I’ve been practicing all last week with Illustrator and the wacom tablet. Illustrator is much more forgiving of a shaky line than Photoshop is. But then there are all those confusing line fragments and handles for curves and other mysterious things. I love the way it responds to pressure though! The line looks like real pen and ink. I have a lot to learn, but I think I’ve made some good progress. Here’s part of a page of a graphic novel proposal I’ve been working on:

Back in January I was laid off from my full-time job at a newspaper, and since I couldn’t pay for my home any more, I moved out and currently I’m staying with my mom. She’s very kind to me.

It’s time to get rid of a bunch of possessions. I’m starting with two 7-day ebay auctions, for a label/postage printer, and a 10 lb. digital scale. Anyone need these items? Here they are (click on photo to access auction):

There will be more soon, including artwork.

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I’ve been heartbroken about losing my yard, trees, plants. I’ve cried a bunch of times over it.

Here’s my last photo of a harvest several months ago. After that, I also dug up a bunch of sweet potatoes, but this is the last big diverse harvest, with papaya, carambola, moringa pods, sugar apple (that tree suddenly and mysteriously died recently), purslane, holy basil, neem, and tangelos.

Goodbye, beloved flora friends.

Each Sunday the webcomic “Unshelved” runs a book review comic. Today’s Unshelved is a guest comic by me, about “Endgame” by Derrick Jensen. Here it is:

Unshelved

Later it will appear in the Book Club archives.

Thanks Bill!

The comics on this site run one day behind. Click on the fragment below for today’s comic at comics.com:

The comics on this site run one day behind. Click on the fragment below for today’s comic at comics.com:

The comics on this site run one day behind. Click on the fragment below for today’s comic at comics.com: