The language you hear is Ainu, pronounced very carefully by the Irish gentlemen. There are only around 300 native speakers left, if memory serves.
I got my meds and am feeling much better! I just have to finish this course of antibiotics. I’ll have new pages of Last Watch Before Dawn tomorrow and Friday.
My next market will be Slay the Lake’s Pride Book Fest on Saturday, June 27: Noon to 5 at Soundgrowler Brewing, 8201 183rd St, Tinley Park, IL. More on that as we get closer!
Some petitions for today:
Via Block the Bombs: Block the bombs
Via USCPR Action: No War on Iran, No Weapons for Israel, No ICE in Our Communities
Via Save the Children: Unlock lifesaving aid for families
That’s all for today. Stop by again soon!
Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 54
Hi, I’m back.
Sorry for the schedule disruption! I got my antibiotics and feel much better.
Ichiro is awake and still very depressed, as the thumbnail above would suggest, so be ready for that when you find the page below:
Continue reading “Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 54”Sorry everyone
I’m sick enough to need antibiotics, and I might not be able to get them today on account of the holiday, so I’m currently down and out. No Song of the Week today, and the comic won’t be updated until Friday. Thanks for your patience.
Last Watch Before Dawn: Volume 1, Page 53
Time for Ichiro to wake up and get the plot moving.
I liked this page up until Panel 4, which utterly defeated me. I know it looks bad. His arms don’t make any sense. His head is simultaneously too big and too small. Unfortunately, what it would take to fix it will take more time than I have, so here it is. Please don’t make fun of me too badly.
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We’re letting Ichiro convalesce for one more page.
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