Christ Is Risen!

by on May 7, 2024 at 12:04 am
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Also, I am on day 28 of 5 minute sketching exercises. I am recovering from the previous weeks and am tyring to get back a regular workout and chanting schedule. SO much to do, so little time. My prayer could always use more improvement, that is the most important. Praying for my own salvation. Everything else, is part of God’s Will. How I react is up to me. God has Blessed with my life. Even my struggles. It always could be worse or better.

“A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, ‘You are mad; you are not like us.”

― St. Antony the Great

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Still Drawin’

by on May 1, 2024 at 10:45 am
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I know I haven’t finished my latest comic from a month ago. It’s nearly done. This is a very busy time for me. Spirit, Work, and Life are all being pushed to their limits. A good friend of mine restarted my daily sketch bookin’. It starts at 5 minutes a day. I end up sketching comics after my warmup exercises, so I tell stories that no one reads. Well no one should read, but if there are things happening beyond my current knowledge then there is nothing I can do about it. All that is left is Prayer and Work.

This day is no exception and there is much to do. I wanted to give an update. 🙂


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Of Time

by on March 19, 2024 at 10:01 am
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Was anyone expecting a comic today? I know I wasn’t, and I made the thing. This is the result of a good conversation this morning. Long walks are much easier with a conversation, especially when that conversation is about art… and life, mostly creative stuff. I love my brotherhood, but as of now, it IS missing a creative element. Thanks to Jonathan Pageau, that may be changing. I didn’t really know too much about him before, but the connections are more important than the content. Mr. Pageau and his guests were waaayyy above my league. The room was filled with readers and creators, writers, artists, historians, all incredibly smart and talented people. So, what was I doing there? (I am talking about an even I attended a couple of weeks ago) I was forming connections with people. Conversations. Most of it “high level”, but I do have to realize with my background, there are some things I shouldn’t talk about, so its best we get as close to the heart as possible.

One connection has become a friend. While I am getting in shape for an upcoming adventure, this friend has become morning conversations and long walks. Over the phone sadly, but its easier to connect this way. We both have lives, and some are busier than others. This is Great Lent, so I do not expect much work to be done. Even my preparation exercises are not going to net me gains, but they are still necessary. There is something to be said about losing weight and feeling better. The conversation and exercise made a natural segue into this comic. There MAY be a collaberation in a bit, but the more I talk about something the less chance it has of success. Just as well, this first week of Great Lent means more services, more reading, and a few more things that need not be mentioned. Until I found the “true” Church, Lent didn’t meant anything, now its a terrible and great thing, as it leads to the Resurrection, rather it brings (us) me back to the Resurrection. A proper reorientation to the Eternal.

I am not qualified to speak any more of that matter, on very few matters. I pray you all a Great Lent, and may God forgive us all.

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{A} “little” (on) [Manipulation]

by on March 8, 2024 at 9:58 am
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Eh? Eh? The first comic of the year is done and uploaded! I am continually trying to find time to do these. I MAY have something, but I don’t want to talk about it now. All Glory goes to God. Even though the “quality” isn’t the best, each comic IS my best effort. A sacrifice of time and energy. Ultimately for God, though, if I sacrificed for actual viewers and money (creation) I might be a little more successful in that regards. Who knows though? I think God would understand if He allows it. How long has it been, 21+ years of “art”/cartooning?

My first comic was in 2003. It was a strip, still a two word title. Don’t know why I like those, but that was the beginning. I did make comic strips even earlier still, it was a school assignment, I think like sixth or seventh grade, I’m leaning on sixth grade for this one. Based on the technology available. We, the students were tasked with creating our own newspaper, from the front page, to the last page. Writing made up articles and help wanted was the easy part for me. The part I loved the most was the comic pages. I did also the art (this was an individual exercise over a series of weeks) for the articles. This was an english assignment, so the art wasn’t important, just the final product of did you finish it or not. The content wasn’t important either. But, that comics page(s). I think (and I could be wrong) I did 2 whole newsprint pages of all original comics. It could be one, as historical memories aren’t reliable in court, but this isn’t court, and this is me remembering a past of the beforetimes. Before the internet times.

I remember quickly racing through the whole project and saving the comics for last. That is not to say I didn’t doodle, what kid hasn’t? But the doodles were not as good as the kids with natural talent. I was at a summit recently on art and story telling, and the advice was, if you are not drawing every day by age 20, then you shouldn’t be an artist. I agree with that statement, because while in school, you can find the time to doodle and take art classes, and build discipline.

Thank you all for your continued support over the years. I MAY have a project start to move again. More on THAT later. Have a wonderful day and may God Bless you All!



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